denver & the west Border debate:
Many in middle A majority of Americans are trying to sort through the proposals to decide on a policy they agree with. By Elizabeth Aguilera Denver Post Staff Writer Denver-area freelance writer Morgan Richards is one of those Americans who fall somewhere in the middle on the immigration issue, supporting some sort of program to legalize undocumented immigrants but also advocating stronger borders. (Post / Helen H. Richardson)
While the loudest voices on immigration may be heard from protesters and marchers, the majority of Americans are talking about the issue over coffee, cocktails or dinner with friends and family. And those private conversations are vastly different from th furor that has marked the debate over how to secure the U.S.-Mexico border and what to do about more than 11 million undocumented workers. "It's a really emotionally charged issue because it has facets of race, money, socioeconomic class, nationality and education," said Denver-area free lance writer Morgan Richards, 42. "We have to find ways to manage."
How strong is the anti-amnesty causus? by Hugh Hewitt?
Center Ties Hate Crimes to Border Debate
May 17, 2006 Email To A Friend Printer Friendly Kevin Johnson USA Today Tension over illegal immigration is contributing to a rise in hate groups and hate crimes across the nation, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. It says that racist groups are using the immigration debate as a rallying cry. The center -- an Alabama-based non-profit organization that tracks racist, anti-immigrant and other extremist groups -- says in a new report that there were 803 such hate groups in the USA last year, up from 762 in 2004 and a 33% jump since 2000...........
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