Tuesday, November 8, 2005

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free

Va. Day Laborers Being Photographed, Followed
Representatives of the Herndon chapter of the Minuteman Project, a national group that fights illegal immigration, began showing up last week at the site. On three mornings, including Friday, Minuteman members arrived about 6 a.m. with video and still cameras and walkie-talkies to document the activities of Lopez and other day laborers as well as the employers hiring them.
Hey, Minutemen, why don't you take the jobs that these day laborers do? Your racist "cause" would hurt this country, you know. Who would do these shitty jobs for less than minimum, no benefits, and no guarantee you'll get work or get paid for the work you do? What ever happened to your "security" mission, you know, sitting on your asses at borders patrolling for "illegals?" Didn't you say that the terrorists were getting in through the unguarded borders? Last time I checked, Lopez wasn't an Islamic name... I guess you were lying when you said you were keeping the country safe from terrorists, huh?

I visited New York City for the first time in my life this past weekend. It was quite something to see the Statue of Liberty from across the water and contemplate the millions of people who came to this country seeking a better life, including the ancestors of those Minutemen. They didn't have stringent immigration laws designed to keep most people out of the country back when boatloads were coming over in search of freedom and prosperity. If they had been, those Minutemen hicks would have been kept out.

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