The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reports its projections related to federal spending in the Long-Term Budget Outlook and is available in print in the law library and online through the agency's website. The report in particular discusses the long term outlook on spending and revenue in general and with regard to Health Care, Social Security, and Defense and Non-defense spending. A summary provides a quick overview of the report and numerous table, figures, and a topical index are included. The CBO website also has the full text of the Congressional testimony on long-term budget outlook before the House Budget Committee on June 23, 2011.
Earlier this week, the University of Houston Law Center was fortunate to have as its guest Professor Daniel Kanstroom of Boston College of Law. An expert in immigration law, he is the Director of the International Human Rights Program, and he both founded and directs the Boston College Immigration and Asylum Clinic. Speaking as the guest of the Houston Journal of International Law’s annual Fall Lecture Series, Professor Kanstroom discussed issues raised in his new book, Aftermath: Deportation Law and the New American Diaspora . Professor Michael Olivas introduced Professor Kanstroom to the audience, and mentioned the fascinating tale of Carlos Marcello, which Professor Kanstroom wrote about in his chapter “The Long, Complex, and Futile Deportation Saga of Carlos Marcello,” in Immigration Stories , a collection of narratives about leading immigration law cases. My interest piqued, I read and was amazed by Kanstroom’s description of one of the most interesting figures in American le...
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