Tuesday, March 20, 2007

New Email Address

Please note that I've changed my email address to (in standard format) mommyblawger at gmail.com. Thanks!

Blawging Moms

Ooh, I found a new (well, less than 6 months old) blog written by lawyer-moms (3 of them), Mamalaw.

HT: The Porch Light

Sunday, March 11, 2007

Immigration Raids Split Families

Look, I'm a conservative. I suport enforcement of immigration laws. I'm all for building a big, tall, fence. But this goes too far:

This past week in Massachusetts, most of the 361 workers picked up in a raid at a New Bedford leather-goods factory that made vests and backpacks for the U.S. military were women with children, setting off what Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick called a "humanitarian crisis."

Community activists scrambled to locate the children, offer infant-care tips to fathers unfamiliar with warming formula and changing diapers, and gather donations of baby supplies. One baby who was breast-feeding had to be hospitalized for dehydration because her mother remained in detention, authorities said.

Child-care arrangements had to be made for at least 35 youngsters.

Officials of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement division released at least 60 of the workers who were sole caregivers to children, but more than 200 were sent to detention centers in Texas and New Mexico.