These so called-illegal immigrants are illegal as the result of national
policy not local Minneapolis shenanigans. There are no round ups of
"illegal" Canadians, no raids on factories or farms for Quebecers. It is
American-Latino community which faces this state sponsored bias every day.
There is no mistake of fact or "you took my words out of context"; in
Minnesota the term "illegal" is our Minnesota Nice way of labeling anyone
who is Latino. Woe is the day, when a copper, teacher, or ethnical confused
politician treats my Latina-American daughter as an illegal.
In the zeal to protect us from illegals, candidates and others alike fail to
recognize that 60% of the Latinos in the US are born in the United States.
They are called citizens, and oh by the way; they can vote.
As for undocumented Latinos sucking up resources including housing in
Minnesota, fire up your solar lamp and read these by the glow. In
particular the study by HACER highlights a $1.5 to $3.8 billion positive
yearly economic impact by undocumented Latinos (the preferred term).
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-26,GGLG:en&q=related:www.hacer-mn.org/PDFs/Undocumented.pdfhttp://www.che.umn.edu/img/assets/12840/Contributions.pdfhttp://www.minneapolisfoundation.org/immigration/latino.htmGregory
ReinhardtExcelsior
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