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Shooting Immigrants Comment Harkens Back To Jim Crow
[Editor’s note: The following is an op-ed from Somos Republicans.] By Bob Quasius Despite our appeal to reason, Mo Brooks refuses to apologize for his “shooting” comment regarding illegal immigration, and […]
Alabama Rep. Should Apologize For Anti-Immigrant Rant
[Editor’s note: The following is an op-ed from Somos Republicans.] By Bob Quasius Recently, Congressman Mo Brooks said he would do anything short of shooting illegal immigrants. Even his colleagues in Congress rebuked […]
Somos Republicans: Cain Should Drop Out Of Presidential Race
[Editor’s note: The following is an op-ed from Somos Republicans.] By Bob Quasius Ankeny, Iowa – Recently, presidential candidate Herman Cain called for solving illegal immigration by securing our border […]
Less Immigrants From Mexico Will Affect U.S. Economy
OK wait. Here we are, going on about immigration in this country and the very folks we’re getting rowdy about have moved on? Really? We’re arguing about anti-immigrant laws, about […]
Re-Writing History To Justify Georgia’s Immigration Law
[Editor’s note: The following is an op-ed from Somos Republicans] By Bob Quasius It never ceases to amaze me how some politicians rewrite history to justify their agenda. In Rep. […]
Pesticide Exposure Tied To Lower IQs
A University of California at Berkeley study found that prenatal exposure to pesticides leads to lower IQs in babies. The study found that the use of popular organophosphate pesticides leads to […]
Offensive Against Arizona-Type Laws Gains Momentum
Last week’s defeat of five stringent immigration bills in the Arizona legislature was no fluke. Ever since that state’s notorious SB1070 was signed into law, Arizona has become the focus […]
Crossing the Snake, David Montejano and the Chicano Movement
by David Montejano from the Texas Observer, where this story was first published. My two major works—Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas, 1936-1986 and its sequel, Quixote’s Soldiers: […]
State Legislatures Forge Ahead on Immigration Laws
Twitter went aflutter last night, at least the corner of Twitter where I was hanging out, when President Obama mentioned immigration reform and the DREAM Act during his third State […]
Where Energy, Global Warming and Immigration Meet
Is it possible to pull a warning out of a conundrum? We’ll soon see. Scientists tell us that Mexico is due for a debilitating drought because of global warning. I’m […]