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First Undocumented Immigrant Appointed to State Post in California
Newsweek via Yahoo ^ | March 15th, 2018 | Chantal Da Silva

Posted on 03/15/2018 8:29:29 AM PDT by Mariner

For the first time in California's history, the state has appointed an undocumented resident to a statewide post, announcing the decision just a day after President Donald Trump attacked its immigration approach during a visit to San Diego.

The decision made by the Senate Rules Committee on Wednesday saw Lizbeth Mateo, a 33-year-old attorney and immigrant rights activist, appointed to serve on a committee that helps increase college access for students from low-income or underserved communities.

In announcing the decision, Senate President pro tempore Kevin de León appeared to recognize the move as an act of defiance in the face of the Trump administration's current immigration crackdown.

(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; california; chantaldasilva; daca; illegals; kevindeleon; lizbethmateo; prop209; proposition209; rebellion; trump
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To: Mariner

Mateo: Yes, and that is a problem. Especially during this election that has been very negative, where immigrants have been described with some of the most horrible words but I think, at least for me, not so much from the stand point of a law graduate or a future lawyer, but more from the stand point of an immigrant and an organizer, I think that we need to be ready regardless of who becomes President. Even if it is Hilary Clinton. She is saying some great things about immigrants now but she hasn’t always been on our side. She was the first one to call for the deportation of minors, refugee children from Central America. She has agreed with the policies of President Obama to deport almost three million people at this point, 2.5 million people, including many of those refugee children, many of who are still in jails across the country at this point.

To me, that is just unacceptable that in this country we put kids in jails, in prisons. I think whoever becomes President, we have to be ready to keep organizing like we have so far and that is part of the reason why I am speaking out on my case and why the government wants to deny me a benefit that, one, I qualify for and two, that I think I have worked very hard for and have, in many ways, earned through my activism, through my work in my personal life and that is the kind of message that I am trying to send to the community at this point.


41 posted on 03/15/2018 9:12:46 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
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To: Mariner
Time to arrest and deport.

What California is doing is not too far from firing on Fort Sumpter.

42 posted on 03/15/2018 9:17:17 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Mariner

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/us/undocumented-immigrants-illegal-citizenship.html

She is here illegally and California granted her a law license. Time to deport her.


43 posted on 03/15/2018 9:19:38 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
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To: Mariner

Lock her up!


44 posted on 03/15/2018 9:21:47 AM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Mariner

Trump needs to send federal troops into CA.


45 posted on 03/15/2018 9:22:11 AM PDT by matt1234 (Jan. 20, 2017: the national nightmare ended.)
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To: Mariner

But, in a 2016 Facebook post, when she graduated from Santa Clara University School of Law, Mateo seemed to wish she was back in Mexico: “[E]verything is dedicated to Oaxaca, Mexico!! to that land that I miss so much.”


46 posted on 03/15/2018 9:24:23 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
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To: ptsal

“Gee Whiz.... This is NOT right. Calling Jeff Sessions.”

Shhh.....he’s taking a nap....


47 posted on 03/15/2018 9:25:37 AM PDT by Rebelbase ( Hillary, DNC, DOJ and FBI colluded with a British National to influence the 2016 Pres. election)
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To: Mariner

A federal takeover of California must occur or at least, all Federal dollars headed to the state, must be shut off. Let them drown.


48 posted on 03/15/2018 9:26:06 AM PDT by TallahasseeConservative ( Isaiah 40:31)
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To: KC_Conspirator

I said this before and ill say it again, try doing this in the UAE, Kuwait, or god forbid Japan, and watch what happens to you, they are open to the world immigration wise, but they are clear in the difference between citizen and non-citizen.


49 posted on 03/15/2018 9:27:32 AM PDT by the_individual2014
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To: Mariner

Invite her to speak somewhere she will be arrested? ... Can it be any simpler?


50 posted on 03/15/2018 9:32:31 AM PDT by StAnDeliver ( Parkland is the most massive failure in law enforcement since 9/11)
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To: lonevoice

ping!


53 posted on 03/15/2018 9:38:58 AM PDT by Pride in the USA
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To: Mariner

Whose Social Security number is she using?


54 posted on 03/15/2018 9:41:38 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Mariner

The california government is hellbent on “making california mexico again.”

And from what I can tell, virtually EVERYONE in california is perfectly fine with that.

But I highly doubt that the reconquista is going to succeed, not if the Feds and the other 49 states decide to put their foot down.


55 posted on 03/15/2018 9:42:08 AM PDT by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it. MAGA!)
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To: KC_Conspirator

California taxpayers should stop paying California taxes in defiance.


56 posted on 03/15/2018 9:45:06 AM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: Rebelbase

My plea to call Jeff Sessions is like compound interest.

If I call and if you call and if each of use get two friends to call, the pressure will build.

2 raised to the 20th power is a large number.


57 posted on 03/15/2018 9:48:15 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: Mariner

She is not undocumented.

She has documents.

They say she is a citizen of another country.


58 posted on 03/15/2018 9:48:43 AM PDT by joshua c (To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives)
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To: dragnet2

a year ago de lemon announced he had aided and abetted his illegal family members coming to and staying in the US. No investigation, no arrest.


59 posted on 03/15/2018 9:49:50 AM PDT by morphing libertarian (Build Kate's Wall)
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To: Mariner
" . . . a committee that helps increase college access for students from low-income or underserved communities."

If they are "underserved," whose fault is that in a state controlled by Democrats for the last 30 or 40 years? But maybe they are just "underperforming."
60 posted on 03/15/2018 9:50:44 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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