That looks exactly like that Bill in Oklahoma. Collecting data and then trying to overturn Plyler v. Doe. I don’t know if it goes further than SB 1070, however. SB 1070 is the grand kahuna of racist, xenophobes incarnate.

I could not agree with you more. However, there must be a strategy, a plan to move forward. Sometimes I feel, we as Latinos, get all worked up and then we drop the ball. No! Adelante. Con calma. With a mission. With a plan.

Gracias for your article.

Saludos,

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What is wrong with enforcing the law? If you’re here illegally you won’t have the proper paperwork… something as simple as a drivers license. You shouldn’t be worried about this if you’re here legally. Look at Mexico’s immigration policy and compare it to ours. They won’t let anyone come there LEGALLY if they won’t be a productive member of society, and are we supposed to let folks come here and live off our land? There is a right way to do things and a wrong way. It is ILLEGAL to come here without proper clearance.

What is also missing is the fact that having municipal employees enforce any federal law is unconstitutional, for many reasons. There’s a reason we have local, state, and federal legal bodies. don’t be so shortsighted that you just focus on your hate of immigrants and don’t see the legal can of worms this law would open in the unlikely event that it gets implemented.

And also, I wonder what native americans would say about your “our land” comment. Or was it cool to break the laws back then as long as your family won?

yes, so what im saying is this is a fancy way for local police to extend their power beyond what their role is. but there’s no point in arguing with people who operate from hate. you can’t win. thats why it gives me hope that the people who get it seem to be getting organized. I am confident there’s more of us.

Hmm… if people are gonna talk about “if they are here illegally” shit… My response is that ANYONE from anywhere in Latin America (but especially Mexico in relation to Arizona etc. since the U.S. literally stole that land from Mexico anyway) has more right to be here on this land than ANY white person. And any white person who is talking about “my land”/”our land” needs to take his happy ass back to Germany.

Guess what, Mustafa? La Raza was there long before the Spaniards. The difference is, the “Spaniards” aren’t the ones telling people who have been there before them to leave. Unlike Norte Americanos who have the nerve to tell people to get out who have been there all along, long before they themselves were there. It’s the interesting irony of a country where it’s certain immigrants who are telling other immigrants AND INDIGENOUS TO THE LAND to get out.

Sabina, you completely misunderstand me and it is so typical for people to jump on the “don’t tell white people to leave” bullshit too. i didn’t say white people can’t be here or should leave. i said any of them that are racist fools that think they have more right to be here than anyone else should think about the irony of what they are saying and think about what they might feel like being told to leave. but to be fair, i don’t know too many white people who have “worked their ass off” to be here. in fact, i don’t know any. all white people benefit from the fact that everyone else has worked their ass off, and continue to force/abuse everyone else to work their ass off and “earn” their right to be here while never ever questionning white people’s “right” to be here. as always, everyone misses the point. none of you are anything but immigrants. but guess what? the so called “illegal immigrants” from Latin America are NOT actually immigrants. they were here all along, side by side with the rest of us indigenous people, trading, intermarrying, etc. i’m not saying immigrants can’t or shouldn’t come here. i’m saying white people need to remember that they don’t have any more right to this country than anyone else, they didn’t “earn” their right to be here by working for it, and this is NOT “their” land to share with only who they desire. “It’s when they start hating that they deserve to get booted.” Yes, go back and read my original comment because that’s exactly what the fuck i said. “And any white person who is talking about ‘my land’/'our land’ needs to take his happy ass back to Germany.”