Posted on 05/29/2007 12:46:27 PM PDT by kellynla
Right on all counts, kelly.
The Americans of Mexican ancestry that I’ve had the honor of being neighbors to, related to, friends with, well I can’t imagine my life without them, like my uncle Bernardo Pacheco, whose paintings will ALWAYS hang in my home. I miss celebrating cinco de mayo...you don’t dare do that these days if you’re a gringo! Then on St. Patricks we’d all sing Irish songs and drink dos equis!
I miss real diversity! Diversity isn’t shoving a foreign flag in my face while telling me to go back to Europe.
That economic issue only a small portion of it. The bigger issue for many of us is that we appreciate the value and the responsibility of being an American. We made a conscious and deliberate choice to learn a new language and a new culture, to renounce any loyalty to any other government, and to take up the responsibility of citizenship. We made a commitment.
We'll be damned before we let anyone sneak in, break our laws, demand to get the benefits without putting in that commitment, and expect to remold this country after the failure they left behind.
First the law is the law and Bush is sworn to uphold and enforce it as is and he isn’t. Second, the logical order of this illegal immigration is suggested by that failure: Bush (and every other administration before his) has zero credibility in enforcing the law. So first become credible, build the dang fence, and then come back to us to discuss residual issues.
“Yet they still vote overwhelmingly democrat.”
Lets not forget those Hispanics who vote who are ILLEGALS!
and I know in CA alone, we have no idea how many illegals are registered to vote because CA law doesn’t allow anyone to check their ID when they vote!!!
“We’ll be damned before we let anyone sneak in, break our laws, demand to get the benefits without putting in that commitment, and expect to remold this country after the failure they left behind.”
THANK YOU!
WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! TILL YOU RUN OUT OF INK IN YOUR PEN!
Bombard the Democrats as well, especially the ones that ran on an anti illegal immigration plank and the ones in marginal districts who could be vulnerable. keep pounding on them.
Mr. President perhaps you have forgotten that you have twice now very publically solemnly sworn to faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and to the best of your ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. Here is what the Constitution you swore to preserve, protect, and defend has to say in article II section 3 "He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States."
That refers to ALL laws Mr. President NOT just the ones you like. You have consistently refused to take care that the currently existing immigration laws be faithfully executed and you should rectify that right now Mr. President. Lobby all you want for a new law but PLEASE honor the oath you have twice sworn and ENFORCE CURRENT LAW!
70% of latino voters approve of enforcing the borders first. They better because it will be their jobs that are affected first.
From your lips to Gods ears.
“In order to obtain a probationary Z visa granting temporary, probationary legal status, an illegal immigrant must:
o Come forward within 18 months of the bill’s enactment o Plead guilty to breaking the law and be placed on probation o Pay an extensive fine and processing fee o Undergo criminal background checks o Prove they are employed o Become proficient in English o Wait for the border security “trigger” to be pulled. “
... If you believe we are going to be deporting the millions of illegal aliens who do *not* have gainful employment, under this bill, I have a bridge to sell you.
Does “likely” voters mean the Hispanics who had to wait and came here legally? After all, the illegal portion of the Hispanic vote cannot yet legally vote, and are thus unlikely considered as “likely” voters in this poll.
Should it be? They’re Americans, not Mexicans. That percentage is in line with the rest of the population.
70% of Americans want the borders sealed, and Bush tries to ram it down our throats even harder!!
Of course. The Decider has decided. We should just shut up about it......
Methinks the Decider is in for a surprise.
I hope so. The GOP is digging in its heels against us.
Yep
Why, if only citizens may vote, is the White House webpage, the weekly radio address, and the RNC website available in Spanish?
>>If they do not come forward, they will be deported and permanently banned from the United States when they are caught.<<
But they just told us it would be impossible to deport them — that’s why we have to legalize them. What’s wrong with this picture?
VOTE THIRD PARTY.....YOUR HOSED AND GET USED TO IT....VOTE THIRD PARTY....
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