Different Perspectives on Immigration Reform

Stop Saying This Is a Nation of Immigrants! by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

A nation of immigrants: This is a convenient myth developed as a response to the 1960s movements against colonialism, neocolonialism, and white supremacy. The ruling class and its brain trust offered multiculturalism, diversity, and affirmative action in response to demands for decolonization, justice, reparations, social equality, an end of imperialism, and the rewriting of history — not to be “inclusive” — but to be accurate. What emerged to replace the liberal melting pot idea and the nationalist triumphal interpretation of the “greatest country on earth and in history,” was the “nation of immigrants” story.

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Desiree Cooper, Detroit Free Press

It’s not the first time that the United States has vigorously debated its immigration policy. But what’s different now is that we’re talking about immigrants who, even if they spoke the King’s English, donned Brooks Brothers suits and sported Ivy League degrees, will never be white. . . . The Mexicans’ dilemma As the “model minority,” some Asian subgroups may have already achieved honorary white status, as have some Hispanics, including Cubans. But not the Mexicans. The current debates over controlling our Southern border and abolishing bilingual education have as much to do with immigration as they have to do with one question: Will they ever earn the right to be white?

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Dan Kowalski

Why “Fixing the Border First” is Backwards “Many in Congress and the media advocate ‘fixing the border first,’ then reforming our immigration laws later, after the border is ‘under control.’ They’ve got it precisely backwards.”   Click here for the article.

KJ