http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/aztlan/ en-us Tue, 8 Dec 2009 21:16:17 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2403147/posts I was driving by an elementary school the other day and I was shocked to find it covered in Aztec symbols. I actually made the effort to get out and snap some photos because when I was a boy, everything was red, white and blue, and we had pictures of George Washington. We even perfeormed the play "1776" while dressed in period patriot clothing. Oh dear. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2403147/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 21:16:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363266/posts (CNSNews.com) - Nearly 70 percent of Mexicans surveyed said that Mexican-Americans – including those born in the United States – owe their primary loyalty to Mexico, not the U.S., according to a Zogby poll commissioned by the Center for Immigration Studies. “In Mexico, Mexicans overwhelmingly – especially those who have family here (in the U.S. )– overwhelmingly say that it (amnesty) would encourage illegal immigration in the future.” http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363266/posts#comment Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:51:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2314714/posts Militia groups with gripes against the government are regrouping across the country and could grow rapidly, according to an organization that tracks such trends. The stress of a poor economy and a liberal administration led by a black president are among the causes for the recent rise, the report from the Southern Poverty Law Center says. Conspiracy theories about a secret Mexican plan to reclaim the Southwest are also growing amid the public debate about illegal immigration. Bart McEntire, a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, told SPLC researchers that this is the most growth... CBS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2314714/posts#comment Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:18:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285647/posts Goodbye, Gringo America By Paul L. Williams, Ph.D.thelastcrusade.org It’s payback time for white America. "America's Palestinians" are on the march, chanting "Ahora es la tiempo por audacia"! Thousands of Latinos are gathering this Independence Day to celebrate the Farce of July. This annual all-day concert and street fair is held on Cesar Chavez Avenue in East Los Angeles - - the heart of the barrio. The event is sponsored by the Aztlan Underground to uphold the claim that the Southwest portion of the United States had been stolen from Mexicans and Mexican Americans by Yankee colonialists under the leadership of... The Last Crusade http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285647/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 22:25:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262321/posts Around Christmas of 1973, a fellow sophomore approached Frank Reed, a leader of Princeton University's Chicano Caucus, to hand him a formal complaint she had typed up and to ask him to support it. Sonia Sotomayor was head of the other Latino organization on campus, Acción Puertorriqueña. And after a history of fruitless student talks with Princeton administrators over the lack of Hispanic professors and staff, Sotomayor believed the time had come to lodge a grievance with the federal government over the university's hiring practices. The written complaint, filed that April with what was then the U.S. Department of Health,... The Left http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262321/posts#comment Mon, 1 Jun 2009 18:39:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2252614/posts " Never ask a friend to buy a horse you wouldn't buy yourself" - (Loose translation of an old Yiddish proverb) Apply the principles urged on Israel to the United States, and you end up with a scenario something like this: The new final settlement conference between the US, Mexico, and the Aztlánistas is scheduled for late June. The agreement promises a new chapter in the relationship between the countries -- and new hope for Mexican refugees yearning for self-determination and a state of their own. For years, there have been ongoing hostilities, culminating in a rash of illegal immigration... The American Thinker Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2252614/posts#comment Sun, 17 May 2009 13:24:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226015/posts DALLAS -- A judge blocked the Texas Department of Public Safety on Thursday from continuing to enforce new rules that prevent some legal immigrants from obtaining driver's licenses and identification cards. State District Judge Orlinda L. Naranjo in Austin issued a temporary injunction and found DPS acted outside its scope of authority when it adopted the policy last year. "This case is not about illegal immigrants obtaining driver licenses, it is about legal residents who have been denied or have been threatened a denial of a driver license," Naranjo wrote. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226015/posts#comment Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:54:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2214409/posts House Democrats are laying the groundwork for another major immigration debate later this year, despite the risk that it could prove politically destructive for their party. Moving broad legislation that would put millions of illegal immigrants on a path to citizenship seemed politically impossible until fairly recently and may still end up too hot for Congress to touch. Yet Obama sent a signal this month to Hispanic Democrats that he is still committed to the cause and that he plans to host a White House immigration summit before the end of May. That has bolstered the hopes of the legislation’s... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2214409/posts#comment Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:38:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2202106/posts Many people ABC-7 talked to in Juarez believe if the military does indeed take over the police department, which we refer to as “martial law” in the U.S., the calm will end and the attacks will increase to a whole new level. ABC / Free Press International http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2202106/posts#comment Sun, 8 Mar 2009 23:01:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2187314/posts February 16, 2009 – 7:15 pm A Kosovo Albanian from the city of Kacanik has been arrested in a cafe in the southern village of Strpce in Serbia’s province of Kosovo report police spokesman Arber Beka. The arrested Albanian wore a suicide vest loaded with explosives. He was arrested in the cafe called Kvatro around 8:00 pm today. Police and NATO troops have surrounded the perimeter and are investigating. The arrest came after a cafe patron spotted that one of the three Albanians who just walked into the cafe had wires under his jacket. The police was immediately called in... serbianna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2187314/posts#comment Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:53:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167027/posts Location 2100 Maple Los Angeles, CA INTERESTING POINTS: 1. Interesting that this group has the recourses to rent a permanent facility. (even if it is in downtown) 2. Note the mural there is a man holding a Palestinian flag, leading a group of Hispanic people. 3. This facility just opened this month. Downtown Los Angeles is unbelievably dirty. Trash everywhere and just dirt. Very few light posts so it is dark and creepy. The meeting was supposed to start at 6:00 but at 7;15 a gang looking crowd was developing and since I was alone, I thought it best to... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167027/posts#comment Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:11:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2151476/posts Removing All Doubt Obama Would Cede Southwest to Mexico American Patrol Report -- December 19 "We are all Americans, whether you are legalized or not" Anyone who still doubts that Barack Obama is determined to grant de-facto amnesty to millions of illegal aliens should explain to the rest of us why he picked Hilda Solis to be Secretary of Labor. A long-time supporter of la Reconquista, the Mexican takeover of the American Southwest, Solis is also a leader in the movement to silence Americans who speaks out against the invasion, specifically Lou Dobbs, Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly. At a... AmericanPatrol http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2151476/posts#comment Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:37:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123866/posts The man accused of arranging for the killing of 32 bison on a neighbor's property struck a deal this morning in which he'll face minimal or no jail time but will have to open his wallet wide. Jeffrey Scott Hawn, CEO of Seattle-based software firm Attachmate, pleaded guilty to a class 3 felony of criminal mischief and to a misdemeanor charge of cruelty to animals in Park County Court. At his Jan. 28 sentencing he could get up to two years of probation and up to 10 days in Park County Jail. Four generations of the Downare family, in cowboy... Rocky Mountain News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123866/posts#comment Mon, 3 Nov 2008 20:09:53 GMT 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-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