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Much as I like the idea of a rubric's cube, it's spelled Rubik's cube. (Now what would a rubric's cube…
Great response to the Mace bill by AOC (video at link).
@bcb: Sometimes I think the whole election was an elaborate murder-suicide plot that the entire country is carrying out.
@Megalodon: They've made it clear that their first target is trans Americans. They'll get to that mass deportation stuff when…
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Category Archives: Immigration, Migrant Rights, etc
“Undocumented Immigrants” versus “Illegals”: A conversation about power and respect
A very short play (or maybe a future comic strip, if I think of a punchline): SHERMY: Now, what William here proposes we increase widget production. BILLY: Actually, it’s “Billy,” if you don’t mind. SHERMY: I think I like “William” … Continue reading
Killing People For Infractions of Minor Laws: Prohibition and Immigration
From an article about the government’s program of deliberate poisoning during Prohibition: Frustrated that people continued to consume so much alcohol even after it was banned, federal officials had decided to try a different kind of enforcement. They ordered the … Continue reading
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Cartoon: Immigration and Jobs
[spoiler]PANEL 1 Illustration shows Alamar, a dark-skinned man wearing overalls and a hardhat, standing behind a partly built brick wall holding a brick in one hand and a trowel in the other. CAPTION: Alamar came to the United States to … Continue reading
How Immigration Laws Break Up Tens Of Thousands Of Families
Colorlines reports on the surprising court victory of undocumented immigrant and father Filipe Montes: Felipe Montes, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, moved to Sparta, N.C., in 2003 to work on Christmas tree farms. He married a local woman, Marie Montes, … Continue reading
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Obama Admin’s “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” Program Begins
From the Washington Post: The Obama administration kicked off one of the most sweeping changes in immigration policy in decades Wednesday, accepting applications from young illegal immigrants for the temporary right to live and work openly in the United States … Continue reading
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Why Immigration Hasn’t Hurt Native Wages In California
The Economist’s Wil Wilkinson reports on new research from California (the state with the most immigrants). If it were impossible to tell immigrants and native workers apart — had they no differences that matter to the job market — an … Continue reading
Sign the petition to stop Leslie Hernandez’s deportation
A bit of signal-boosting: If you’re willing, this certainly seems worth taking a couple of moments to sign. Might help, certainly won’t hurt. From DREAMactivist.org: To Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, John Morton and Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano: … Continue reading
Reagan and Bush Sr. Debate Immigration
Alex Knapp writes: I’m not sure what astounds me more. The compassion and pragmatism in Reagan and Bush’s positions on illegal immigration, or the fact that they’re not speaking in talking points. Conor Friedersdorf writes: Of course, the fact that … Continue reading
Rick Perry Says An Undocumented Immigrant Is His Hero
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Supreme Court, In A 4-4 Vote, Affirms Sexist Discrimination Against Fathers
[Crossposted at Family Scholars Blog.] I wrote about Flores-Villar v. United States last year. The Times summarizes the state of the law in 1974, when Ruben Flores-Villar was born: Children born outside the country to an unmarried American parent are … Continue reading
Thanks for the catch! And, I have no idea whatsoever what a rubric's cube would be or would do. But…