A lot a problems would be solved if undocumented workers
were given a path to citizenship.
And not just bestow this on our fallen servicemen who are undocumented!!

But there is so much opposition to this, it would make your head spin.

My city is now besieged by a city council that consists of three ( of five)
members who are staunchly anti-immigrant. The two who were voted in
last November, our ( gag) mayor, a child of immigrants himself!, and
the biggest redneck yahoo dame this side of the Rockies, ran their
ENTIRE campaign on their " get the illegal immigrants out of our city"
battle cry.

Hello! Most of these families have lived, worked and paid taxes in
our city for decades!

I teach many of their children, both in ESL and English classes.
They ARE our city. That's what most people who rant the anti-immigrant
BS don't get.

It was one of the saddest days for Costa Mesa.
Everyone who was vocal wanted these (*&*s out of office.
But the stealth force of extreme RW neocons came out in force
on election day. It was horrible. Oh, did I tell you the woman
who was elected in was once kicked off the Board of Education
here for being too offensive and disruptive?

It's beyond depressing and enraging.
But we keep fighting the ignorance.

Hej då!