Opinion: The Politics of Immigration and America's Pastime - Fox News Latino: "Do politics have a place in sports? The debate is as polarizing as most political issues themselves.
Carlos Santana made headlines earlier this week for speaking out against immigration legislation in Arizona and Georgia at the Major League Baseball Civil Rights game in Atlanta. Santana was on hand to receive the Beacon of Change award as part of the event’s festivities. ...
“This law is not correct. It's a cruel law, actually," Santana told media at the event. "This is about fear. Stop shucking and jiving. People are afraid we're going to steal your job. No we aren't. You're not going to change sheets and clean toilets.
As much as baseball prides itself on integrating the game in a segregated society – as illustrated at Sunday’s Civil Rights Game between the Braves and Phillies – Major League Baseball has done little to address the immigration issue."
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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