I forgot about this story but was thinking about it the other day when I realized that NO ONE is discussing immigration in the election this year.
I really wish it would come up. One, it's an important issue. Two, McCain is either going to piss off Rethugs by being a "maverick" or completely shit on his own past by claiming nativist, racist beliefs in order to earn votes. Either way works for me.
In May, ICE pulled a raid on a kosher meat packing plant in Postville, IA. The local response says both a lot on how Americans can be good neighbors and, unfortunately, how some of us can be total scumbags. More here and more on the labor issues revealed by the case as well.
You'd hope that a nation of immigrants would know better, but with GOP fanning the flames of racism and intolerance, no such luck.
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