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Penn and Teller tackle Immigration

by Robyn Charles

This past Thursday, Penn and Teller took on evil American conservative beliefs that immigrants (especially illegals) are ruining the country. In a show that hit close to home, the broke through the belief that building a wall across our southern border will do more than cause a few minutes annoyance to those crossing the border, as well as spoke to people on both sides of the argument.

They spent some time with the Minutemen, a volunteer organization dedicated to patroling the border and tipping off Border Police of suspicious activity. This group is also building a privately-funded wall across parts of the border where the government-funded wall isn’t going to be.

Penn and Teller also spent some time exploring the realities of illegal immigration: how people actually get into the country (usually with student/work visas with a time-limit that gets ignored), if illegal immigrants are ACTUALLY taking American jobs (short answer … NO), and America’s history of racism when it comes to immigration.

This last point hit home most for me, as my family all immigrated less than 100 years ago from Poland and Italy, two of a very short list of nationalities that have been targeted for racism and immigration exclusion. Maybe that somehow burrowed into me deep, causing the staunch “live and let live” mentality I have in regards to immigration.

All in all a fantastic show!

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Posted in Penn and Teller on April 30th, 2007

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