Our View: Dream Act opposition realism, not racism

ahwatukee.com
Tribune editorial
Posted: Sunday, October 16, 2011 4:45 am
Updated: 9:50 pm, Fri Oct 14, 2011.

Arizona and California sit on opposite sides of a great divide.

The liberal element in California – admittedly a very big element – believes the divide is about immigration. They feel they are winning the public relations side of the battle. They smirk in this direction. They swell up in their righteousness. The only problem is that it is very difficult to figure out what their position really is. One has to look under the covers and that is where you find the real divide between the two states. And it isn’t immigration.

Immigration is what is getting the focus. Illegal immigration is what most Americans label the issue. Mexico’s president simply calls it “migration.â€