Today is May Day, or Labor Day in some nations. Observed on May 1st each year, it is used as both a day of spring celebrations and an opportunity to acknowledge, support and honour workers around the world.
The day is considered one of solidarity during which workers are celebrated — including workers who are in nations that are not their place of birth.… [Read more]
Of course this is a nation of laws and, of course, laws are meant to be followed. And, in the absence of just laws, compromises are made…and, where necessary, people do what they believe is best under the circumstances with which they’re faced. And, so…what should a person who is caught in between laws do in circumstances such as these?… [Read more]
Hello, and thank you to all my kind readers, who have of late been sending me a lot of inquiries regarding the problems of immigration reform in the United States. Here is a sampling of their prickly puzzlers…
Dear Mrs. Vera,
I have a neighbor who becomes enraged with fury any time someone offers to do a job for him that everyone else simply refuses to do, at a price way below what he used to pay when he could find someone willing to do whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted it, without asking questions, under hellish conditions and all the while being berated constantly as a burden.… [Read more]
With the sacred oath of office and the conclusion of the inaugural address, we have officially entered the second term of Barack Obama’s presidency. Presidential inaugurations are typically very formulaic: left hand on the Bible, right hand up in the air; a nod to equality here, a toast to freedom there. But this year’s address has left all of us aflutter for one reason or another.… [Read more]
This is the conclusion of my interview with Daniella P. It is my sincere hope that this series helps readers to see the plight of undocumented people from a more empathetic perspective.
MI: I honestly don’t know if I could have done what you did, and went through what you had to go through to get back here.… [Read more]
Honestly, I wasn’t too surprised to hear that the Supreme Court upheld Arizona’s “lemme see your papers” doctrine; such laws are completely constitutional, and, furthermore, illegal aliens are guaranteed precisely zero protections under the U.S. constitution. Also, we need to keep American jobs for Americans and Mexicans are a drain on our already-burdened social welfare system.… [Read more]
In light of the President Obama’s recent bold step forward on immigration reform, many young undocumented Americans will now have the chance to come out of the shadows and live their lives openly, without the looming threat of deportation. However, many undocumented immigrants who still live and work in the United States, as they have for years, will still languish in a limbo of fear and uncertainty. … [Read more]
