I wanted to let you know of the Observer's new blog on immigration.

http://obsthisland.blogspot.com/

This Land will complement our regular coverage published in the paper and online. We’ll bring you new voices and analysis. We’ll also point you toward interesting stories, studies, photography, and videos.

As the main author of This Land, my goal is to find a balance between the fact that the United States is both a country made of immigrants and a nation of laws.

There is a comments section and I hope you will take advantage of it. This is an emotional topic, but I don’t see why we can’t have a healthy, spirited dialogue. And it’s a good place to get your perspective heard. We had over 3,500 people check out the blog on the first three days alone.

Some of you have asked about subscribing via an RSS feed. To do that you can either use this link (http://obsthisland.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default) or, even easier, you can click on the “subscribe to” button on the main page of the blog.

I hope you will take a moment to check out This Land. And I hope you’ll keep coming back. I think you’ll find the posts (and hopefully the comments) interesting and informative.

And please send your own thoughts and ideas on how I can make it better.

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Franco Ordoñez
Staff Writer
The Charlotte Observer