One of the largest immigration raids since Native Americans tried to dislodge illegal aliens from England in 1622.

This is from the Chicago Tribune. It's interesting to think about the ways that we treat one another. I've noticed that as human beings we tend to enforce our laws on the unfortunate and disenfranchised; in this case on hard working heads of households, who more often then not have an honest point of view in life here in America. There are many more shadier things that are of no concern to us. We aren't made aware of their existence since they work in the backgrounds of our quotidian life. What's worse is that it is planned within the political agenda of the administration in power to scapegoat the unfortunate and the disenfranchised. Don't you know it's easier than fixing things?

What's great is that the location where they hold the people that they keep. The National Cattle Congress in Waterloo, Iowa. It seems the government has a bit of history with this place. Here is an article for this.

How to deport illegal aliens?

Step one: sedate them.

Here's an article by Fox of all people.

No really, literally sedate them. I can't believe I found this. This takes place in Los Angeles, and apparently, "To get a sedation order from court, officials must show deportees have a history of physical resistance to being removed or are a danger to themselves."

So all you have to prove is that they show physical resistance and boom, you got it easy. Wow, the question is what they define as physical resistance. I'm almost sure their definition to a "physical" resistance is loose, real loose.

May 1st Immigration Reform march
Here is a about it occurring in Austin, Texas. The original intent was to allow the Texas Governer to see it out of his mansion. Too bad he doesn't live in it while it's being renovated. One of the most remarkable statements that touched me was this:

"I'm here because we need immigration reform immediately," said marcher Victor Ibarra, 38. "We need to be able to travel and be free."

Just so simple and beautiful. Immigration reform leads to freedom Mr. Ibarra's eyes.

April 16, 2008
Wow it's been a while since I have posted anything. Now I'm almost two years older, and these eyes have changed. The manner of looking at the world has changed. The manner in which I interact has changed. My points of view have grown more aware of the different forces at play, and I have coped with their existence by learning how they work. I was 21 when I made this, my first blog; just a pup living immaturely under the watchful eye of American society. As an American whose family originates from Chiapas, Mexico, everything I saw as being immigration almost two years ago was solely based on physical attributes, and language, characteristics of being all too aware of the consequences of not being part of the larger whole in the perception of the “perceived” American identity.

With this in mind, let’s take a look at this. What is the end result of these procedures the current White House Administration for dealing with immigration in the United States? Why not solve the problems by resolving the root of the issue: Foreign economic policies. NAFTA anyone? I'm pretty sure people are affected by this across Latin America.

This is a little strip of comic concerning immigration thought up by Dick Andrad. It's part one of and undisclosed number. Read it. Enjoy it. Think about it. Flavour it a bit before you consume it.

Democrats tend to agree with conservative on immigration.

Quite facinating, don't you agree? It seems that Republicans and some Democrats think alike. Well, at least Republicans can rest peacefully when Democrats are trying to pass immigration bills.

Could the results of the mid-term elections be due to a less xenophobic outlook by American voters?

Miguel Perez of the Chicago Sun Times believes so. He brings out some interesting facts concerning the American Latino vote and the consequences it had concerning the immigration issue at hand during elections this year. Pretty interesting stuff, however I don't think that this was the only issue that the American voter (whether he or she was Black, White, Asian, Latino or what ever our census labels us as being) had in mind while voting. I like the way Miguel Perez frames this mid-term election with the Hispanic demographic in mind.