The 2011 MLB All-Star Game, Live from the "Papers Please" state

Roberto Clemente, Jr. wonders why the proposed boycott of this year's All-Star Game fizzled after Arizona passed the "Papers Please" law. It's really sad because I remember the Phoenix Suns making their protest in a very unique way. Hopefully, one of the 21 Latinos playing in this year's All-Star Game will remind us of this issue in his own unique way. Or at least one can hope so.

Immigration Reform North of 37 degrees North latitude vs. South of 37 degrees

Great op-ed piece in The Washington Post today about how immigration reform north of 37 degrees north latitude differs from immigration reform south of the 37th parallel:

"Conservative Republicans here [in Utah] - and Republicans don't get much more conservative than the statehouse variety in Salt Lake - say their bill is a gauntlet thrown down to the feds for their inability to deal with illegal immigration and the nation's demand for unskilled labor."

Interesting how the redder state of Utah has a more just and tolerant immigration law than the Papers Please Law to its south in Arizona.