Tag: Immigration
First Class
“First class countries don’t have second-class citizens.” Simon Burrow Photo is of a Water Lilly at Huntington Gardens in Pasadena CA.... Read More
Build Bridges not Borders
The case for allowing people to move is simple; openness to newcomers is morally right, economically beneficial and culturally enriching. Philippe LeGrain LeGrain is a writer who wrote, among other th... Read More
American History
“Once I thought to write a history of immigrants in America. Then I discovered that immigrants were American history.” Oscar Handlin, as quoted in A Nation of Immigrants by John F Kennedy ... Read More
People Move Around
Last year eight million people moved from one state to another in the USA. We accept that as the way things are and adjust. But a half million people move here from Mexico and we get so mad we can’t... Read More
Immigration 2025
Controlling Immigration Following is what I wrote about immigration in 2006. My opinion has moderated a bit in the years since. My hope is that President Trump will solve enough of the undocumented im... Read More
Our Finest Hour (Not)
Chasing down maids and meatpackers will not go down as America’s finest moment. I commissioned these sketches back when I was active in the immigration movement.... Read More