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<p><strong>Dear Mexican: In 1983 or 1984, I was walking home from work down Haight Street in San Francisco one evening and stopped into Watusi Records to look through the dollar cutout bin. I flipped through it for a bit and then stopped dead when I saw the Jonny Chingas Pachuco LP. I looked closer, saw what was written in small print on the license plate of the car on the cover (“se me paro”), and went, “Holy shit! I’ve gotta have this!”</strong></p>

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<strong>Scripps Howard Foundation Wire</strong></p>
<p><strong>WASHINGTON</strong> – One week after President Barack Obama’s announcement of his new gun control proposals, a House Democratic taskforce held a briefing to discuss what legislative steps Congress could take to promote gun safety while respecting the Second Amendment.</p>

America, home of the free and the land of opportunity- only if you’re a legal citizen, of course. Working with an array of students from different backgrounds, we have seen our fair share of issues. However, one issue continues to go unspoken: undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S as children.

In 2008, San Diego County had the third largest population of undocumented immigrants in California. An estimated population of about 200,000, many immigrants made the trip across the border before well before their 18th birthday, making the American Dream their only way of life.