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Sanctuary City – A Civil Disobedience on the Right Side of History
In his latest act of civil disobedience, Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco is launching a media campaign to let undocumented immigrants in the City know that San Francisco does not support federal raids and promised to roll out a Read More …
A History of Xenophobia in U.S. Immigration Policy and the new McCarthyism
Discrimination against those that are seemingly foreign-born and ‘different’ from the (White Protestant) norm is pervasive in the immigration control history of United States. It goes back to when the United States was a budding new nation of (illegal) immigrants Read More …
Being Illegal is NOT a Crime
In the next series of blog posts, I want to cover the issue of criminality and crime surrounding the notion of ‘illegal immigration.’ Hopefully, some of the information is new and compelling, and makes for an interesting read. Contrary to Read More …
Sarjina Emy – The ICE strikes again – Holding innocent youth in detention centers
This is plain ludicrous. Why are we punishing children and young adults for the alleged transgressions of their parents? What sort of justice is this?! 19-year old Sarjina Emy, who was brought here illegally when she was four years old, Read More …
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on Immigration and the DREAM Act
I normally do not pay attention to what politicans say in their scripted speeches and any other simulation for mass consumption, but something Barack Obama said struck a personal chord. He brought up the theme of ‘Two Americas’ while talking Read More …