Last night’s Daily Show aired a segment filmed during Sunday’s immigration march in downtown Dallas. Thousands had gathered to call for the legalization of some of the millions of people who are in the United States unlawfully.
Correspondent Jessica Williams came here to see how we celebrate “that most American of holidays,” Cinco de Mayo. The differences she found between the events at Cathedral Guadalupe and Dallas City Hall and a party in a bar in the West End are striking.
She concluded that we need immigrants in America because “They do the jobs we don’t want to do: staying sober and being politically engaged.”
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