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Andrew Lam is a NAM editor and author of "Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora" (Heyday Books, 2005), which recently won a PEN/Beyond Margins Award.
Some Aliens are More welcome Than Others

On CNN today
two stories caught my eyes:

Dallas suburb bans rentals by illegal immigrants Dallas

and beneath it:

Texas town hopes to become UFO landing spot
showing photos of restaurants and shops saying things like “Aliens welcome here,” and “Welcome Aliens, 25% off”.

It’s ironic to think the state is ushering off one undocumented group and throwing down the red carpet for another.

With the mentality against new comers in this country the way it is, with mass deportation and human rights abuses rising against the undocumented population, I wouldn’t be surprised if the UFO decides to land instead in Canada where the welcome will actually be warmer, even in January.


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  1. HILLARY CLINTON OPPOSES ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DRIVER’S LICENCE.

    THIS MEANS THEY WILL HAVE TO DRIVE ILLEGALLY TO GO TO WORK!

    THIS MEANS THEY CANT GET INSURANCE FOR THEIR CARS!

    http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2007-11-14-clinton-immigration_N.htm

    By Jo ·  Posted on Jan 23, 07:45 PM
  2. They shouldn’t be driving to work, because they have no right to be here, in the first place. They are not “undocumented workers”, they are illegal aliens, who have snuck into the county.

    All anyone on this site does is complain about America. Blah blah white guys, blah blah bunch of racists think they have the right to decide who comes into their country. Show me a country that doesn’t. Mexico comes down like a ton of bricks on Hondurans who try to cross their Southern border, yet you are strangely silent about that. Let’s see your sainted China letting in millions of people from other countries, without the slightest check. I’ve never read such a load of one sided, Communist claptrap in my life. What is really interesting is how you endlessly complain from your American homes and American schools, which, despite your desperate unhappiness, you show no sign of leaving. No one is forcing you to live here. If you are so miserable, I can’t imagine why you stay. You’d clearly be much happier in any vastly superior Asian country, so don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

    By avalon ·  Posted on Feb 3, 12:30 AM
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