a remarkably good piece/video from voice of america on the immigration situation in the tiny town where i live, and in the region. they showed the vid at the community meeting on the situation in gettysburg this evening. there were a couple hundred people there. i think we had a pretty good, working intersectional culture here a moment ago; it is disintegrating. the economy will go that way too.

ten years ago, york springs was dying. this fall, you should have seen the schoolbuses unloading. dozens of kids. we need immigration around here for many reasons, and there really are no problems to speak of: no crime problem, no jobs problem, etc. so what the hell do these people think they are accomplishing?

they call the no-stoplight town of york springs 'little mexico,' and i think the figures given in the voa piece are inaccurate (they come from 2010 census): let's say 1000 people, 70% mexican. here's my local pride bumper sticker, which appeared here and there a couple of years ago.