Posted on 09/08/2011 8:43:10 PM PDT by Palter
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez has acknowledged her paternal grandparents came to the U.S. illegally, amid national attention and protests over her ongoing efforts to bar illegal immigrants from getting driver's licenses.
"I know they arrived without documents, especially my father's father," the Republican said Wednesday in an interview in Spanish with KLUZ-TV, the Albuquerque Univision affiliate.
Martinez has long acknowledged her Mexican heritage. But when asked previously about reports that her grandfather was an illegal immigrant, her office has said Martinez was unsure of his status since he abandoned the family when her father was young.
Her comments Wednesday appeared to be the first time she has answered the question definitively. The Santa Fe New Mexican reported in July that the 1930 U.S. Census Bureau record lists Martinez's paternal grandparents' citizenship status as "AL" for "alien," a status that refers to "all foreign-born persons neither naturalized nor having first papers." However, Martinez was not directly quoted in the story addressing her grandparents' immigration status.
Martinez spokesman Scott Darnell said Thursday the governor had just recently learned of her grandparents' immigration status through media reports that cited census records showing her grandfather entered the country illegally.
"The governor has no reason to question that 1930 Census record about her grandfather and has always known, and publicly spoken of the fact for years, that her family roots trace back to Mexico," Darnell said.
"It's unfortunate that some are choosing to personally attack the governor, but these tactics prove that supporters of giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants have run out of legitimate defenses for a bad policy."
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Are you mentally ill, arguing with yourself?
Actually, that was the first post she said that made sense.
True, I wholeheartedly agreed, as well, when she called herself a stupid moron.
Neither. They're trying to say she's a hypocrite for being against illegal immigrants' "rights". Same old liberal baloney.
“So. If she’s not a citizen, then she must have renounced her natural born citizenship.”
I see what you did there. FAIL.
Yeah, sorry. When I did a keyword search under new mexico nothing showed up. My fault.
Yet another reason to get rid of the welfare state. Seems to me that would be cheaper and more effective than building walls and checking papers and arresting people and deporting them.
And the welfare state is evil anyway. Illegal immigration or no, we shouldn't have it.
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