But Isabel Garcia, co-chair of the Coalition of Human Rights in
Tucson, told Democracy Now! that there have been more deportations
under the Obama administration than in any other administration.
"This administration continues to follow
the flawed concept that migration is somehow a law enforcement or
national security issue," she noted. "And it is not. It is an economic,
social, political phenomenon."
She mentioned that NAFTA has displaced
millions of workers in Mexico who flood into the United States.
Instead of expressing gratitude for the back-breaking work migrant
laborers contribute to our society, there is an increasingly virulent
strain of racism that targets non-citizens.
Republican lawmakers are joining together
to oppose federal immigration reform, opting instead for a "states
rights" approach where each state is free to enact its own racist law.
Let us join the voices of compassion and oppose the mean-spirited
actions that aim to scapegoat immigrants. Laws like SB 1070 demean us
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Marjorie Cohn is professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, former president of the National Lawyers Guild, deputy secretary general of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, and a member of the National Advisory Board of Veterans for Peace. Her most recent book is Drones and Targeted Killing: Legal, Moral, and Geopolitical Issues. See (more...)