The previous lesson dealt with how anti-migrant advocates divorce the law from justice. Migrant suffering cannot be justified simply because they "broke the law". The law is supposed to serve justice. Even more ridiculous, … [Read more...]
Justice For Migrants
From the Declaration of Independence:We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of … [Read more...]
ICE – Remember them? According to their website, they are PROUD
What else did they accuse her of doing? Well, working to support herself and her son using invalid identification. Succeeding at keeping a janitorial job at an airport, showing that migrants without valid identification can do … [Read more...]
The Correct Term is Migrant
When describing the 12 million people that have illegally immigrated into the U.S. the best term to use is the word "migrant". Although I wouldn't be surprised if people opposed this, this shouldn't be a controversial … [Read more...]
What it Means to be an “Illegal Alien”
There won't be sources or statistics in this post. I'm going to write this from what I have learned after living 18 years in Guatemala, and covering this for over a year and a half online. If you need sources or statistics on … [Read more...]
Migrants Live the American Nightmare
Both U.S. Progressives and Conservatives are guilty of neglecting Emigration States. Very few act in the true interests of Mexicans, Guatemalans, Salvadorans, Hondurans, etc. Progressives will often pick up a sexy issue, like … [Read more...]
‘Saving’ Lost Children
Cross posted on Immigration Orange(BBC picture of Guatemalan indigenous women and children randomly paired with adoption articles)Guatemala made the international press, today, and as usual the reporting has done more to misinform than to … [Read more...]
Mitt’s new IA commercial
In his new Iowa TV ad, Mitt says, "Washington politicians from both parties have proven that they can't control spending, and they won't control our borders. I will." short Globe article hereMitt seems to want to extend legal … [Read more...]
Immigrant impact on the US housing market
One of the many things missing from the right's discussion of immigration is the tremendous, quiet presence of immigrants (legal and not) in the American economy. Particularly in the current housing downturn, it's telling to see the … [Read more...]
Republicans can organize
Several things are of interest: 1) their meteoric growth, and 2) the fact that they are membership based: "Numbers USA had fewer than 50,000 members at the end of 2004, but now counts more than 447,000, with an increase of 83 percent since … [Read more...]
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