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USA Today, Sir Gomez, and the Tainted Tanton Express Line

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

IT’S A PRO-RAID, PRO-ICE, DIVIDE AND CONQUER STRATEGY (a popular genre, increasingly so lately given all the cultural shifting in the US) used in this article that attempts to slash at some of the strongest points that immigration advocates and human rights activists wield.

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“Boy, It Feels Awfully Good.”

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

“WHAT DO I LOOK LIKE? I’M FROM ZIMBABWE?” asks the black man as he is asked to show proof of citizenship while riding the Amtrak train out of Rochester, NY. How do the agents zero in on people? “It’s sweat, it’s shaking, it’s stuttering, it’s bad breath. It’s things that people can’t control… .”