I happen to respectfully disagree. It may be my background (I have a PhD) or my personality. In grad school one of the best pieces of advice I ever heard was: it is your responsibility as a policy expert if you decide to work in the public sector and create and implement policy to analyze and take into account the…

EXACTLY! That is the whole point. And as i have been saying there is NO justification to end family reunification. The job market is doing great, Trump keeps bringing that up. Crime rates are lower among immigrants, numerous studies show this. There is not real justification to end family reunification but racism and…

Public funding of campaigns sounds like a good idea but the devil is in the details. In Mexico we (I am a dual citizen) have public funding of campaigns which just makes the part more powerful because if you are not affiliated to the party and comply with them...no public funding. It is very hard to run as an…

Exactly. My husband had his identity stolen. We got pictures of the guy that used his identity to get credit cards and some information he gave to stores and banks and the cops still just wrote a memo a moved on.

Also, his mom apparently called the cops repeatedly. I have seen several outlets reporting that.

One of the most frustrating and terrifying things is to hear or read a gun loving mother complain that this is being politicized. Years ago, when Newtown I had the misfortune of having one woman as my FB friend who has two small children. She is also one of those gun nuts. She went on Facebook not to even offer…

It would have been so easy to throw him under the bus. I just don’t see why they did it. I guess I just have to accept that they are just that horrible. I knew they were horrible but this somehow goes beyond for me.

I am so glad you are safe and I admire you for sharing your story even anonymously. Thanks for that and because your comment let other women share their stories too.

Yes, call even you democratic senators. It is a travesty that Republicans are using the dreamers to pass nonsense changes to the immigration laws. I am not even talking about the fucking stupid wall but restricting legal migration. Why did the democrats let the republicans put that on the table too??? and if we let…

Seriously! New contracts to hold all these immigrants here in Texas were worked out soon after Cheeto took office. It is disgusting!

Keep talking about it when you can. Even among liberals with all else going on immigration can take a back seat. Also, as a personal favor could you call your democratic representatives and tell them you don’t agree with ending family reunification? I am a naturalized citizen who is hoping to bring my mom here to…

Dude, if you have a history of domestic abuse and there is a new perspective you want to give to the conversation by all accounts do it. But your original comment was indeed unsubstantial and added nothing to the conversation. I have a history of domestic abuse and I wasn’t planning on commenting on this article…

I think I already said this to you last time but:

I do not mind Jujuy. I do mind MD because I feel like he has indeed taken over all over the place. Jujuy only comments on political stuff, right? I also do mind MD because I have seen comments he made in The Root about how everyone in Jezebel is a Becky and clueless and how much he likes making fun of us. If he…

You are strong and impressive. You probably do not feel that way but you are. I wish you the best in dealing with grief and in all the other things in your life.

I became eligible to start the application in the first days on Nov 2016. I applied the day after the election. It took me 8 months from application to ceremony. I always wanted my citizenship because I have crossed the border legally many times and I do not trust the CBP agents. I know people who lost their green…

Yes I guess you are right. Some of my undocumented relatives do get free health screenings in the local med school which is the med school of a public university. I bet that counts for these MOFOs.

To my knowledge if you are not at least a green card holder you are not eligible for any public assistance (except CHIP if you are pregnant, the logic being that that healthcare is not for the woman but for the future US citizen) so they are scrutinizing immigrants whose AMERICAN relatives have used public assistance…

It is worse than that. Service does not guarantee citizenship. There are deported veterans https://www.snopes.com/united-states-deporting-veterans/

Excellent response. Thanks for taking the time to write it.