Thank you and to my other fellow freepers who have responded so kindly to my post. I've always disliked La Raza and other organizations of the same ilk because of thier "representation" of Hispanics. It would be like the media asserting that the ACLU represents all caucasions or that Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton represent all blacks. La Raza and other organizations like them get thier power and influence from un-educated hispanics or liberal hispanics or worse, liberal-psuedo-intellectual hispanics. I've been called an elitist by some liberal-leaning hispanics because of my hard-core conservative, USA-Lovin' views. I'm not an elitist. I'm a practical, thinking person with more than 1/2 a brain that I'm not afraid to use. I also happen to love and respect my hispanic heritage. This love of heritage, however, extends to the country I was born in and which continues to be the greatest nation on earth. This country is a divine gift to humanity and should be treated as such.
There are immigration laws which were passed for a good reason and they are being broken by MILLIONS of trespassers. That lawlessness begets more lawlessness and undermines respect for the entire American system. It makes a mockery of citizenship, sovereignty and the rule of law.
Our country will cease to exist without control of its borders.
A nation that cannot control its borders will not long remain a nation.