tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107730462024-02-20T13:21:12.251-06:00Liberty TogetherPositive voices for immigrants, Hispanics, and the American soulUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-8591759864740750412010-05-22T06:34:00.000-05:002010-05-22T06:34:54.772-05:00Welcoming the stranger is a nation-defining decisionValerie Elverton Dixon in Sojo.net:The issue of illegal immigration in the United States requires an anti-logic of radical love.
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We ought to welcome them as brother and sister citizens.
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The question for me is: what would have happened had European-Americans welcomed African-Americans into the labor unions? What would have happened had they extended hospitality rather than violence?
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-26355836526031728032009-12-25T05:35:00.004-06:002009-12-25T05:44:57.631-06:00Another law that forgivesAccording to this Tennessean article by Chas Sisk, Tennessee State Rep. Brenda Gilmore has embraces the concept of earned legalization - for drivers - proposing to "forgiv[e] violators of up to half of their fines and penalties" and allow them "to work off a portion of their remaining fine through public service."She is paraphrased as saying, "Many of these people are still driving despite havingUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-66378287916517451292008-10-04T00:03:00.001-05:002008-10-04T00:04:51.648-05:00The Immigration Serenity Prayerby John LambGod grant usthe serenity to legalize the ordinary immigrants,the courage to deport only the criminals, andthe wisdom to know the difference.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-58324886695185509192008-08-25T21:26:00.000-05:002008-08-25T21:26:17.947-05:00Immigration Frustration"The influx of illegal immigrants is harming my community. What is a Christian response?"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-31699911108041298512008-05-23T05:00:00.000-05:002008-05-23T05:00:15.603-05:00Protection of society's most vulnerable is not our concernFrom The Jewish Daily Forward:What’s most shameful about the Postville immigration raid is not the behavior of the immigrants or the company that hired them, but the priorities and values of the government that mounted the operation. After years of neglecting its legal duties to protect workers and consumers, it finally found the resources for a massive show of commitment to our unenforceable Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-60963578163951483962008-05-11T22:25:00.002-05:002008-05-11T22:28:31.805-05:00The punishment is out of proportion with the offenseThe first letter to the editor here illustrates two points related to immigration: our laws should impose a punishment proportionate to the offense, and not every infraction of the law is or should be criminal:As a conscientious driver with an impeccable driving record, I wanted to offer my experience regarding moving over for stopped emergency vehicles ("Move over, or get a ticket," April 22 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-75257451555823761122008-03-15T07:45:00.000-05:002008-03-15T07:46:38.633-05:00You might as well sit in your beach chair and tell the tide not to come inMAYOR BLOOMBERG TESTIFIES BEFORE THE U.S. SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE FIELD HEARING ON FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LEGISLATIONJuly 5, 2006The following is the text of Mayor Bloomberg's Testimony – Please Check Against Delivery"Good morning, Chairman Specter and Senator Kennedy. Thank you for calling this hearing and inviting me to testify. "Immigration reform is one of the most important issues this Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-4168971880751346012008-02-01T19:51:00.000-06:002008-02-01T19:51:46.677-06:00The bosom of America is openThe bosom of America is open to receive not only the opulent and respectable stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all nations and religions, whom we shall welcome to a participation of all our rights and privileges, if by decency and propriety of conduct they appear to merit the enjoyment.-George Washington, in his Address to the Members of the Volunteer Association and the Other Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-18806139598101398702007-12-01T13:30:00.000-06:002007-12-01T13:31:22.527-06:00"Accommodate, assist, guide, and educate"From theNewspaper.com: "In other words change the emphasis from 'threaten, enforce, punish, and penalize' to 'accommodate, assist, guide, and educate,' Baxter said. "Then we'll see the ... numbers move in the right direction -- downward."Do you agree? Beware; this advocate is not talking about immigrants. Read the original story here, and see if your opinion changes.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-85392755682055372402007-11-29T04:52:00.000-06:002007-11-29T05:25:18.216-06:00Some GOP candidates resist total immigration negativityPositive excerpts from last night's presidential debateMR. GUILIANI:New York City allowed the children of illegal immigrants to go to school. If we didn't allow the children of illegal immigrants to go to school, we would have had 70,000 children on the streets at a time in which New York City was going through a massive crime wave, averaging 2,000 murders a year, 10,000 felonies a week.The only Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-16334683340529998922007-09-13T04:49:00.000-05:002007-09-13T04:49:22.776-05:00Economy needs undocumented immigrants, and the numbers back it up - Nashville, Tennessee - Thursday, 09/13/07 - Tennessean.comEconomy needs undocumented immigrants, and the numbers back it upUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-54725590760830710352007-09-13T04:44:00.000-05:002007-09-13T04:44:06.124-05:00Immigration Raids Echo History of African Americans - NAMImmigration Raids Echo History of African AmericansUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-75006253625437369982007-08-07T06:05:00.000-05:002015-05-31T19:50:14.544-05:00Many confront difficulty by immigratingImmigrating!The word meant failure, loss and defeat in the lives of people who sought refuge in other countries. It meant loss, too, to the families who had depended on the physical proximity of the immigrant. It branded the immigrant with the stigma of a loser in the game of life.In my 25 years as a immigration attorney, I have seen thousands of families confront the pain of admitting financial Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-3370896977206299772007-08-03T09:08:00.000-05:002007-08-03T09:12:26.897-05:00Given the likely prevalence of such commonplace behavior, criminal charges are a "major waste""Given the likely prevalence of such commonplace behavior ..., criminally charging [illegals] with [this commonplace crime] represents a major waste of prosecution dollars, writes Fred Grimm in the Miami Herald."Agree or disagree?It's not about migration, though. It's a more impolite subject, so be forewarned: original post here.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-40930608468214527182007-07-22T06:51:00.000-05:002007-07-22T06:51:33.190-05:00Foreign flag will no longer fly in TennesseeA foreign flag that was flown in Nashville will be removed from Tennessee altogether.A good thing?Read moreUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-25732104325871330392007-07-19T06:50:00.000-05:002007-07-19T06:50:11.542-05:00Legal and religious authorities offer "second chance" to lawbreakersFrom the Nashville City Paper:Local police, prosecutors and clergy are hoping that as many as hundreds of fugitives will take advantage of a rare opportunity to turn themselves in during the first week of August. The reason: That’s when law enforcement officials will be willing to give those persons the most favorable treatment possible and even “a second chance.”Under a program called “Fugitive Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-51073804861653973622007-07-17T07:32:00.000-05:002007-07-17T07:41:07.400-05:00Not just unfair but also immoral to make it much more burdensome"It's not just unfair but also immoral to make it much more burdensome for seekers of something worthy - not abusers - to do this."This is a paraphrase of a quote on what topic? It's not the immigration bureaucracy.Should that sentiment apply to expatriate policy?read the original story hereUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-25746669881622049602007-07-15T06:37:00.000-05:002007-07-15T07:08:36.266-05:00Stunning cost and infuriating application of law raise Constitutional, fairness concernsThe law has been criticized because the cost to the lawbreaker is "stunning," punishment is non-negotiable and cannot be modified by a judge, and application of the law is unequal and "infuriating."The stated reason for the law is to address a group of lawbreakers who have become an economic burden to the government.Civil rights organizations invoke the U.S. Constitution when they decry the "Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-60250416489212641172007-07-03T18:14:00.000-05:002007-07-03T18:16:48.596-05:00This is evil talkHere We Go AgainBy Aunt B.It’s not a perfect analogy, but let’s say you live in a little village on one side of the interstate, next door to the most awesome bar imaginable.Say that your buddy John lives on the other side of the interstate, directly across from you and the bar. But it’s rural nowhere, so, if he’s going to actually drive to the bar, he’s got to go ten miles down to the nearest Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-27484861458171052742007-06-24T21:25:00.000-05:002007-06-24T21:30:05.043-05:00"We also must accept responsibility for these workers"Undocumented workers need to be respected, paid and given a way forwardFarmers admit we need immigrant laborers; now we have to step up to be accountable for their role.By David Mas Masumoto"Agriculture has openly acknowledged the need for labor: We also must accept responsibility for these workers." "As these new Americans are recognized, wages, working conditions and health benefits must be Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-27614454343102076872007-06-11T06:36:00.001-05:002007-06-11T06:40:41.618-05:00Do we really want assimilation? What do we teach our kids?Cox and Forkum points here to a column saying that kids and not immigrants are the assimilation priority (keep in mind the writer says we want them to learn American individualism, which some Americans are fighting as a cancer on our culture):But the argument about political correctness and multiculturalism is not really an argument against immigration. In fact, it only connects to immigration Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-85194521484073745452007-06-11T06:34:00.000-05:002007-06-11T06:36:14.781-05:00Unwelcome and problematic only because they got in the wrong way?Cox and Forkum points here to "a must-read article on immigration from Jewish World Review: The real cause of the immigration crisis by Jeff Jacoby. (via TIA Daily)":To countless Americans, the difference between legal and illegal immigration is self-evident and meaningful. But is that really what distinguishes the immigrants we want from those we don't — that the former enter the country Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-67533522592730944922007-06-11T06:30:00.000-05:002007-06-11T06:32:15.809-05:00Stars and BarredFrom Cox and Forkum (read entire entry here):Notice that we don't commonly talk about, say, "illegal homeowners" or "illegal students." Why? It's not because homeowners and students are fanatics for rule of law. It's because there are no government quotas limiting the number of home buyers and education seekers. If there were, if only a small number of houses were permitted to be built every yearUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-10315784822322055222007-06-11T06:27:00.001-05:002007-06-11T06:27:47.732-05:00Conservatives for better immigration bureaucracyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773046.post-63031532382019092932007-04-08T14:53:00.000-05:002007-04-08T15:24:26.843-05:00What Is This "Crime," Really?From the Ornery American:A fifteen-year-old boy -- let's call him David -- has been yearning for his driver's license for a long time.But today all thoughts of waiting for his license are out the window, because his little sister cut herself and he can't stop the bleeding. His family's phone service was cut off long ago. His parents aren't home. They live far from any neighbors. But they do have Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0