Dan Kowalski, online editor of Bender's Immigration Bulletin - Daily
Edition, www.bibdaily.com, has been practicing immigration law since 1985 in large firms, small firms and solo practice, and has been editing immigration publications for Matthew Bender / LexisNexis since 1996. Kowalski was an IJJ Border Justice Fellow for 2003-2004.

Blog Entries by Dan Kowalski

Presidential Timbre

3 Comments | Posted October 11, 2008 | 12:34 PM (EST)


When you hear the sound of Barack Obama's voice, how does it make you feel? How about the sound of John McCain's voice?

Musicians talk a lot about 'timbre,' the overall quality of a sound, be it vocal or instrumental. And if pressed, most musicians will admit that the...

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Back of the Line, Back of the Bus...or Just Plain Backward?

Posted April 14, 2008 | 09:03 PM (EST)


Presidential hopeful Barack Obama posted a short Op-Ed piece in today's Charlotte Observer on immigration, advocating tough borders for us, and tough love for them -- the 12 million undocumented. It's a document designed to please both "sides" of the immigration "debate" -- as if the issue can be...

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Pandering Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry

Posted February 26, 2008 | 05:21 PM (EST)


I had a "way homer" moment returning from the Clinton/Obama debate in Austin last week. Both candidates were questioned about their 2006 votes in favor of the Secure Fence Act. HRC got off an applause line by blaming the Bush Administration for how "absurd" the...

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Huck Turns Tough on Immigration

Posted December 9, 2007 | 07:01 PM (EST)


The following piece is produced by HuffPost's OffTheBus.

Lest he be mistaken for a "compassionate conservative," Mike Huckabee decided to take a ride on the anti-immigrant Tancredomobile. With timing some of his handlers must be labeling as unfortunate, Huckabee, on the eve of the Univision debate in...

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Spitzer's Immigration Surrender

Posted November 18, 2007 | 03:49 PM (EST)


The following piece is part of an ongoing series of HuffPost's OffTheBus reports by citizen policy experts critiquing different aspects of Campaign '08.

It seemed like such a good idea. And the security experts - Richard Clarke, Margaret Stock - thought so too. The idea? "[A]n

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Unpacking "Sanctuary Cities"

Posted October 7, 2007 | 02:45 PM (EST)


The following piece is part of an ongoing series of OffTheBus reports by citizen policy experts critiquing different aspects of Campaign 08.

In the Democratic presidential candidates' debate at Dartmouth on September 26, 2007, Hillary & Co. were asked if they would "allow sanctuary cities...

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False Start: Obama on Immigration Reform

Posted September 26, 2007 | 08:48 AM (EST)


The following piece was produced through OffTheBus, a citizen journalism project hosted at the Huffington Post and launched in partnership with NewAssignment.Net. For more information, read Arianna Huffington's project introduction. If you'd like to join our blogging team, sign up here If you're interested in other opportunities,...

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