Justin Akers Chacon

Targeting immigrants is a losing strategy for Republican candidates »

By Justin Akers Chacón, October 31, 2011

Republican presidential candidates are foolishly jockeying to see who can be the harshest on undocumented immigrants.read more

U.S. intervention in Mexico will make things worse »

By Justin Akers Chacon, August 19, 2011

It will likely lead to more deaths. It will be a drain on our treasury. And it’s unlikely to stem the flow of drugs. This is because the U.S. intervention ignores the root causes of the drug trade and the spreading international character of the cartels.read more

Don’t shortchange the next generation’s future »

By Justin Akers Chacon, April 1, 2011

By savaging public education budgets, these states are assaulting our fundamental principle of equality of opportunity, a principle that has provided a path forward for working families.read more

An immigrant stimulus to the economy »

By Justin Akers Chacon, February 12, 2010

Keeping millions of productive workers in the shadows and off government records is costly, has failed to curtail immigration, lowers the wage threshold for all workers and minimizes immigrant contributions to the economy.read more

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