Double Speak on Immigration - (you should read this)

Take the case of the mauled Honduran gardener in Princeton, N.J.

The man, Giovanni Rivera, was hired by a Hummer-driving Princeton matron to do work on her estate. He spent five days in a hospital, underwent a three-hour operation and received 65 rabies shots after being attacked by one of the lady’s five dogs. The lady’s insurance paid him off, but letters to newspapers and blogs, full of racial and xenophobic slurs, have sided with the dog, whom a judge has ordered put down.

“The dog deserves an award,” wrote one enlightened compatriot. “One less Mexican (sic) alien is a boost to society.”

In their lust to win the nativist vote, Romney and Giuliani and now Mike Huckabee forget three things: past, present and future. They were not anti-immigrant in the past; should they win the nomination, the redneck vote won’t gain them the presidency, and fences and deportations aren’t a solution to 12 million illegal immigrants.”*

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