http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/aztlan/ en-us Sun, 5 Oct 2008 19:28:23 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098106/posts In a town once predominantly Eastern European but now mostly Mexican, there's a flag flap blowing in the wind. Cicero residents recently complained that the Mexican flag was flying at the town's new Cicero Community Park. Although the U.S. and Illinois flags, as well as a sports flag, are flown there, some longtime residents accused town officials of being un-American and demanded the Mexican flag be taken down. "We are at war and you're flying a foreign flag?" Susan Masek, 56, said at last week's town meeting. "We want that flag down. This is the United States. Only the American... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098106/posts#comment Sun, 5 Oct 2008 19:28:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2084086/posts (See Mexicans in America, Part One: http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=131.) I’ve personally seen illegals in action and I can say that Mexicans, and most other Latinos, are damned hard workers. (The focus of this study will be limited to Mexicans since I’m not inclined to write another book at this time.) Whether they arrived via wading across the Rio Grande or by running across the Sonoran or Chihuahuan Deserts, by being trucked in, or by any other means, their entrance onto our land was not an easy one, in most cases. From the southwest they then migrated north and east and west and... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2084086/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:22:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056118/posts Rapid Growth For Spanish-Speaking Television (NewsUnivision More Popular in NYC Than CBS, NBC & ABC) wcbstv.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056118/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:56:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051320/posts For a generation, Mexican intellectuals have pondered the possibility of a “Greater Mexico” – the idea that Mexican immigration to the United States was so persistent and sustainable, that Mexican culture could “re-settle” lands lost to the United States at the conclusion of the Mexican American War. Americans, clinging to the belief of a “melting pot,” dismissed that notion, arguing that Mexican immigrants would follow historical norms and assimilate into mainstream American life, as previous generations of newcomers did before them. A new study by the Institute of Mexicans Abroad (IME), part of Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Relations, offers insight... La Prensa San Diego http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051320/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:28:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2049973/posts The Mexican government announced that it will honor U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy by granting him citizenship in what President Felipe Calderón called “the emerging ‘Greater Mexico.’” “Señor Kennedy’s staunch defense of the rights of so-called illegal immigrants has been a cornerstone of the effort to unite the Norte Americano continent into one political entity,” Calderón proclaimed. “As a ‘founding father’ of ‘Greater Mexico,’ he deserves to be awarded citizenship.” Calderón contrasted what he contended was Mexico’s “spirit of generosity” in awarding Kennedy citizenship with U.S. plans to build a barrier on the border. “Thanks to the work of Señor Kennedy,... AZCONSERVATIVE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2049973/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:28:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048194/posts Although the nation's largest Latino advocacy organization is a nonprofit that must remain nonpartisan because it gets millions of U.S. federal grant dollars, the group's president helped lead a Barack Obama pep rally during an annual conference. The extremist Mexican group National Council of La Raza clearly endorses Obama, which is why La Raza President Janet Marguia stood by as Los Angeles' renowned Chicano Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa praised Obama during the group's annual convention in San Diego. Villaraigosa assured the crowd that Obama is LATINOS' BEST HOPE for reforming the nation's immigration policies. If that's not an endorsement, then what... Judicial Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048194/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045158/posts Protesters Slam Obama's Appearance at La Raza Hundreds of people gathered outside the San Diego Convention Center Sunday to protest Sen. Barack Obama's appearance at the National Council for La Raza, stating the he would not make the borders safe. News 8, KFMB http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045158/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:41:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042796/posts WASHINGTON: Senator John McCain told a major Hispanic group here Tuesday that he remained committed to passing the kind of immigration legislation that angered many Republican voters last year, but he underscored that he intended to first secure U.S. borders. Speaking to the convention of the League of United Latin American Citizens, McCain noted his efforts to pass comprehensive immigration legislation, which was supported by President George W. Bush and such Democrats as Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts but which fell apart last year after an angry grass-roots movement that viewed it as tantamount to amnesty rose up to oppose... IHT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042796/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 06:08:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041169/posts The United States will pledge $400 million in aid to Kosovo next week at a donors conference expected to raise more than $1 billion for the newly independent state, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday..... The Bush administration requested the bulk of its pledge from the U.S. Congress more than a year ago, well before Kosovo declared independence, out of a certainty that the region would need financial help whenever it declared independence. Reuters via Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041169/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 17:45:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039570/posts A baby boy born early Tuesday when his mother, a legal U.S. resident, was in line at El Paso's Bridge of the Americas is as much a U.S. citizen as if he'd been born anywhere else in the United States. Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039570/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 03:39:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028887/posts SAN DIEGO – Presidential candidate Barack Obama will travel to San Diego next month to join opponent John McCain in speaking at the annual convention of the National Council of La Raza, the nation's largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization. Both senators are expected to address immigration and other issues pertinent to Latino voters, NCLR President Janet Murguía said during a visit to San Diego promoting the convention. Obama's plans were announced yesterday; McCain had agreed earlier to address the convention. The fact that both candidates will attend “speaks to a number of things, not only to the importance... San Diego Union - Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028887/posts#comment Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:26:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016828/posts Texas businessman Jeff Hawn was charged May 8 in the March slaying of 32 bison near Hartsel and faces one count of class 3 felony theft, one count of class 3 felony criminal mischief and 32 counts of aggravated cruelty to animals, each a class 6 felony. Hawn turned himself in to the Park County Jail on May 12 and bonded out... Kobe Bryant's attorney The arrest warrant affidavit indicates that the bison had been killed over the course of a number of weeks. For instance, it states that on April 1 officers "retrieved a spent bullet from one of... The Park County Republican & Fairplay Flume http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016828/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 13:15:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013223/posts An extremist Mexican "La Raza" group that annually gets millions of U.S. federal grant dollars will receive even more in the next few years thanks to Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank's multi million-dollar earmark to council Hispanics about housing. La Raza already gets millions from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for "comprehensive housing counseling" for Hispanics whether they are in the country LEGALLY OR NOT. Frank is giving the National Council of La Raza, which has raked in millions of taxpayer dollars over the year, $5 million dollars this year and $10 million over the next two years.... Judicial Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013223/posts#comment Thu, 8 May 2008 20:51:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012265/posts Michelle Malkin has been out in front of this story for quite some time: Finally, as part of his commitment to talking with all Americans during this presidential campaign, the McCain presidential campaign announced that John McCain will attend the La Raza Annual Convention in San Diego on July 14, 2008. Sigh.... I guess we all knew what we were getting in McCain but the reality always bites a bit. The same can be said for Bush. While he is simply outstanding on protecting this country and foreign policy, his immigration policies remain much less then desired. But validating La... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012265/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 01:21:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011658/posts When Ms. Murguia of the National Council of "The Race" announces that "when free speech transforms into hate speech, we've got to draw that line " we don't know whether to laugh or cry, since her own organization's very nomenclature "The National Council of La Raza" is hate speech to the core. No other ethnic organization these days would dare to refer to themselves as "The Race." Despite all the contortions of the group, Raza (as its Latin cognate suggests), reflects the meaning of "race" in Spanish, not "the people" — and that's precisely why we don't hear of something... National Review's "The Corner" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011658/posts#comment Mon, 5 May 2008 22:59:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011550/posts The John McCain campaign celebrated Cinco de Mayo today by launching a Spanish-language version of its website–and announcing that McCain will speak at the annual conference of the National Council of La Raza (that’s “The Race”). The campaign justifies his appearance by framing it as a gesture of inclusiveness and outreach that is “part of his commitment to talking with all Americans.” Yes, they see it as an act of tolerance to legitimize the militantly open-borders, anti-immigration enforcement, ethnic nationalists who call themselves “The Race.” Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011550/posts#comment Mon, 5 May 2008 19:23:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007345/posts Penn State's student newspaper The Daily Collegian reported on Ann Coulter's hour-long speech there this month: "For possibly the first time in her career the conservative commentator, had nothing to say about a political issue. 'I have no opinion,' she told a student who asked her about Kosovo and Ukraine. That may be the first time those words have passed my lips." "During her hour-long speech to a crowd of more than a thousand in HUB Alumni Hall last week, though, Ms. Coulter spoke candidly about her opinions on a variety of controversial subjects ranging from the war in Iraq... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007345/posts#comment Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:59:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005770/posts (Political Animal) THE KOSOVO QUANDARY....Liberal internationalist types tend to believe that non-defensive military action shouldn't be undertaken unless it's authorized by the UN. But Kosovo wasn't authorized by the UN, and most liberal internationalists seem to think it was a worthy effort anyway. Matt Yglesias, blogging about his new book over at TPMCafe, ponders this: It's a tough question for the liberal internationalist because generally speaking I would like to have my cake and eat it too here. Kosovo mostly accomplished good things, but the process — moving in without Security Council authorization — isn't something I can strictly speaking... CBS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005770/posts#comment Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:19:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005895/posts Everyone knows that the ACLU are advocates for illegal immigration and open borders, but this takes the cake. Via the ACLU: In a historic agreement to pursue joint strategies to protect the human rights of migrants moving across the Mexico-United States border, the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties and the Comision Nacional de Derechos Humanos today signed a document declaring common goals and principles to address the serious human rights issues. The Memorandum of Agreement between the two organizations charges the parties jointly to explore legal actions to challenge Operation Gatekeeper and other programs that have contributed to... Stop the ACLU http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005895/posts#comment Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:56:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001734/posts An organization fighting illegal immigration has launched a boycott of Absolut vodka after the Swedish company ran an ad showing large areas of the U.S. as part of Mexico. A map in the ad depicts Mexico owning California, Texas, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and other U.S. territory, with the slogan, “In an Absolut World,” and panders to the “separatist” movement among Mexicans, according to the National Illegal Immigration Boycott Coalition (NIIBC). “There is a rapidly growing separatist movement in the United States that is being fueled by illegal immigration across our southern border with Mexico,” the group said in a... NewsMax.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001734/posts#comment Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:40:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000002/posts April 09, 2008, 0:00 a.m. Absolut FollyThe Swedish vodka maker thinks radical politics will boost sales? By Michelle Malkin Is it wise for a global beverage company to pander to radical politics while alienating a much wider consumer base? Absolut, the Swedish-owned vodka maker, apparently drinks to that. Last week, my e-mailbox lit up with messages from readers and bloggers about a new Absolut ad catering to Mexican drinkers who believe the American Southwest belongs to them. (That extreme ethno-supremacist idea, of course, is not news to anyone who has paid attention to the massive illegal alien marches of the... NRO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000002/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:48:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999898/posts Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is asking federal officials to rethink their policy on workplace immigration crackdowns that involve established businesses and to focus on employers that mistreat workers instead. The mayor said in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff that work-site raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement could have "severe and long-lasting effects" on the local economy, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday. ICE made more than 4,900 work-site arrests nationwide in fiscal 2007, a 45-fold increase over the number in 2001, authorities said. More than 130 undocumented workers were arrested at a San Fernando Valley manufacturing company in... DailyBreeze.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999898/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:52:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999428/posts .....my e-mailbox lit up with messages about a new Absolut ad catering to Mexicans who believe the American Southwest belongs to them. (That extreme ethno-supremacist idea is not news to anyone who has paid attention to the massive illegal-alien marches where "This is our continent, not yours" has been a rallying mainstay.) Favio Ucedo, creative director of leading US Latino ad agency Grupo Gallegos, (not involved in the Absolut campaign), explained the reconquista-endorsing ad: "Mexicans talk about how the Americans stole their land, so this is their way of reclaiming it. It's very relevant and the Mexicans will love the... NY POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999428/posts#comment Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:51:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999701/posts For those of you in the Baylor University area, tonight is your chance to ask Juan Hernandez about his radical, open-borders agenda and his role in the McCain campaign. The event is free and open to the public. Bring your video camera: Dr. Juan Hernandez, author of The New American Pioneers, will speak at 6 p.m. Thursday in Kayser Auditorium on Mexican immigration. His lecture will be based on his notes, “Why are We Afraid of Mexican Immigrants?”Hernandez, a member of former Mexican President Vicente Fox’s cabinet, will be the final speaker for The Academy for Leader Development and Civic... Michelle Malkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999701/posts#comment Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:05:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999354/posts MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The distillers of Sweden's Absolut vodka have withdrawn an advertisement run in Mexico that angered many U.S. citizens by idealizing an early 19th century map showing chunks of the United States as Mexican. The billboard ad has the slogan "In an Absolut World" slapped over a pre-1848 map showing California, Arizona and other U.S. states as Mexican territory. Those states were carved out of what had been Mexican lands until that year. Although it was not shown in the United States, U.S. media outlets picked up on the ad, and after a barrage of complaints, Absolut's... Reuters/ yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999354/posts#comment Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:08:12 GMT