One of the things I noticed during Donald Trump’s run up to the election was the many promises that he made that I knew were going to be impossible for him to fulfill. Back in August I wrote “Donald Trump Pivots on Immigration.” In that post I asked if Donald Trump supporters would feel betrayed […]
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The Smoke-and-Mirrors of Fidel Castro and Mexico
One of the things that I am often confronted with – when discussing the geopolitics of Mexico and the United States – is the lack of historical foundation most people have both in Mexico and the United States. Both educational systems, in Mexico and the United States, are notorious for teaching a distorted history of […]
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Immigrant Make America Great Black Friday Special
As some of you are aware, I have developed a life-style brand t-shirt around the “immigrants make America great” slogan in response to the dehumanizing of immigrants that arose during the most recent presidential elections. I appreciate the many comments letting me know how much you like the concept and the graphics. Some of you […]
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Thank an Immigrant for Your Meal Today
Today is Thanksgiving Day which is intended to recognize the gimmicky faulty history of Native Americans and Pilgrims coming together in Thanksgiving. They say that history is written by the victors and in almost every way, the Thanksgiving Day fantasy is an example of this. The other fantasy created by nativists is that immigrants are […]
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Open Immigration Is Not Open Borders
There is a fallacy being perpetuated by those opposed to immigration reform. The fallacy centers on the notion that fair and open immigration is equal to open borders. The fallacy is driven by those opposed to immigration in part, but for the most part by those afraid of the changing cultural and language face of […]
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Fearing Spanish and Mexican-centric Culture
There are two major issues that are driving nationalism and the rise of Donald Trump. The first issue is the loss of jobs that many blame on trade agreements. The second, and I believe the more dangerous, is the fear of the Spanish language and Mexican culture in the United States. Some have equated it […]
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The Gandara Bribery
When is bribery not bribery? Many of us who follow politics closely have a hard time understanding what the line between bribery and politics is. The recent Hillary Clinton pay-to-play controversy exasperated the dividing line. It is no secret that the general US electorate believes that corruption permeates the entire US political system as evidenced […]
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DACA – When the Immigration Rules Change
One of the most disconcerting aspects about the immigration laws in the United States is how the laws and rules change. It is not that they change – it is that the change makes a “documented” immigrant suddenly an “undocumented” one because no US administration wants to deal directly with the dysfunctional immigration system. Case […]