Latest Senate Immigration bill

This bill is not a clash pitting nativist forces against big business “pro-immigrant’ forces. At the heart of this Senate proposal are: (1) further militarization of the border and the expansion of immigrant detention camps; (2) a “guest worker” program that will keep immigrants in slave-like conditions; (3) a “legalization” scheme to force undocumented immigrants to jump through many hoops to attain permanent residency; and (4) major restrictions on US Citizens and permanent residents to bring family members legally into the US, which would result in splitting families apart.

“Xpwr”, at the essential ¡Para justicia y libertad! site has gone to the trouble to make all all 418 pages of S.B. 1639 available (as a PDF file) and has read through and analyzed the bill…

Undocumented immigrants have been made into scapegoats for the insecurities and problems arising out of the workings of the capitalist system itself that are hitting most people. Through the reactionary media, the working class and those in the middle-class are constantly bombarded with the message that “illegal” immigrants are to blame for low wages, messed-up schools, cuts in social services, and so on. This is an ugly game, intended to keep people from standing together against their common oppressor – it has to be seen for what it is and opposed, yet, it is being defied and is once again being pushed with very little notice.