If you examined the contents of your July PG & E bill, you might have discovered a small public notice informing you that PG & E is proposing to raise your utility rates. Of course, this is not the first rate increase request this year; PG & E regularly develops some sort of excuse explaining why ratepayers should pay more for their gas and electricity.
There are horror stories, both fact and fiction, revealing problems facing undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. No doubt many are subject to blackmail and others forced into prostitution or sweat shops to pay for their trip across the border. Law enforcement contends that fear of deportation prevents many from assisting in solving neighborhood crimes. Moreover, farmers have complained for years that deporting illegal immigrants affects their ability to get food to market. Recently, it has been argued that children of illegal immigrants should not be punished for the crimes of their parents.