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The tide of illegal immigrants to American shores has become unmanageable, with numbers far outstripping those at any other time in US history. Immigrants take jobs that are unpopular with native US workers, often at reduced wages, thus allowing US firms to compete globally. The immigrant workforce reduces US food and clothing costs and makes child-care readily available for US families,...

In what is shaping up to be the most controversial trade deal since the signing of NAFTA in the early 1990s, the US is inching closer toward a free-trade agreement with South Korea. For US automakers and farmers, whose access to Korean consumers is currently limited by strict regulations and high tariffs, the deal offers an opportunity to profit from the tenth largest economy in the world. For...

In an era of human rights accords and global benefit concerts, international tribunals and rubber wristbands for any cause, attention to humanitarian crises seems both pronounced and profuse. Yet, as political scientist Clifford Bob writes, the world has far more crises than what catch the proverbial eye, and he questions why certain “hot zones” receive more attention than others. An entire...