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To: Reaganwuzthebest; All

Grover Norquist, White House point man on immigration.

"If the Republican Party works with the Hispanic community, the immigrant community, they're natural allies. People who came to this country are more freedom-loving and more American than people who just happened to be born here because they made a decision to go to a great deal of trouble and effort to leave their parents and their family and their small towns or whatever to come to the United States. They're natural Reagan Republicans. As long as we're welcoming them, we win their votes.

We've seen, with some effort on the part of the Republicans to reach out to Hispanics, a tremendous increase in our support in Hispanics. In Florida, where it's second nature for the Republican Party to work with Hispanics, we carry a majority of the non-Cuban Hispanic vote and more than a majority of the Cuban vote. We have, when we have worked at it, carried a majority of the Asian-American vote. So immigration is something that if Pat Buchanan became our nominee, we would lose the immigrant vote. But the strength of George Bush is that he was [the] pro-immigrant, pro-trade Reaganite in the race, and that was the winning issue, not just in the primary but in the general [election], and also the winning strategy for governor. A Republican Party which becomes anti-immigrant will become a minority party."

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/architect/interviews/norquist.html

If any of you have seen Norquist on TV, you will notice he uses the same emotional, nonsensical talking points we have had foisted on us. He simply cannot say "illegal immigration". Looks like the majority of our congress is now "Anti-immigrant" according to him.


22 posted on 12/22/2005 4:33:00 PM PST by WatchingInAmazement ("Nothing is more expensive than cheap labor," prof. Vernon Briggs, labor economist Cornell Un.)
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To: WatchingInAmazement

Did Norquist really say these illegals are more American that people born here?

If he did, that is outrageous!


29 posted on 12/22/2005 4:38:25 PM PST by HighFlier
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To: WatchingInAmazement

When corporate America wants cheap labor, their money will flow into leftist activists groups, MSM and Park Avenue ad companies to fight us. Atleast the Latino advocate groups are honest, they stand in front of us and shout at us. Corporate America is from the back, in the dark and thru a third party. They are the traitors to the American nation on illegal immigration.


34 posted on 12/22/2005 4:45:31 PM PST by Fee (`+Great powers never let minor allies dictate who, where and when they must fight.)
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To: WatchingInAmazement

Either the "Law" is the "Law" or it is not. When a nation, founded on laws, no longer enforces its laws, what becomes of that nation? I say, it ceases to be a nation.


50 posted on 12/22/2005 5:53:45 PM PST by TheHound (You would be paranoid too - if everyone was out to get you.)
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