6/29/10
Immigration Law -Is it racism?
Meria Heller interviews Zelica Rodriguez, child of Salvadoran immigrants, Program Director for SIREN - Services, immigrant rights and education network. The film “A Day Without a Mexican”; misinformation on immigrants = racism; Arizona immigration law is not the way to fix the problem; NAFTA,GATT, US Foreign Policy – killed El Savador’s economy (and Mexico’s); 12 million undocumented in the U.S. need protection; the immigration debate as a moral one; free trade, globalization killed their jobs now killing ours; States and the immigration law – it’s the Fed’s job; SB1070 – bad for Az and unconstitutional; racism & hatred; Fremont, Nebraska – license to live; compromising public safety; we’re all human beings; it’s “them” today perhaps “us” tomorrow; boycotts against Az could cost over $90 million over 5 yrs; $29 billion lost a yr if all immigrants leave Az; consumer power of illegals; What SIREN has to offer; do you believe in democracy? legal immigrants suffer under Ahnold in California; upcoming elections and much more.
