Tag: immigration
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The Breakfast Table
My culture ends at the breakfast tablePorridge is an hourglass bleeding outI sip on soymilkand think of an evaporating lagoonCharacters, skyscrapers, family, and rail cards scatter on the sea bedI don’t say anything at 7 in the morningThe chain churnsPedals without motionRapidly fighting trafficThe same wind that blew pastAs a stamp landed on my passportGreeted…
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The Immigration and Nationality Act Of 1965: A Proponent For Equitable Reform or Inadvertent Discrimination?
On October 3rd, 1965 in Liberty Island, President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered an address at the signing of the Immigration and Nationality Act, framing the bill as a repair for “a very deep and painful flaw in the fabric of American justice” and a correction of “a cruel and enduring wrong.” The “wrong” Johnson outlined…
