[BrewDog]

(03-19-2017 11:10 PM)Last Parade Wrote:  

(03-19-2017 10:07 PM)SamuelBRoberts Wrote:  

Why are there 15,000 people celebrating Cinco De Mayo that far from the south, anyway?

First thing I thought of when you said that: Hazelton.

For anyone that's not familiar with the story of Hazelton, PA and wants to learn a bit about it, start by reading this WaPo story in 2006, when Hazelton tried to be the first city in the nation to crack down on illegal immigration with some sensible measures (as well as declaring English the official language of the city). The order was, surprise surprise, struck down by the courts.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...01484.html

2006, a simpler time when people called illegal immigrants what they were, and even people in congress like Hillary and Obama agreed it was bad.

Fast foward 10 years, this story from this past February:

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/more-...rs-n714351

See the complete takeover of your typical American town in 10 years. Look at existing policies and demographic trends and easy to see why this couldn't happen at the federal level - and frankly already is. (also note how they gloss over the "crime" question at the end)

But circling back to your original question, there's also this:



(Based off this gif - http://i.imgur.com/YvLnz3u.gif - which is a fascinating look at how things were and where they've gone, specifically starting at 1970/after Hart-Cellar passed in 1965)


But yeah, that far north isn't a surprise. Mexican immigration (legal and illegal) is vastly up in Canada too. Favoured status by virtue of proximity to the U.S. rather than merit-based criteria which thankfully Trump wants to bring in.

Probably too late, though.

Goddamn Canadians invading Vermont!

It's ok. I'm confidant that the Canadians in Vermont aren't breaking into someone's house right now.

Meanwhile, in Houston...