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Police to drop off undocumented immigrants at Congressional Offices? Only in Texas.
24 FebThat’s right. A state legislator in Texas has introduced a bill to instruct law enforcement to turn over custody of undocumented immigrants (“illegal aliens”) to members of Congress. (ht ThinkProgress). Continue reading
Remember when I suggested you send a video to TPC?
11 MayWell, they posted the final result while I was busy with the ICU. Anyway, if you go here (YouTube) or here (TPC site) or here (@ZenShadow‘s blog) you can see that result. If you watch long enough, you might see a familiar face or two.
I sent a video to TPC just now
1 MayYou should too! This is a great idea. Just a quick video of yourself asking “Do I look illegal?”. @GottaLaff will edit the videos together, and post the result on the web. The more, the better. I actually look Hispanic to a lot of people. In reality, my heritage is probably Black Irish. But that wouldn’t help me in Arizona.
Go here to join in, and help us make a statement: The Political Carnival: "Do I look illegal?"
Immigration – why are Hispanic immigrants so demonized?
11 JulImmigration and the Curse of the Black Legend
by Tony Horwitz
(NY Times Op-Ed piece, registration required, bugmenot)
Very interesting piece examining the current “immigration problem” in light of the history of Anglos in North America. Anyone remember which Europeans actually settled first in North America? Click for the answer.
Another voice heard on immigration and the Spanish version of the National Anthem
29 AprO’zog, kenstu sehn, wenn bagin licht dervacht
Click. Go read it. This is worth the time.
Credit to jokermage
Now that you have read about the “Compassionate Conservative”, how about this bit of bigotry
29 AprCNN: Bush: Sing ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ in English
The national anthem should be sung in English — not Spanish — President Bush declared Friday, amid growing restlessness over the millions of immigrants here illegally.
“One of the things that’s very important is, when we debate this issue, that we not lose our national soul,” the president exclaimed. “One of the great things about America is that we’ve been able to take people from all walks of life bound as one nation under God. And that’s the challenge ahead of us.”
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Read the entire ugly thing by clicking the title.
An Aging Trans Woman 