So many extremist groups today claim to be America’s Voice or the Voice of the working American when in reality, they are nothing more than Klansmen of old in leisure suits. In Truth,America’s Voice is people such as me and you, tired of the lies and the pompous posturing of those who use the Immigration debate to fill their hip pockets and spread their peculiar brand of hate. We’re coming upon that time of the year when they have what seems to be becoming an annual affair, called “Hold their feet to the fire” or some silly ass name. Remember ….Read More
30/04/2008
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Migrant rights activists applauded a vote by Mexico’s Congress to remove long-standing criminal penalties for undocumented migrants found in the country.The measure passed unanimously in the lower house on Tuesday, a day after Senate approval. President Felipe Calderon’s office declined to say whether he would sign the popular measure into law. Mexican lawmakers saw the harsh penalties as an anachronism, and some noted Mexico also owes migrants better treatment. Immigrants here, mostly Central Americans trying to reach the U.S., are often robbed, mistreated and subject to extortion by bandits and even police. “It is very positive that they have removed ….Read More
22/03/2008
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Editor’s Note: Simply another reason for people to get their heads out of their asses, and support a bi-partisian effort at true immigration reform! TLAPACOYAN, Mexico—Atop a hill just outside of this small city in Veracruz, between patches of banana and coffee plants that grow wild in the tropics of southern Mexico, a church stands unfinished. Wood and nails are strewn on the concrete altar. Two cinderblocks take the place of pews.Inside the church, Pablo Juarez Mendoza kneels in rubble. Mendoza—square-jawed, solemn, in his mid-30s—wears a T-shirt emblazoned with the image of a brightly colored Ferris wheel, advertising a carnival ….Read More