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American Legion Immigration Report Replete with Falsehoods

American Legion Immigration Report Replete with Falsehoods

Since its founding nearly 90 years ago, the American Legion has been a fixture of community life. It has hosted Memorial Day parades to remember those who died in America’s wars. It has held bingo nights and dances at its 14,000-plus posts worldwide. It has supported thousands of Boy Scout groups, sponsored a baseball program [...]

Lou Dobbs - Blame it all on Mexico - Why Not!

Lou Dobbs - Blame it all on Mexico - Why Not!

For the past few years, Lou Dobbs has led anti-immigrant forces against amnesty, against illegal Mexicans, against Mexico, against his own government, and against the truth.
His rants have been less than truthful; once almost causing a panic in the United States when he brought forth on his show the issue of illegal Mexicans coming over [...]

When will bias against ‘illegals’ no longer be acceptable?

An excellent article published by Andrew Greeley: in the Chicago Sun Times.
I wonder when it will become unfashionable to engage in slurs against Mexican immigrants — they don’t work hard, they don’t learn to speak English, they are taking money away from other Americans, some of them may be terrorists, they don’t drive trucks safely.
The [...]

Putting a face on Rascism in America

The Nativists
Around the country, an anti-immigration movement is spreading like wildfire. An array of activists is fanning the flames.
One of them says he’d like to bring nuclear weapons to the border. Another vows to stop the alleged Mexican invasion of Idaho. Several have links to white supremacist hate groups; others are given to dire warnings [...]