I am opposed to immigrant bashing. But we all bring ourselves and our deficiencies with us wherever we go. The Latinos are not the first immigrants to flock to California only to find they had brought their old selves along […]
Immigration
The Migrations of California
We have been accustomed recently to think of California as a place people migrate out of to the rest of the United States and that receives immigrants from abroad. But apparently there are levels. The Bay Area is so much […]
Immigration Policy: Now I Will Offend Everyone
I don’t know whether this should be the official stance of the PAN Norte, but I wish to inform my readers that I endorse both the DREAM Act, beloved of the left and the proposals of the right to redefine “birthright […]
Why The Religious Right Is Soft On Immigration: Plus, I Propose To Revive A New Deal-Era Institution
I read a recent New York Times article on the Mormon editor who is being lambasted by the conservatives for his views on immigration points up a little known fact – the strictly religious right is fairly soft on immigration. […]
Poll Shows ‘Sea Change’ in Californians’ Attitudes Toward Illegal Immigration
I personally favor some restrictions, but from a political view you can not win office by running against immigrants any more than Sitting Bull could have won the presidency campaigning against the white man. Yes, the average Californian is 30 […]
Sons of Italy “Assimilate” to Country and Western
If the Sons of Italy is doing a country western dance, not tarantellas, why are we so worried about immigration? When I’m in Europe I like to tell them, in hell, the Americans are in charge of health care and […]