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DREAM Now Letters to Barack Obama: Lizbeth Mateo

August 30, 2010 By kyledeb 8 Comments

I came to this country when I was fourteen-years-old from Oaxaca, Mexico.  It was the late nineties and Mexico was, and is still, facing one of the worst socio-economic and political periods in recent history. For my parents - a taxi … [Read more...]

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DREAM Now Letters: Yahaira Carrillo

July 21, 2010 By kyledeb Leave a Comment

I was born in 1985 to a barely-turned 16 year-old who had been kicked out of her house while she was pregnant for being a disgrace to the family. I lived with my mother in an abandoned house in Guerrero, Mexico. She struggled to find … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: dream-act, dream-now-letters, homophobia, illegal, immigrant, immigration, kansas, lgbt, mexico, migrant, migrant-youth, migration, missourri, undocumented, yahaira-carrillo

Immigration – and the law of unintended consequences

May 28, 2010 By AmberPaw 1 Comment

I opposed the latest salvo from Immigration Meanies Anonymous voted by the Massachusetts Senate. Thank you to my senator, Ken Donnelly, for the courage to say NO. Why?  Because my grandparents were all immigrants - before immigration … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: corn-subsidies, immigration, league-of-women-voters, mexico, senator-donnelly

American retirees move to Mexico – to get healthcare. With poll !!

September 3, 2009 By AmberPaw 5 Comments

American retirees moving to Mexico to get healthcare.  USA Today article on Retirees moving to Mexico See also:  blog by one of those retirees who moved to Mexico for that insurance   Mexico for health insurance  Why do … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: healtcare, imss, mexico, public-option

And Dan Bosley was in China – on a trade mission

November 14, 2008 By AmberPaw 1 Comment

Dan Bosley also has a blog: http://danielbosley.blogspot.c... The November 3, 2008 entry makes clear that for two weeks, Dan was in China. The inter-connections concept in terms of jobs is interesting - however, what is compelling in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: china, dan-bosley, manufacturing, mexico, outsourcing, wages

Look out China – here comes Mexico

July 14, 2008 By AmberPaw 1 Comment

The value of railroads is set to increase - and with careful planning, skilled manufacturing here in the USA could be reclaiming market share. The large asset management firms know this, and in terms of stock management, I bet Michael … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: $200-a-barrel-oil, china, mexico, shipping-costs, shoes

Dying of Terror on September 11, 2007

September 12, 2007 By kyledeb 38 Comments

Medeiros died from terror on September 11. He died of a heart attack at only 25 years of age. Medeiros represents the millions suffering from ubiquitous migrant terror in the U.S.Medeiros' aunt had this to say about him in the Boston … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston-globe, brazil, centro-presente, chelsea, edmar-araujo, gillete-stadium, immigration, immigration-and-customs-enforcement, karen-ziner, massachusetts, massachusetts-state-police, maxsuel-medeiros, mexico, migrant, migrant-detention, providence-journal, saint-lucas-church, u.s.-constitution

The Ladies of La Patrona: Humanity’s Hope

August 27, 2007 By kyledeb Leave a Comment

The Mujeres of La Patrona have long been famous among the migrants that make the trip to the United States. But international attention was only recently drawn to them by an award winning documentary entitled, De Nadie. I covered the must … [Read more...]

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ICE – Remember them? According to their website, they are PROUD

August 22, 2007 By AmberPaw 3 Comments

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...]

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The Correct Term is Migrant

August 22, 2007 By kyledeb 49 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: douglass-s.-massey, illegal-alien, illegal-immigrant, immigrant, immigration, immigration-orange-lesson, mexico, migrant, mirta-ojito, no-human-being-is-illegal

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bluemassgroupBlue Mass. Group@bluemassgroup·
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This won't do at all.

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This is horrible

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/21/national-guard-troops-vacate-capitol-461220

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They did the same with Obama and the economy in January '09.

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Yesterday Hannity was ranting about how it’s awful that Biden hadn’t solved the COVID crisis yet, hours after he was inaugurated https://www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity/sean-hannity-attacks-president-biden-not-having-covid-pandemic-under-control

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My mother is very proud that I’m the one dropping an f bomb in this bitch. Seriously though, it’s time to widen the lens of climate accountability. Big Oil relies on enablers, and they shouldn’t escape scrutiny https://twitter.com/billmckibben/status/1352389540334481410

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Ad agencies and PR agencies are renting themselves to the fossil fuel industry, supplying the creative juice necessary to wreck the planet. Please--do something different with your talents!

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brianr2600Brian RIstuccia@brianr2600·
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@BostonDotCom Seventeen speeding tickets, at least 7 wrecks, and 6 license suspensions. Why do we need to wait until someone dies before permanently revoking the license of a driver who has repeatedly demonstrated that they can't be trusted to operate an automobile safely? #mapoli #ZeroVision

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@bluemassgroup @BostonGlobe More details not behind a paywall:

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