Nakedmanatee's Blog o' Mirth.

In which one man, through a series of holistic misadventures, attempts to break the barriers that hinder communication using only a computer, a handful of Wheat Thins--sun-dried tomato flavor, and the Talking Heads CD, "More Songs About Buildings and Food." Guest starring Rita Moreno as herself.

Sunday, May 21, 2006

Illegal Immigration

Ever wonder why you're not hearing from politicians about those law-breaking individuals involved in illegal immigration? No, I'm not talking about the actual immigrants. I've seen plenty of them on the news being rounded up. I'm talking about the ones *hiring* them, and consequently profitting off of them. This op-ed piece explains it a lot better than I could...

Yahoo News Article

1 Comments:

Blogger David said...

Sadly, I think your experience is not an isolated incident. I've been catching a lot of local campaign rhetoric and the universal catch-phrase seems to be "we have to secure our borders!" It's fear-mongering, plain and simple. As a vote-getting strategy, it's one of the best, but in terms of actually solving anything, it completely misses the mark. But, unfortunately, that seems to be the overriding goal of politicians: get elected. Anything else that happens is incidental.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting, Tasha!

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