Debate should focus on moderate views
Universities should promote discussions and opinions about society, not ban speakers based on their views, as some University of Nevada, Reno professors have tried to do.
When the Reno community caught wind that Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minuteman Project, would speak at UNR this Thursday, some were excited for the controversial conversation that would come, but others were outraged. Emma Sepulveda-Pulvirenti, professor and director of UNR’s Latino Research Center, started circulating a petition last week to stop Gilchrist from participating on the panel.
Instead of attempting to ban Gilchrist from campus, opponents should protest the event or boycott as three panelists have already decided to do.
While some disagree with Gilchrist’s views — that the U.S. should deny amnesty and prevent illegal immigration through civilian border patrols — students and others have the right to hear his opinions as much as he has the right to give them. It’s healthy for a campus to provide varying viewpoints, allowing students to make their own decisions on an issue. However, the other panelist slated to participate in the forum hardly balances Gilchrist’s opinions. Miguel Angel Acosta stands for humane immigration policies that give people opportunities to move to different countries in order to pursue better lives and protect their rights, regardless of documentation. This is much more moderate than Gilchrist’s stance.
Although free speech is imperative, Associated Students of the University of Nevada Flipside is at fault for allowing an extremist to set the tone of a debate. Inviting an extremist to discuss immigration is unnecessary, as it brings in screamers and detracts from people’s ability to understand the complexities of an issue. Nicholas Blevins, the Flipside event’s organizer, should have centered the discussion around moderate views that are fact-based and would leave attendees better informed about the immigration debate.
Immigration Reform
When: Nov. 19, Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Where: The Joe Crowley Student Union Ball Room
Cost: Free for UNR students and faculty, $10 for general admission
Info: Bags and persons are subject to search. No signs are
allowed in The Joe or at the event.
Contact: 775-784-6589 or contempissues@asun.unr.edu
The Nevada Sagebrush can be reached at editor@nevadasagebrush.com.
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One Response to “Debate should focus on moderate views”
E-VERIFY OVERTIME CAN REDUCE THE 20-30 MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN THE WORKPLACE BY “ATTRITION.” WE DON’T NEED DEPORTATION ON A MASSIVE SCALE AS THEY WILL LEAVE ON THERE OWN. POLITICIANS CAN ADD AMENDMENTS TO THE 1986 IMMIGRATION BILL, INSTEAD OF THE TRAVESTY OF FORCING A NEW ONE ON THE FINANCIALLY HURTING AMERICAN PEOPLE?
Bloggers nationwide brought to the public attention the need to stop the infiltration of illegal immigrants in the workplace. Now the voice of –THE PEOPLE–are demanding sealing the borders tight and that every corrupt politician catering to corporate welfare–MUST GO, Starting with Sen.Harry Reid (D-NV) Special attention should be drawn to incorrigible governors, lawmakers, mayors judges and elected officials who have ordained policies of SANCTUARY STATES.
Hopefully E-Verify will become a nationwide vetting system to remove illegal workers from your office or from your factory? It has shown its efficiency, because the open border organizations have moved heaven and earth to smash it? Now it is firmly entrenched in every American workers mind, that it can save their jobs. Even Sen.Harry Reid, who tried to table E-Verify failed miserably and now, is funded for another 3 years. This gives reputable politicians time to make E-Verification mandatory as it’s been evaluated as a good immigration enforcement instrument and it could be introduced for other purposes. As a national legal people’s identifier and combined with other data bases, it usages could be essential to recognize fraudulent drivers license, auto registration. Child support, health care and many other verifications of individual who think they are safe from government. But its main restrictions will to terminate foreign nationals appropriating US workers jobs.
In the future this data base could be established at airport terminals for departures and arrivals. It will be an ongoing fight against the opponents such as US chamber of Commerce, ACLU, Council of Foreign Relations, business organizations, agriculture and other groups. It is certain to be a bargaining chip in shoving through another Comprehensive Immigration Reform package, that will devastate America. An overflow of poor, uneducated humanity, looking for free health care will start pouring into our nation. Around the world rumors are already flying that if you slip across the sieve of a border, you can get work as low income and get all your taxes back by lying on the tax form. Tax credits for non-existent supported children is an industry, that costs the US taxpayer billions a year. If Napolitano thinks that –ALL–Democrats will accept another trillion dollar budget deficit, cause by a new BLANKET AMNESTY.
That bridge is still available in Brooklyn..? Very few Republicans will accept another AMNESTY? Not too much chance from Independents. Nor will legal immigrants or ethnic Americans who were born here, fought in four wars. Even people from South of the border are very reticent of allowing more people in, when there is 15 million unemployed. It means millions of low skilled workers would feel the crunch first, as already illegal immigrants who take their wages under the table, especially in Sanctuary States and undermine US labor?
I know quite a few Democrats who signed onto the Obama Presidency that will fight against any travesty called Comprehensive Immigration Reform? The one in 1986 was a complete disaster and unable to handle the sudden in surge of millions of more destitute people, thinking they were going to collect welfare? Our country is overrun with every conceivable crime, that includes murder, child and female violation, document fraud, transporting of illegal aliens, welfare fraud, house invasion, burglary, robbery, spousal abuse, gangs and other heinous activities The biggest scourge is drunken driving, which is killing and maiming citizens and residents on the highways and streets in rampant numbers. Go to THE DARK SIDE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION site for statistics. The doors to America are wide open, but nobody in their right mind is going to accept the first surge of 2-3 million coming from the South when they hear Lady Napolitano proclaiming a new AMNESTY? Those who believe in America’s survival, without OVERPOPULATION as stated by the US Census bureau better read facts, not the lies at NUMBERSUSA. Those who want details of corruption in WASHINGTON and state government go to JUDICIAL WATCH. Overpopulation, traffic hell should go to CAPSWEB. Other sites of interest on Immigration enforcement is ALIPAC and AMERICAN PATROL. We the people have the ultimate power to throw out anti-sovereignty incumbent politicians. Call and command these do-nothings to–STOP–this facade at 202-224-3121.
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