Pablo Alvarado: Love Will Conquer Hate
Pablo Alvarado, president of the National Day Laborers’ Organizing Network , says in an op-ed in yesterday's Miami Herald that there is reason to believe attitudes are changing against the "Arizona approach" to immigration policies. Although the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the racial profiling provision of S.B. 1070, Alvarado says President Obama's announcement to halt the deportation of those young immigrants who would be eligible for U.S. residency under the terms of the DREAM Act illustrates this shift in thinking:
Last Sunday in Phoenix I joined 3,000 people in a vigil outside Arpaio’s Maricopa County jail with a message that has become rebellious in today’s climate: Love will conquer hate. While Secretary Napolitano may be reluctant to choose her side on that equation, it will be the brave steps of those currently deemed “illegal” who will force her to the right side of history.
Visit the Miami Herald to read the rest of the op-ed .
