kyledeb

bio:I'm trying to change the tone of the immigration debate: from questions of Americanism to questions of global inequity, from questions of legality to questions of justice.
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Commented on Reason's guide to legal immigration
It's a relief to see a forum like this that doesn't fill up with nativist comments whenever something like this is posted....
Commented on Media Bloggers Association -- who they are (and they aren't "representing blogs" to the Associated Press)
Glad to see you set the record straight. Still should have quote Liza at Culture Kitchen, though who has been the first dispel these notions....
Commented on Who are the "Media Bloggers Association" and what gives them to right to negotiate copyright with the Associated Press? -- UPDATED
Daily Kos, Techcrunch, Gawker, and now Boing Boing have written posts on this Media Bloggers Association. Liza Sabater at Culture Kitchen clears it all up. Bottom line is that the Media Bloggers Association doesn't claim to represent anyone. They were...
Commented on Las ultimas palabras de la Pequeña Hillary Clinton
The person in the video's a little scary to me....
Commented on How to Nap infographic from Boston.com
Latin America does it right with the siesta. The work-day / school-day in the rest of the world should be planned around napping....
Commented on Punks in the Masons
The above entry refers to the Boston Globe, when it should refer to the Boston Herald....
Commented on Torture refugee deported from Australia to China commits suicide
Migrants are discriminated against all over the world....
Commented on Google making a network neutrality detector
It's good to know that google's looking out for the little guy at least some of the time....
Commented on Charges dropped against woman who drank own urine when authorities left her in a temporary holding cell over the weekend
It doesn't say anything about whether she will still be deported, though, and this Boing Boing article says nothing about her immigration status which is a really important part of this story. Another case where migrants are suffering in detention....

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dainel commented on Torture refugee deported from Australia to China commits suicide
I am wondering whether it will be better to not apply for asylum. Simply destroy all your documents and stay illegally. When caught, claim you are from Taiwan. It works for other countries as well. Genuine African asylum seekers in Europe could claim to be illegal economic migrants from a neighbouring African state. If they are not deported to their original state, they wouldn't be persecuted....
dainel commented on Torture refugee deported from Australia to China commits suicide
#8 posted by cubicblackpig , June 16, 2008 8:04 AM ... Mr Zhang's suicide is tragic, but of itself is no more proof that he was a genuine refugee than his claims to be so - even if he subjectively believed them. But the fact is, after he was sent back, he *WAS* tortured; which does actually prove his claim that he would be tortured if he was sent back....
agraham1 commented on Google making a network neutrality detector
I am part of a new campaign to switch to the first Telecom to take the Net Neutrality Pledge. It is a new type of campaign because people can join the campaign without switching but once the first Telecom takes the Pledge (as long as they provide service in your area) then all the members will switch. If you're interested check it out here: http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/first-telecom-to-take-the-net-neutrality-pledge-wins-our-business Thanks and we want to help the spread the word about keeping an open internet....
carolita commented on Reason's guide to legal immigration
@#28 Patrick, People immigrate for a reason, usually either to be with another person or for work. If there isn't work here for them, few people will undertake the arduous task of immigrating. The impact on empoyment opportunities cuts both ways, too. Population decline is a serious problem in many rural areas. I have worked with companies in some rural areas that would literally have closed their plant in a given county if Latino immigrants had not provided a sufficient number of workers to allow them to keep the plants fully staffed. The plants were the only employers in the...
MdeG commented on Reason's guide to legal immigration
Carolita, "I have known many undocumented immigrants, but I have never known one that would not have pursued a legal immigration process if it were available to them." Thank you for that observation. I can say about the same. The truth is that no nation or ethnic group consists wholly of perfect people. There are a few bad apples everywhere, and maybe some people find it advantageous to maintain the present system. Not all of them are migrants! But I think there are a few who profit from things as they are. The powers that maintain the present system, however,...

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