tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8180764321069319458.post3252075512672449385..comments2024-01-07T07:40:29.133-05:00Comments on The WMRA Blog: Inadvertent activist . . .Most of Martha Woodroof in one placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14628461346931946238noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8180764321069319458.post-72638393060362297482010-03-24T10:17:07.194-04:002010-03-24T10:17:07.194-04:00I've had the pleasure of meeting Sandy Mercer ...I've had the pleasure of meeting Sandy Mercer and I share her com/passion for these kids and their cause. I was born in Peru, but with an American father I was granted US citizenship from birth. That blue and gold passport has opened many doors for me, which I painfully realize the vast majority of my Peruvian compatriots cannot access. Thanks for contributing to public education about the DREAM act and the good it can do for tens of thousands of people.E. Phantzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05812948199658356521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8180764321069319458.post-88823370633241822622010-03-19T12:04:10.279-04:002010-03-19T12:04:10.279-04:00I fear that the coming debate on immigration will ...I fear that the coming debate on immigration will be rampant with partisanship and will turn on all the wrong issues. Folks will want to fight amnesty, build walls at the border, and make it harder for folks that are already here to gain citizenship.<br /><br />I can only hope that the debate will include real economic issues. The facts support the notion that the immigrant population is an important economic generator, raising wages for everyone, improving the quality of life for us all, and providing essential labor for corporate America and tax support for our government.<br /><br />I will be blogging and writing as much as possible to help point the debate to constructive ends. Thanks for this blog entry and the Soapbox piece.Brent Hollhttp://www.blueragemusing.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com