My dad - ever diligent in internet research & in his networking - sent me an article from the NY Times Opinions about the historical roots of the current immigration dialogue. Here was one quote that caught me:

“The Hispanic world did not come to the United States,” Carlos Fuentes observes. “The United States came to the Hispanic world. It is perhaps an act of poetic justice that now the Hispanic world should return.“

The whole article is worth the read. While I don’t think you need to go back 500 years to establish a good immigration policy for today, I do think the article provides an interesting perspective on understanding the cycle of history, particularly as it relates to the immigration rhetoric of today.

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