Phoenix Immigration reform advocates have increasingly lodged the criticism that the Obama Administration, the state of Arizona, and many other jurisdictions is criminalizing immigrants. Part of this lies in the simple Arpaio aberration of taking a civil infraction, which is how an immigration violation exists in law, and making it a criminal issue, largely in …
Author: wade
No Prep Labor Days
New Orleans I don’t have the energy on a Labor Day for the anger, but there’s no escaping the ironies! The New York Times writes an editorial on “Labor Day, Now and Then,” and while noting that Labor Day dates earlier than other holidays mindlessly say the following: “…nature doesn’t seem quite as rude as …
Day Laborers and Immigrants Rule in “Machete”
New Orleans The search for movies with a politically satirical message is unwavering and someone has to do it, so there we were at opening night for the world release for “Machete,” the new Richard Rodriguez blood and gore flick, and we were thumbs up all the way. In fact our friends at NDLON, the …