by David Safier Words matter. When they're purposely misused or confused for political matters, words matter deeply. Immigrants, legal or illegal, are people who come to a country to settle here, to work and live there. Drug smugglers are criminals by definition, but they're not immigrants. They come into the country to make a drug … Read more
by David Safier May 5 has been declared “Report An Illegal Day” by a neo-Nazi group: The National Socialist Movement, which is considered by many to be a neo-nazi hate group, is passing out fliers for an event to coincide with Cinco de Mayo. According to a flier received by ABC15, the National Socialist Movement … Read more
by David Safier The Sunday Washington Post will carry an article, 5 Myths about immigration. It presents strong counter arguments to these statements: Immigrants take jobs from American workers. Immigration is at an all-time high, and most new immigrants came illegally. Today's immigrants are not integrating into American life like past waves did. Cracking down … Read more
by David Safier Immigrants in Arizona are Terrorists? So said our Accidental Guv on Fox: Here are Brewer's "terrorist" lines from the interview: "You know Arizona has been under terrorist attacks, if you will, with all of this illegal immigration that has been taking place on our very, very porous border." [snip] "We do not … Read more
by David Safier Last night I wrote that the changes to SB 1070 created by a new bill defanged the legislation making it less vile than it was. But I admitted my lack of knowledge about the changes and said the jury is still out. According to Think Progress, one change puts some of the … Read more