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Vote in Video Contest About Immigration

Posted by AlterNet Staff, AlterNet at 9:46 AM on March 29, 2008.


The Movement Vision Lab presents a video contest on the relationship between immigration and community.
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Just in case you're tired of the mainstream media's take on the immigration debate, the Movement Vision Lab is hosting a video contest on 'Community Values and Immigration.' The most compelling take on the relationship between immigration and community wins $1,000. The entries have already been winnowed down to five great finalists, but your vote can still help determine the winner.

The videos explore a variety of themes. One drives home the point that we are all immigrants. Others show horrifying footage of police raids on immigrant communities. Another takes us on the maze-like path to American citizenship.

Check them out and cast your vote.


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All 5 movies are on the same side
Posted by: AsteroidMiner on Mar 29, 2008 7:03 PM   
Current rating: 4    [1 = poor; 5 = excellent]
I was unable to watch the movies because my computer is too old, but from the
text and comments I gather that all 5 movies are on the side of illegal aliens.

1. No matter what country you are talking about, it is a nation of immigrants, even
African countries where the human race evolved. People migrated out of Africa,
but SOMEBODY WENT BACK. If nobody had gone back, speciation might
have occurred and we might no longer be able to interbreed. We might have
become be separate species. Human is a race of chimpanzee. [Please don't try
the experiment of breeding with chimpanzees. If it worked, we would have a big
problem.] There are 2 sub-races: the West-of-the-Rift-Valley subrace and the
East-of-the-Rift-Valley subrace. Kenya was occupied by the East-of-the-Rift-
Valley subrace until 30+or-30 years ago. The East-of-the-Rift-Valley subrace was
killed out by AIDS. The present Kenyans are West-of-the-Rift-Valley subrace
people who seeped across Kenya's borders from neighboring countries. The
original Kenyans, being dead, could not control immigration. The idea of being a
"nation of immigrants" is thus NONSENSE. The US is no more a nation of
immigrants than any other nation. Anybody from anywhere actually came from
somewhere else [has ancestors who came from somewhere else].

2. Immigration is a UNION-BUSTING TACTIC employed by the wealthy to
keep the average American poor and keep wages low. The Pro-immigration
stance should be a Republican policy, not a Liberal policy. The Republican party
is the party of the upper class.

3. If the US had the same population as China or India, Americans would be just
as poor as the Chinese or the Indians. Do we really want to be THAT poor? It is
NOT POSSIBLE for the US to solve poverty world wide. So far, we even,
believe it or not, have poor people in the US. We haven't ended poverty here yet.

4. Regardless of history, those of us who are now citizens HAVE A RIGHT to
control our borders and immigration. The US is a sovereign country with the
same rights as any other country, including the right to control its borders and
immigration. There is no higher power who can tell us that the US is not
sovereign. EVERY other nation that has a good central government
controls its own borders and controls immigration.

5. During the Clinton administration, EMPLOYERS were held to account for
hiring illegal aliens. This policy ends the enticement to violate the law by coming
here illegally. George W. Bush's policy is that an employer [a Republican] can do
no wrong. George W. Bush makes A SHOW of rounding up illegals to make you
think that he is doing something for American citizens when he is not.

6. Illegal immigrants can avoid being rounded up by not being illegal immigrants.
WE didn't force them to sneak across our border.

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Give it up
Posted by: LonewackoDotCom2 on Mar 31, 2008 11:32 AM   
Current rating: 5    [1 = poor; 5 = excellent]
Aside from a few sources (Dobbs, Beck, talk radio, the WashTimes), every single MSM source supports illegal immigration. Why would Alternet try to pretend otherwise? Apparently being on the same side as the MSM and the Bush administration must make them a bit nervous or something.

The reader might want to note that Alternet presumably supports "reform", something that's sold as including stepped-up enforcement. Does anyone think they won't continue to refer to "horrifying footage of police raids on immigrant communities" after "reform"? In other words, it appears that Alternet is trying to fool people: pretending to support "reform"-mandated enforcement, when what they really oppose is any kind of enforcement at all.

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