HR 4437
»From the arizona part of the brain.
In less than 24 hours, hundreds of thousands of people will be gathering across every metropolitan city across the United States to protest the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 (H.R. 4437).
Every year, thousands of immigrants from Mexico and South America come to the United States to seek a better opportunity for themselves and their families. They take up jobs that most Americans won’t perform and do it outrageously low wages. H.R. 4437 is going to make it a crime for illegal immigrants to be in the United States. It also places a set of broad powers in the hands of the Department of Homeland Security to take sweeping actions without any checks and balances.
You should check out this thoughtful piece by danah boyd on why she opposes h.r. 4437.