the rix mix

I support the "Day Without Immigrants." May Day is an appropriate date to hold it. For me border & port security is a big issue, & congress has been dancing around these matters for a long time, before & after 9/11. I've long privately advocated tightening legal immigration to give the United States some time to adjust to & absorb the enormous influx of people who have come here from other parts of the world over the past several decades. But it's clear that the millions of illegal immigrants from south of the border are here to stay, they cannot be deported en masse, it would be insanely cruel to even try, they have families here, children who were born here, they love freedom, & we owe them some justice. An opportunity to earn fair wages, & to live without fear. Their fate is is not separate from or opposed to that of all working people. The Republican Party is not, never was, & cannot be the best advocate for working people.