Yea, right...
Posted on 02/06/2007 10:33:05 AM PST by Sharks
As Virginia lawmakers continued to consider a swath of bills aimed at punishing illegal immigrants and their employers, Latino immigrants and advocates took to the state Capitol yesterday to press for laws that expand the rights of people living in the country illegally.
About 100 people, most of them from Northern Virginia, fanned out to lawmakers' offices, gathered in biting wind for a short rally and attended a lunch visited by Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D), who told them that he is committed to keeping Virginia a "welcoming place" for all.
snip "We don't want a free ride," said Carlos Soles, of the Democratic Latino Organization of Virginia, standing in a hallway while speaking to a legislative intern for Sen. Kenneth W. Stolle (R-Virginia Beach). "But we have to make sure that kids have an opportunity to get an education."
In Soles's group was Jose L. Vela, a Bolivian making his first foray into U.S. politics. In an interview, Vela, 45, spoke proudly of the Arlington citizens police academy training he completed and his membership in a neighborhood emergency response team -- efforts he said show his contributions to his community.
Vela, who is an illegal immigrant, said the training erased his fear of police. Some of the laws under consideration could change that, he said.
"The police would be backtracking. People would not trust them," Vela said.
The efforts drew censure from John Kawapisz, legislative director for the Virginia Council for Immigration Reform, a group that backs most of the restrictive bills under consideration. After attending the Latino coalition's news conference, he said organizers were misleading the public by denouncing some bills as "anti-immigrant." The measures, he said, are anti-illegal immigrant.
Staff writers Tim Craig and Ovetta Wiggins contributed to this report.
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PR set up to be the poster boy of illegals if he is arrested.
They have the right to leave my country and that is it.
This is merely the tip of the iceberg. The "hard left" is backing the illegals, and stirring them up all over the country.
The Republicans are backing amnesty (illegals).
Check out the voting record on this thread.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1779708/posts
In Soles's group was Jose L. Vela, a Bolivian making his first foray into U.S. politics. In an interview, Vela, 45, spoke proudly of the Arlington citizens police academy training he completed and his membership in a neighborhood emergency response team -- efforts he said show his contributions to his community. Vela, who is an illegal immigrant, said the training erased his fear of police.
Am I going nuts here? Is this the Twilight zone?
Yea, right...
John Kawapisz
I hope he doesn't open a motorcycle shop.
soon illegals will be able vote and run for offices..
Wish someone would ask Gov. Kaine, that puke, why he puts the interests and well being of illegal aliens ahead of the interests and well being of Virginians and American citizens. It is almost enough to make me go to one of his town meetings; I would have to activate my protective shield against squish-heads first.
Perhaps we need to put the fear of police back in him....
Forgot to say, now we know where Jose Vela is, I wonder if ICE will go get him and deport him. What were the Arlington Police thinking?
It`s true, it`s completely out of control now. Never in a million years did I ever think I would one day be reading about an illegal making his "foray into US politics"!!
"The Republicans are backing amnesty (illegals). "
Don't I KNOW it!
I don't know where we turn to now.
bet he's a membaer of LaRaza
LaRaza = the Klna with a tan.
Follow the link in post 5. Here's the Kennedy amnesty plan. Look at how many Republicans voted for it. Soon there will be no "illegals".
More rights for illegals. What is this country coming to?
I'd rather he fear the populace AND the police.
Well does the virginia police let ex-con's take their training as well??
Just damn, our police do such a good job not wasting tax payers money. "Sac off"
ping
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