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The Catholic Church had a conference in Salt Lake City last week about immigration reform. They choose Salt Lake City as the location because of the Utah Compact. The Utah Compact on immigration, endorsed by LDS, is hugely sane. Among the points, local law enforcement should not focus on federal code violations, we need a [...] (crossposted from AZIVN, but the article vanished when they converted to the new site! Of special interest here is The Utah Compact, a moderate, thoughtful platform on immigration endorsed by LDS which played at least a supporting role in the recall of the rabidly anti-immigration Pearce in Arizona.) Make no mistake; this was an earthquake [...] ICE photo More than 800 law enforcement agents swooped down on a massive human smuggling ring in Arizona early Thursday morning, delivering a “stunning blow” to a criminal network that helped shuttled illegal immigrants all around the country. Human smuggling is a $1.7 billion a year business in Arizona. Western Union recently got hit [...] Four out of seven officers in Shenandoah, PA have been indicted on federal charges, three for the cover-up, one for unrelated corruption. This includes their three top-ranked officers. Sounds like a complete cesspool. Yesterday I came across this video on You Tube of a young man named Robert Erickson giving a speech at a Minnesota Tea Party Against Amnesty. Erickson is introduced as a resident concerned about illegal immigration. He says the usual litany of complaints about immigrants: they steal our jobs, they stress our infrastructure, they tax [...] William Morris, Next Century Foundation Last week I interviewed William Morris of the Next Century Foundation. They are involved in conflict resolution in places such as Gaza, Iraq and also facilitate track 2 dialogues, for example arranging confidential discussions between Hamas and people who publically claim they’re not/ cannot talk to them. These meetings [...] From Steve Earle’s City of Immigrants Livin’ in a city where the streets are paved With good intentions and a people’s faith In the sacred promise a statue made Livin’ in a city of immigrants All of us are immigrants Every daughter, every son Everyone is everyone All of us are immigrants Everyone Tip: [...] There’s over 20,000 of them in New York City alone, bringing bizarre food customs with them (french fries with gravy and cheese curds?), taking highly skilled jobs from Americans, artfully blending in with the populace. Oh the horror. If this peril is not stopped they might attempt to make curling a national sport here. Yes, [...] Photo from Steve Rhodes’ photostream on Flickr. IndyBay has reports and more photos. Counter-protesters greatly outnumbered Minutemen. This is a major escalation of tactics by the Bush Administration, jailing them first, then deportation, rather than just deportation. Charges may be filed against the company who hired them. We’ll see if the company owners go to prison too. |  | ||||
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