Here at Underground Undergrads, we have perspective. When a minuteman accomplishes not much more than a sun tan by holding his rifle near the border, we argue that immigration is a global phenomenon that needs global solutions, and that guns are probably not a large part of the equation. Then we give them some sunblock. And we talk to them that it's not just about the border.
Perspective today comes from Japan, a country that, like all other industrialized nations, is a preferred destination for those looking for work away from their birthplace.
From Media Newswire:

Japan is now the only country in Asia to provide legal channels to permanent residency for illegal immigrants. Moreover, Japan is the only country in Asia to offer public education even to the children of illegal foreigners.
Nongovernmental organizations headed by Japanese citizens speaking on behalf of illegal immigrants have successfully pressured the government to adopt a plan to combat human trafficking, to grant certain overstayed foreigners “special residence permission” and to extend national health insurance to certain foreigners. Over a four-year period beginning in 2000, Japan granted permanent residence to more than 40,000 illegal immigrants.

That's the good part of an equation of a societal response that pretty much mirrors ours: non-profit warriors and native culture hawks in a battle of ideas that often finds no common ground for discussion. USC's Apichai Shipper narrates that story in his new book, Fighting for Foreigners: Immigration and its Impact on Japanese Democracy. Using years of ethnographic work in his resume, Shipper argues that the fight for immigrant rights has revitalized activism and civil society in Japan. As the world fights for immigrant rights, pure nationalist sentiments might fight themselves at odds with human rights movements across the globe. And that's perspective.