Cesar Chavez not a hero for immigrants’ success
March 27, 2012
Michelangelo Landgrave Contributor With Cesar Chavez’s birthday fast approaching, you are sure to read more about how great he was. One can admire his nonviolent approach to pressing for his cause, and he can be considered great in this sense. Whether the ideas he promoted were great, however,...
DREAM Act gets passed by House
Administrator
December 9, 2010
The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday night that would provide a conditional path to citizenship for as many as 500,000 children of undocumented immigrants. While the House approved the Development, Relief and Education of Alien Minors (DREAM) Act by a vote of 216-198, the fate of the...
The crime of being born in America
August 23, 2010
The idea to repeal the 14th Amendment, which grants automatic citizenship to anyone born in the United States regardless of their parents’ nationality, is a desperate attempt by the “extreme right” to scare voters onto their side as the November elections draw near. After hitting several roadb...
Undocumented immigration’s reality
March 3, 2010
It’s no secret that undocumented immigrants are a problem in the United States. From people who overstay their visas to people who sneak across our borders, the ease with which people can get into this country is frightening. One should expect a lot from a sovereign country—and even more...