Put forth by XicanoPwr
May
10
In this country, policies concerning immigration continually confront politicians to make difficult decisions. In a democracy, every public policy requires some accommodations from what experts might conceive as a technocratic ideal to adapt to political pressures. There is no reason to expect that policy toward who is allowed to work in a country would be [...]
Posted in Deportation, Immigration, Nativism, Política Estados Unidos, Prejudices, Racism, Round-ups, Xenophobia | 
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
May
01
May Day, better known as International Workers’ Day, has approached us once again. May Day began in America at the time we once were working more than 8 hour shifts and employers did not care for the safety of their workers. That was then, now, many associate May Day as an immigrant event. Yet, [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Apr
28
As many of you know, I have written a couple of posts on the plight of two immigrant victims of domestic abuse, Emelina Ramirez Bojorquez and Ana Bertha Arellano. Late last week Alexis Moore asked me if I blog about a bill introduced by Assemblymember Juan Arambula to the California State Assembly, CA AB 2405, [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Apr
11
Movement Vision Lab is proud to announce the results of their $1000 Video Contest on Community Values & Immigration. The winning video is ARIVACA: Life on the Border. The video is the story of life in a border town, Arivaca, AZ, told by the people who live there.
ARIVACA: Life on the Border
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Apr
10
As immigration continues to be a big issue in American politics, controversy has erupted over a recent ad campaign for Swedish-based Absolut Vodka. The ad in question reignited the La Reconquista fear among wingnuttia.
The ad shows a historical map of the Mexico before Texas’ Independence and the Mexico-US War of 1846-48 had occurred. The [...]
Posted in Civil Rights, Fear, Immigration, La Reconquista fable, Nativism, Prejudices, Xenophobia | Tags: | functional 6 Comments »
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