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Published: February 21, 2006 01:18 am

Wherever you go, there you are

By Ed Brock

Those among you who have been an immigrant, please raise your hands.

If your hand is up, please put it back on your paper so you can read the rest of this column. I think you’ll be just as amused by this subject as I was.

The subject of the day is the anti-immigration movement.

Allow me to preface this by saying that I realize that there are important immigration issues facing this nation. I am quick to admit that some control is necessary, and I’m also sure that our porous borders pose a security risk.

But that’s why it’s so unfortunate that the xenophobes and bigots in this country are coming out of the woodwork to act just plain silly about the whole thing.

I’ll also admit that my information on these people comes from the Southern Poverty Law Center’s magazine “Intelligence Reportâ€