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alt=”" width=”250″ height=”300″ />With the 2012 elections coming quick President Obama is trying to court Hispanic votes by creating a new “Public Advocate” to undocumented immigrants. Despite deporting record numbers during his administration. This seems to me to be very similar to the PR move he made earlier last year when he said they would change deportation terms and update how they were handling undocumented immigrants. Needless to say it was all talk and very little change if any. This new creating of the advocate to the undocumented seems to be a very similar move. Dear Mr. President we are interested in real change and immigration reform not public image restoration motivated by seeking reelection. Mr President how about we finally see some of that “CHANGE, we can believe in.”
In light of the recent Republican debates, I’ve been wondering: What would I take with me on my “self-deportation” flight?
Would I be sure to grab my iPhone? My People magazine? What about my Beyonce album and West Wing DVDs? How do I take ”my America” with me on this self-deportation journey? What would you take with you? Continue reading
Posted in Deportation, Immigration Reform, Informed, Jose Antonio Vargas
Tagged DefineAmerican
Posted in Deportation, Human Rights, Immigration, Immigration Reform
Tagged Children, Deportation, Immigration Reform, Kids, Parents
Over the weekend I had a chance to snag “A Better Life” at Redbox and watch it. I usually write-up reviews for documentaries but with this movie focusing on undocumented immigrants in California I thought I would review it. The movie chronicles the life of a father and son living outside of Los Angeles. The father is an undocumented immigrants working to create a better life for his son who was born in the United States. The movie shows the struggles the teenage son faces with the culture of gangs and in having a single parent home. No wanting to spoil anything for you I will tell you I found the movie to be overall very entertaining and a good watch. In regards to immigration I found it to be reasonably accurate and was glad it didn’t paint to many stereotypes. My only knock on the movie would be that in the movie description it uses the I-Word (illegal) when referring to the father.
Posted in Deportation, Immigration, InformUSCitizens, latino perceptions, Mexico, Undocumented
Tagged Immigration, Movie, redbox, review
Posted in Deportation, Documentary, Mexico
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