National Day without an Immigrant

I could write some stuff about yesterday's immigration protests/rallies, but it wouldn't be anything you haven't heard before. It is a complicated issue that won't get solved unless people work together (jeez, I guess you could say that about most every issue). Also, I wouldn't be able to say it as good as Eric at Iowa Progress did in his post yesterday.

...the immigrants who are coming to Iowa are exactly the type of productive citizens that the state claims to need so badly. These are people who work hard, who raise their children here, who pay taxes (regardless of citizenship, the sales tax is always paid), and who only seek the opportunity to share in and improve the quality of this country. My family came to this country generations ago via immigration, and the idea that we as Americans, or we as Iowans, would deny others the right to the same opportunities our families had when they came to the country is outrageous to me. The sooner Iowa recognizes that immigrants are a boon to our culture, our economy, and our state, the better.