...can someone point me towards a substantial argument, from a perspective that will make sense to working Americans, in favor of amnesty, other than pure "let's share the misery" do-gooderism or pie-in-the-sky revolutionary theorizing?
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As usual, Doug's "Behind the News" program provides the sort of depth and hyperventilation-free analysis usually lacking from other outlets.
Even other left and left-ish outlets.
The Jan 10 2009 show featured an extended interview with David Bacon and Michelle Wucker.
Link to MP3:
<http://shout.lbo-talk.org/lbo/RadioArchive/2009/09_01_10.mp3>
Bacon is the author of _Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants_
Amazon Link -
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0807042269/leftbusinessobseA/>
Wucker is the author of _Lockout: Why America Keeps Getting Immigration Wrong When Our Prosperity Depends on Getting It Right_
Amazon Link -
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1586483560/leftbusinessobseA/>
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Author websites:
Wucker:
Bacon:
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