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Editorials
Indiana has big stake in outcome
Allert Brown-Gort One of the most contentious issues facing Congress is immigration. And Indiana has a large stake in the outcome. No doubt many Hoosiers agree with some politicians that it should be an easy call. After all, if immigrants are here without proper documentation, they should return home. But the reality is more complex, and while enforcement-only laws may make good politics, they make bad economics and even worse policy... More
Something to think about: A day without Mexicans in Chicago
John P. Koval and Rob Paral How will Chicago, and the country, answer the Mexican question? Will Mexican immigrants ever learn English and become "real" Americans? As two third-generation Eastern Europeans we know the same question was asked about our grandparents. Now we are hearing some immigrant-descended parents asking the same things about current immigrants... More
Republicans and the Immigration Wedge Issue
Allert Brown-Gort Some members of the GOP have apparently settled on immigration as a solution to their major problem this fall, namely, how to get their voters out when the party is extremely demoralized. The war in Iraq, the Abramoff and Cunningham corruption scandals, Katrina, torture, Plame-gate, hunting accidents, Dubai… the list goes on and on. As they read the polls and the November elections near, many Republican candidates are looking for an issue on which they can both distance themselves from the President and arouse some passion in their supporters... More
As American as Cinco de Mayo
Allert Brown-Gort Cinco the Mayo is upon us again, a time to eat chips and salsa, and for some a great excuse to drink Mexican beer. It is not, as most Americans think, Mexico’s independence day, but rather the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla where Mexico defeated the French forces supporting Emperor Maximilian in 1862. However, it is a holiday that is celebrated much more widely in the United States than it is in Mexico... More
Los republicanos y la migración
Allert Brown-Gort Algunos miembros del GOP parecen haberse decidido en el tema de la inmigración como solución a su problema principal para el otoño: cómo atraer a los votantes a las urnas cuando el partido está tremendamente desmoralizado. La guerra en Irak, los escándalos de corrupción de Abramoff y Cunningham, Katrina, las torturas, el caso Plame, los accidentes de caza, Dubai... la lista es interminable. A medida que leen los sondeos de opinión y se acercan las elecciones de noviembre, muchos candidatos republicanos buscan un tema que los distinga del Presidente y despierte algo de pasión en sus seguidores, algo que logre que el electorado olvide todos los problemas y acuda a las urnas. En resumen, están buscando un buen tema para abrir una brecha dentro de la oposición... More
LA FRANQUICIA FRACASADA
Allert Brown-Gort &mpUna vez más, se avecina a la época de Guadalupe – Reyes, cuando regresan en masa una gran cantidad de nuestros conacionales viviendo en los Estados Unidos. Muchos de ellos estar;aacute;n regresando por primera vez a visitar a sus familias y sus pueblos después de muchos años de ausencia, de sacrificio, y de logros en una sociedad extraña. Regresan en una caravana interminable dónde las camionetas están definitivamente sobrerepresentadas — y sobrecargadas. Estarán también representadas las placas de todo el país vecino, desde Texas y California, hasta de los más remotos: Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Nueva York ¿Qué recepción encontrarán?... More
Balancing the Immigration Debate
Allert Brown-Gort It is too early to tell whether President Bush’s proposal to radically overhaul the nation’s immigration laws will be successful. The lack of legislative preparation for the project — as well as of crucial details — could give some credence to the cynics’ view that this initiative is merely political posturing during an election year... More
Basic justice for immigrants who do the dirty work
Allert Brown-Gort It has been more than two months since President Bush returned the issue of immigration to the forefront of the national consciousness through a proposal to radically overhaul the nation's immigration laws. Although initially there was a spirited debate, election-year politics have ensured that there has since been little clarification of the president's plan and almost no movement on the legislative front... More
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