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Racism Knows No Borders

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What has made America what it is today? Is it because of immigration? In the article “With Immigration, Racism Knows No Borders” Ms. Martin quotes: "It is also worth noting that this has happened without bloodshed, or at least a very great deal of it." This quote says it all, enforce immigration laws when it comes to someone whose "ethnic baggage" includes a deep longing for freedom after surviving oppression in his or her home country, but when it comes to Hispanics pouring across the border, with publicly stated plans to invade, settle, and then secede, we take a very soft approach. On a whole immigration have different shades in it, where Martin article also one of those kinds, it explains all the common and complicated problems about immigration.

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