A few months ago when the Health Reform bill was passed Nancy Pelossi promised not to bring to congress this year any bill that would compromise the chances of Democratic congressmen of being reelected. With the passing in Arizona of SB 1070, and the massive protests carried out nationwide by advocates of immigration reforms looks like Pelossi's promise might be broken.
Dominicans who enter US illegally (unlike their counterparts from Mexico and CentroAmerica) are very crafty at getting their green card in short period, probably because trips from DR are dangerous and expensive, still there's a sizable number of Dominicans who lack the legal status to work and live in the US, and this group would be profoundly affected if this law represents a trend and expands to others states where more "criollos" reside.
I understand the tremendous problem that illegal immigration represents for the US (especially the southern states), but of all people Americans should know better that you don't fight illegalities with laws that violates the constitution.
This law not only request policemen to check the status of any person suspected of being illegally in the country, it commands them to do so!. In fact; policemen can be sued by any citizens they don't see demanding papers from suspected immigrants.
This law has "Jim Crow" written all over it, it promotes apartheid and segregation, it makes "brown" people second class citizens in their own country, as it forces them to carry passports or green cards with them all the time, otherwise they'll be put in jail until they prove they reside here legally. What will be next?, Hispanic people will be required to wear a yellow tag sewn to their clothing?.
Nice to see that the entire NBA repelled this law. Tonight; the Phoenix Suns -when they face the San Antonio Spurs- will wear a tag on their uniforms expressing their dissatisfaction with this law. Nice also to see a number of sport writers refusing to cover the Arizona Diamondback (whose owner is the main donor for the Republican party in Arizona) until this law is repelled.
For the good of Arizona they need to be taught a lesson, just like in the 80's and 90's when they were one of the last states to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. day as a national holiday (John Mcain voted against that law). It took years of boycotts (including losing the right to host the Superbowl in 1992) to make them change their mind.
I wonder what's the opinion of DR1 members on this matter & the effects it has on
Dominicans. Just for the record, Obama has more than doubled the number of annual deportations of illegal immigrants. He's doing more to tackle this problem than any republican president has ever done.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1872501,00.html
Dominicans who enter US illegally (unlike their counterparts from Mexico and CentroAmerica) are very crafty at getting their green card in short period, probably because trips from DR are dangerous and expensive, still there's a sizable number of Dominicans who lack the legal status to work and live in the US, and this group would be profoundly affected if this law represents a trend and expands to others states where more "criollos" reside.
I understand the tremendous problem that illegal immigration represents for the US (especially the southern states), but of all people Americans should know better that you don't fight illegalities with laws that violates the constitution.
This law not only request policemen to check the status of any person suspected of being illegally in the country, it commands them to do so!. In fact; policemen can be sued by any citizens they don't see demanding papers from suspected immigrants.
This law has "Jim Crow" written all over it, it promotes apartheid and segregation, it makes "brown" people second class citizens in their own country, as it forces them to carry passports or green cards with them all the time, otherwise they'll be put in jail until they prove they reside here legally. What will be next?, Hispanic people will be required to wear a yellow tag sewn to their clothing?.
Nice to see that the entire NBA repelled this law. Tonight; the Phoenix Suns -when they face the San Antonio Spurs- will wear a tag on their uniforms expressing their dissatisfaction with this law. Nice also to see a number of sport writers refusing to cover the Arizona Diamondback (whose owner is the main donor for the Republican party in Arizona) until this law is repelled.
For the good of Arizona they need to be taught a lesson, just like in the 80's and 90's when they were one of the last states to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. day as a national holiday (John Mcain voted against that law). It took years of boycotts (including losing the right to host the Superbowl in 1992) to make them change their mind.
I wonder what's the opinion of DR1 members on this matter & the effects it has on
Dominicans. Just for the record, Obama has more than doubled the number of annual deportations of illegal immigrants. He's doing more to tackle this problem than any republican president has ever done.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1872501,00.html
