Welcome
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May
Meeting
Monday,
May 21, 2012
Speaker
Club Member Bill Barrett
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Immigration
Reform:
Pro and Con |
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Our national immigration policy is
heavily weighted toward citizenship for
immigrants with family connections to
current citizens, and little or no
consideration to their marketable
skills. This policy has been in effect
since 1965, replacing one based on
national representation. Bill Barrett
will discuss the facts of immigration,
as teased out of census studies
conducted by George Borjas and others,
then suggest that some changes are in
order. Current immigration sets no
standards on immigrant skills, education
level, and English competency. There’s
an overall quota, national origin is not
considered, and mostly whether a
candidate can show family connections.
Bill will argue that a skills-based
quota system, similar to that used in
Canada, would be better overall for the
nation and the new immigrants.
Then, what to do about the some 12
million undocumented immigrants? Lots of
controversy here. Can the Democratic
Party arrive at a consistent, workable
solution to our immigration problems?
The meeting will be held in the banquet
room of Carrow’s Restaurant, 3180 El
Camino in Santa Clara. Talk begins at 7
pm. If you plan to join us for dinner,
please be there no later than 6 pm. As a
courtesy to our speaker, please try to
arrive on time. For more information,
call Shirley Odou at 408-247-9513
The meeting
will take place at 7 PM (no host dinner at 6
PM) at:
- Carrows
Restaurant
- 3180 El
Camino Real
- Santa
Clara
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Please come
and share your ideas
immigration and relevant
issues!
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Carrows
Restaurant
3180 El Camino, Santa Clara
dinner
6 PM, meeting 7 PM
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SCCDC Meetings
Monthly
General Meetings, 3rd Monday (except July or August and December)
6:00
p.m. for no-host dinner
7:00
p.m. meeting begins
Carrow's
Restaurant 3180 El Camino Real
Map to Carrows
(Cross
street is Calabazas, near Kiely Blvd., between San Tomas and Lawrence Expwy.)
in Santa Clara
Monthly
Executive Board Meetings, fourth Wednesday of the month.
7:00
p.m. for Meeting & Dessert
Headen-Inman
Historical Museum, 1509 Warburton, Santa Clara
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