Clash on presentation of border deaths

Mass. Company Draws Fire for Immigration Game App

BOSTON (AP) — A game developed by a Boston-based tech company that allows users to drive a truck full of immigrants through the desert and try not to have them tossed out is drawing fire from some immigrant advocates.

Quick summary-
Many saw this video game as a racist joke of the hundreds of people that die, everyhting in trying to cross the border from Mexico to the United States. The gamers regretfuly said that the game was a satiristic way of showing the amount of people that loose their lives. With the intertwined views on the way of mounring/honoring the tragedies that occur near the borders, this piece is presented as a clash of views.

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by Amy D.

Inland Republicans press on against illegal immigration

WASHINGTON - As the GOP looks to improve the party's image among the nation's burgeoning Hispanic community, area House Republicans are pressing forward with legislation meant to fight illegal immigration.

Democrats and pro-immigration advocates predict that such tactics could amount to political suicide in advance of the 2012 elections, especially in heavily Latino Inland Southern California. But Reps. Gary Miller, Ken Calvert and others say they are trying to crack down on law-breakers in general, not the Hispanic community in particular.

"The laws of this country were designed to apply to people equally," said Miller, R-Diamond Bar. "Never once have we discriminated against any one given race of people. If you are here from Germany illegally or Ireland illegally ... I got no problem sending you home."

http://www.pe.com/politics/goad/stories/PE_News_Local_D_immig29.28cdc03.html

Arizona Lawmakers Mull Bill Challenging Birthright Citizenship

PHOENIX — Arizona lawmakers give their first hearing Monday to a bill that challenges automatic U.S. citizenship for children of illegal immigrants, the state's latest foray into the national debate over illegal immigration.

The bill to be heard Monday by the Senate judiciary committee seeks a court interpretation on an element of the 14th Amendment, which guarantees citizenship to people born in the U.S. who are "subject to the jurisdiction" of this country.

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[Posted by Eswin Quinonez]