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Associated Press strikes ‘illegal immigrant’ from media style guide
The Associated Press announced Tuesday that it is striking the term “illegal immigrant” from its influential media style guide, explaining that it is improper to describe a person as illegal when only their actions have run afoul of the law. The shift, which comes a year and a half after…
Whitman admits to employing illegal immigrant for 9 years
‘From now on, you don’t know me, and I don’t know you’ Meg Whitman, the Republican candidate for governor of California, looked the other way for years while employing an illegal immigrant as a housekeeper, a prominent California attorney representing the housekeeper alleged Thursday. The claim comes at an inconvenient…
Latina professor jeered, threatened for speaking against immigration laws
Professor Sandra Soto, welcome to civil rights notoriety. Last week, Arizona University’s professor of Latina studies took the stage to address 2010 graduates of the school’s Social and Behavioral Sciences program. Naturally, her words were timely and touched upon the state’s recently passed immigration laws that allow police to question…
The whole stupid “debate” is likely moot
Making it illegal for illegal immigrants to buy health insurance in the U.S. as part of the health care bill is both inhumane and a waste of money. So naturally, some of your more suicidally conservative Democrats are eager to pander to racists on this issue, as if nutbars like…
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