This is why criminalization of immigration laws is a bad idea. People think police and law enforcement can do this sort of thing now. They can’t.
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Funny Hader send off on SNL had plenty of diversity—for a change; And advocates still optimistic when it comes to immigration reform
To my surprise, immigration advocates are optimistic despite all the DC scandals. There’s a feeling that reform is moving along with a real purpose, now that the House has announced it has reached a compromise to go up against the Gang of 8’s in the Senate.
See my piece on the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund blog.
SNL:
I suppose we should be happy that DJ Baby Bok Choy and the Kabuki lady represent! But wasn’t Bobby Moynihan available to play either role in yellow face? (That would be SNL SOP, no?)
http://www.hulu.com/watch/491721
It’s Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month? Really. Celebrate by fighting for a fair and inclusive immigration bill
In case it slipped your mind, it’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Come on, get AAPI!
If you’re non-Asian, let’s hope someone of Asian descent goes amok and greets you in an atypically loud, outlandish, and celebratory way. Sort of like Norm Mineta planting a wet one on Joe Biden at the APAICS dinner. (I don’t know if Norm did, but he should have.)
It really is OK to show a little PDA (public display of Asian-ness), at least during this month.
For goodness sakes, it’s the law (Section 102, Title 36 of the U.S. Code). Right up there next to Flag Day, the day that compels many to wear Old Glory on their lapel. (Maybe you can find a lapel button with Bruce Lee’s picture on it?)
My hope is the month will also inspire our legislators not to screw with us too badly on that confounded compromise of an immigration bill.
It’s mark-up time on that piece of Senate legislation offered up by the “Gang of Eight.”
(Read the rest of my commentary on the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund blog.)
Immigration rallies preach to choir, earn sparse media coverage
I didn’t see much coverage on the May Day rallies on the level that I might have expected. That’s a barometer of sorts indicating tough sledding ahead. I had hoped to see more of it in the mainstream, but only saw it covered in the international ethnic media.
(Maybe if they had an accented pop-culture star like PSY doing his thing, there would have been more crowds and media attention. It didn’t hurt the TODAY show this morning).
Given that even supporters want to change the bill, e.g., Asian Americans want more family reunification provisions, we still have a lot of compromising to go. If the Senate gets through the scheduled mark-up next week, one wonders if we will see something final by end of summer? There’s also rumbing in the House, where the talk is reps want to deal with issues one at a time and not in some big burritto of a bill.
Stay tuned.
