Anxiety about immigrants, immigration, and therefore immigration reform, tend to revolve around three broad categories of concern: economics, safety/security, and culture/race/language. Most of the talking points used by opponents or immigration or of immigration reform are not just untrue, they are the opposite of true, and strengthen the case for comprehensive reform. The anxiety of culture/race/language is the hardest for the antis to express honestly and the hardest for the left to address constructively.
March 25th, 2010 | Posted in Feature,Headlines,Politics | Read More »
The immigration march Sunday in Washington should have gotten more attention than it did, especially from progressive advocates. But competing with the final or near-final dance culminating an almost year-long fight for health care reform. The rally for immigration was an impressive, important, and for me, breath-taking event that was a side-show to the day’s health care developments, especially if your primary – or only –language is English.
March 23rd, 2010 | Posted in Feature,Photo Gallery,US News | Read More »
Immigration reform appears to be moving forward and so does health care reform with the support of the Hispanic Caucus. The complicated relationship between the forces fighting for immigration reform and the labor movement have been on display this week.
March 19th, 2010 | Posted in Feature,Politics | Read More »
The President had a series of meetings on immigration reform that reflect the pressure he is feeling to act. The patience of Latino and immigrant voters is wearing thin and the cost to the Latino community for every week and month that we fail to reform the system is too high.
March 12th, 2010 | Posted in Feature,Headlines,Politics | Read More »
When they think of immigration reform at all, most folks think about Mexicans. Because of their visibility, their numbers, and the fact that they make up a huge percentage of those immigrants in the U.S. illegally, Mexicans have become the face of the immigration issue in America. There are significant populations here from Central America, [...]
March 6th, 2010 | Posted in Headlines,Politics | Read More »
