Are Latinos the new Jews?

I am distressed. Two latinos in Arizona are murdered by members of a "minuteman" anti-immigration group. It's sad. A line has been crossed. One of the suspects is believed to have murdered a latino homeless person years ago as well.


The Anti-Defamation League now reports that Sotomayor is being blamed on the "Jews:" "White supremacists and anti-Semites have flooded Internet sites with messages charging the Sotomayor nomination is the result of 'Jewish power.'" The best thing about this is that Jewish advocacy groups are embracing the Latino community out of a common bond: persecution by the ultra right hate groups.

Today in Alabama, troopers can stop you on "suspicion" of being an undocumented immigrant. They can take you to jail and start deportation proceedings if you can't produce ID fast enough. Better not look Latino down here! Better not be listening to Mexican radio!

In Albertville, Alabama, the mayor is diverting money from the school system to try to start an immigration detention program in his city. TWENTY FIVE PERCENT of his constituency is Latino. They have started businesses, bought houses, and made his formerly abandoned downtown into a bustling business district. Thanks so much...now go back to Mexico?

It's a sad day in America when the new "weapon" against "illegal immigration" is a gun in the hands of vigilantes. Enough is enough. Violence is the product of hate...it can only be combated by all of our communities standing together against it. Christians, Jews, Muslims...all peace loving and God-fearing persons...we need to stand together for the common beliefs of decency and human rights against this tide.