Posted on 02/13/2013 10:36:01 AM PST by jazusamo
Jose Antonio Vargas, an illegal immigrant and former reporter, scolded a congressional panel on Wednesday, saying that he should not be called illegal, and saying it is an insult to his family who brought him here.
“When you inaccurately call me illegal, you not only dehumanize me, you’re offending them,” he said. “No human being is illegal.”
Mr. Vargas testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee alongside Chris Crane — a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent and president of the ICE agents’ union — who is unable to arrest him under the administration’s new non-deportation policies.
Mr. Vargas, who “came out” as an illegal immigrant several years ago, delivered an emotional plea for the country to legalize him.
“What do you want to do with us?” he asked the committee.
Last week, a top House Democrat also warned colleagues against using the term “illegal immigrants.”
“Our citizens are not — the people in this country are not illegal. They are are out of status. They are new Americans that are immigrants,” Rep. John Conyers Jr., Michigan Democrat, told colleagues on the House Judiciary Committee.
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Can I call you a WETBACK, you ILLEGAL CRIMINAL??
And how far does this go?
If we have to keep illegal Jose here, we can’t be selective can we? We’ll have to allow illegals from EVERYWHERE here too right? Wouldn’t want to be waaaasssis.
If we endorse persons to live here illegally, should we honestly expect anyone to comply with any of our other laws?
If the next 9/11 attack is the result of a porous border - who exactly is at fault for that?
This doesn’t end...
I am so SICK of this “It’s not illegal to be a human” S**T!!!!! Honestly, folks, how much more can we be expected to take????????
I was about to say all you’d be doing is pushing the problem further southward. It wouldn’t be the Mexicans’ job to build the fence, either, because the whole point is that we’d be conquering Mexico. We wouldn’t build a wall down there for the same reason we won’t build a wall now, aside from the fact that the border would be shorter.
Surely there’s be lots to develop. But why would the feds suddenly accommodate economic growth? Why would environuts ease up? All we’d be doing is adding millions of passengers ont the Welfare State gravy train.
We need to frame the issue by saying that we are Pro “Legal Immigration”.
What other countries have the loose standards that we do? I’ll tell you one country that doesn’t.....Meh-Hee-Co.
One hundred and fifty years ago we had an army in Mexico City. If we had stayed Mexico would be part of the United States. History has consequences.
Alrighty then we will call you a Wetback..
Meaning of wetback- Mexicans are called wetbacks because many illegal immigrants cross into the united states via the Rio Grande River, getting their backs wet.
It is possible. She was saying that in order to prepare a roast in northern states it was not necessary to wash the meat due to the stricter processing regulations. While in the southern states it was recommended that that the meat be washed before beginning the preparation due to the less strict regulations.
I thought she was referring to different countries.
We should be more sensitive of his culture. Let’s call him mojado (wet in Spanish). That is the word they use in Mexico for immigrantes illegales.
“Mr. Vargas, who “came out” as an illegal immigrant several years ago...”
This little Twink looks like he’s ready to “come out” of the closet as well.
Our citizens ... tells us all we need to know about Conyers' mindset.
So did ANY of the committee members call hosay on his bs? Anyone at all???
Of COURSE human beings are not illegal...but people who immigrated here in violation of the law can certainly be called by the shorthand name “illegal immigrant”. See? See how that sort of comes together in a grand way? Are you really that obtuse and stupid?
Now If my parents came and broke into your parents house and dragged me with them, are you saying that is perfectly ok? Hey I was just a kid...not responsible in any way and its obviously YOUR job to raise me etc.
IF you don’t care for that hosay, go back to whatever hellhole your parents dragged you from. dumbazz.
Conyers is a traitorous appeaser of any group that can be seen as a voter base for the democrats.
For years I have been referring to people who are not citizens and have infiltrated our border as Illegal Alien Criminal Invading Insurgent Colonists.
Which is exactly what they are. They do not want to assimilate (which is what immigration to this country is all about) but want to usurp citizens and our Constitution and turn the USA into a third world country through colonization.
All the whining and crying about we must let them stay is a crock. You gonna put them all on buses and drive them back to the southern border? A stupid strawman.
Several states have passed laws to not allow non-citizens to get welfare, foodstamps, healthcare, and not allow non citizen children to use our schools.
and most of them left, some back to Mexico and the rest to "sanctuary states" and in those states unemployment went down and the states became more prosperous.
Self deportation would work REAL well if only the laws were enforced.
I believe the ones going through the legal avenues have to show they won't be a financial burden to our government.
It's been calculated that for every working Illegal Alien Criminal Invading Insurgent Colonist here in this country costs hundreds of thousands of dollars.
What with all the free benefits and bring grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins to also reap the benefits of welfare etc etc
Calif voted on a measure to keep these criminal insurgents from taking advantage of these perks and it passed.
One LEFTIST judge deemed it unconstitutional and so it is not implemented.
None of the republicans fought it.
Imagine how California's econonmy would have improved if that measure would have been the law of the land in Calif.
Well said, you’re right on the mark, check my post #35.
Ok, so call him an admitted criminal. Fine him for every dime plus interest and handling that we’e spent on his family. Then, make sure we do a cavity search and shave his head to de-lice before throwing him with a cell with Big Daddy Boom Boom for six to eight months and then deport him and the rest of his illegal relatives back where they belong.
Well, well, well, seconds after I typed “big daddy” there was an ad for “big daddy” nail polish that showed up on the side bar of the next thread link I clicked. Howdy, Big Brother.
"OK Jose. From now on I'll refer to you as a criminal alien if you prefer."
Hey Jose Antonio Vargas we love immigrants - LEGAL immigrants.
Jose Antonio Vargas - you're a thief who broke into someone's home and thinks you should be treated like an invited guest. You were NOT invited. Go HOME Jose Antonio Vargas... go home. You're not welcome here except by corrupt democrat politicians who want to buy your vote. Democrats don't have the right to give away our country. Your type props them up. You know their kind... you have them in the country you escaped from - we don't want them here. Don't come here and keep them in office. They'll turn this country into the kind of place you escaped from... It's time - go home. Make your own country worth living in...
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