By Ron Lowe Santa Monica
Valley Park, Mo. — taking its cue from Hazleton, Pa. — passed a measure that fines landlords who rent to illegal immigrants and denies business permits to companies that hire them. With laws like this, a whole segment of society is affected, legal and illegal.
The current immigration debate is nothing more than a redux of the bygone era of “whites only.” Today, we have the children and grandchildren of former racists pushing the immigration agenda, and instead of targeting blacks, it is Mexicans, Latinos and Hispanics who are feeling the brunt of their hypocrisy and bigotry.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 3, 2007. Read the original PDF.