8 February 2006

CNN’s Maria Hinojosa Takes Immigration…To The Classroom? Yikes!

My dahhhling friend D.A. King will be pleased to know (if he does not already) that his favorite lady (loosely used term) is at it again!

Maria Hinojosa has put together another documentary on immigration for CNN.

From the CNN Press Release:

“Set your VCR to record CNN Presents Classroom Edition: Immigrant Nation, Divided Country when it airs commercial-free on Monday, February 13, 2006, from 4:00-5:00 a.m. on CNN.”

Oh yeah…it’s Tivo time for Bryanna.

But did you catch it? This one’s for the kiddies–it’s a classroom education tool complete with suggested further reading and classroom discussion topics.

This would be great, of course, were it not being taught by an illegal immigration apologist whom I suspect might also be a bona fide communist. (Alright, I’m kidding…sort of.)

Check back in with the BLOG on Monday–I will tune in to the show and give you the highlights!

Immigration In The News

Here are some of the top stories in Google’s immigration news:

Immigration: N.C. finds task locals can do, by DAVID LAUDERDALE, Island PacketPebruary 8, 2006.

The job? Enforcing the immigration law. We’ve been encouraging local enforcement for years.

The Amnesty won’t fix immigration woes,
By Peter DeFazio, Eugene, Oregon Register-Guard, February 8, 2006.

The Congressman from Oregon’s 4th district explains why he voted for H.R. 4437, and also talks about the non-enforcement of employer sanctions that’s been going on for years. He writes:

I am not convinced there is a labor shortage that requires the importation of 550,000 or more guest workers every year, as envisioned by the immigration reform bill sponsored by Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Ted Kennedy, D-Mass. - which also allows family members to come along, doubling or tripling the number of new arrivals.

We’ve been saying that for years, too. It’s great progress to see a Congressman who can figure the “family reunification” costs of guest workers.

Finally there’s this, from the Washington Post’s Marc Fisher[email him]:

They’re taking our jobs. They’re stealing our slots in colleges. They’re out there on the street corner, scrounging for work, dragging down wages, flouting our laws. Here in Virginia’s capital, you can feel the accelerating drumbeat of accusations: Whatever the social ill, the cause must be those illegal aliens, don’t you know?

Have no fear: Virginia’s lawmakers are once again standing up for real Americans. The Wrong Approach to Illegal Immigration, February 7, 2006;

You know that when the Washington Poste uses the phrase “Real Americans” they’re sneering at mainstream values. But these “real Americans” aren’t “hyper-patriots” or “moral zealots” or, horror of horrors, anti-Communists. They’re real Americans because they’re…real Americans. As compared to the illegal aliens, who are not.