What Next on Immigration Policy? - This year America’s invisible workers declared ‘the shadows’ was no place to be

“Congresss inertia on the issue notwithstanding, 2006 still will go down as the year when Americas invisible workers declared that “the shadows” was no place to be. They called May 1 a “day without immigrants” and tens of thousands took to the streets in cities across the nation. The idea was not just to take a stand against the House bill, but to make the point that immigrants””even if here illegally””were part of the American family.

Inspirational though the demonstrations may have been for immigration advocates, they were simply annoying to many ordinary Americans who believe the country can do just fine, thank you, without millions of unwanted foreigners circulating among us. In one town after another, mayors and other local officials, frustrated by the lack of action at the federal level, took immigration policy into their own hands.”

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