Archive for October, 2008
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
If you care about immigrants in this country, buy yourself a shirt from American Apparel, a company that is doing all it can to support immigrants in California (and elsewhere) with their LEGALIZE LA campaign.
American Apparel is continuing the fight to make sure that THE AMERICAN DREAM stays alive, while ...
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Please do not be alarmed -- just having some theme issues. Luckily I can revert back to old theme so the site can continue to function during these technical difficulties. :)
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Ran accross this brief documentary called Alex and the Beast. It discusses the difficult journey many people take to make their to the US from Central America. Thousands of young people each year climb onto the tops of cargo trains and hang on for their dear lives in search of ...
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
Daniel Kowalski of bibdaily.com -- the most useful immigration blog around posted a wonderful discussion on the Magical ICE goggles, or the ability of ICE agents to magically spot and arrest on the spot illegal immigrants.
I imagine those mysterious abilities make the federal government's job a lot easier. I wonder ...
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="196" caption="Maria Andreu -- once an "illegal" American."][/caption]
A wonderful story by Maria Andreu, describes her path to becoming a “real” American. The underlying question for me while reading her story is what does it really mean to be an American? Is someone’s birth in this country the ...
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008
Some profound words, from a very intelligent and learned cat. Sadly many people in our society seem unable to grasp the issue as well as this feline. Please watch this, as it is a great primer and outlines the issues extremely well. Plus hey -- it's two cats. :)
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008
This is an overview of the process by which immigrants entered the U.S. via Ellis Island. Just like today, the process was arduous and a difficult experience (in a different way), however one thing that made it easier was that most of the restrictions on entry were based on the ...
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Today I stumbled across Rinku Sen's Accidental American website. This website is a promotional piece for Sen's book of the same name. I really enjoyed spending time on this website, especially under the My Story section, where visitors can upload their own videos explaining how they became Accidental Americans.
The idea behind being ...
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Monday, October 6th, 2008
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Looking to immigrate to U.S.? Now is your opportunity because the US Department of State released the info for the 2010 DV Lottery Registration.
Applications will be accepted from October 2 to December 1, 2008.
Go to ...
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Monday, October 6th, 2008
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="262" caption="The Department of Homeland Security demanded that Bill Addington tear down this rickety footbridge, which links his farm to a Mexican village."][/caption]
Some of the smartest words about immigration that I have heard in a long time, come from a Texas rancher Bill Addington and were reported ...
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