http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hispandering/ en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:45:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417713/posts With the healthcare battle still unfinished, the Obama administration has been laying plans to take up an issue that could prove even more divisive -- a major overhaul of the nation's immigration system. Senior White House aides privately have assured Latino activists that the president will back legislation next year to provide a path to citizenship for the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States. In a recent conference call with proponents, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina, political director Patrick Gaspard and others delivered the message that the White House was committed to seeing... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417713/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:45:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409515/posts Congressional Democrats on Tuesday launched a renewed effort to pass comprehensive immigration reform legislation. Rep. Joe Baca, D-San Bernardino, is a co-sponsor of the bill that provides a path to citizenship for the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the country. The bill by Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Illinois, would also repeal the 287(g) program that allows local law enforcement agencies to perform some immigration functions. Indland Valley Daily Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409515/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:30:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408067/posts Rep. Luis Gutierrez's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com Tomorrow, December 15, I will join the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and my colleagues in the House of Representatives in introducing a progressive, compassionate and comprehensive immigration reform bill. Every single day in America, families are being divided. Over the past year, I've traveled across the country with my colleagues conducting something called the United Families ("Familias Unidas") tour. In twenty-four cities across the country, we heard from families who were being ripped apart by the current system. We've heard stories from a father dying from cancer whose wife faced deportation. We've heard from... Press release Gutierrez http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408067/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:24:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393600/posts It’s not clear why Lou Dobbs resigned from CNN Wednesday. Fox said he’s not headed there, and from his comments it sounds to me like he’s going to run for office in New Jersey (though Bob Menendez’s seat, the next Senate opening, isn’t up until 2012). Be that as it may, it’s likely that part of the reason was the vilification campaign against Dobbs by pro-amnesty groups, part of a broader jihad against any public expression of skepticism about amnesty and open borders. After the June 2007 collapse of the Bush-McCain-Kennedy amnesty push in the Senate, a demoralized Frank Sharry,... Center for Immigration studies http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393600/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:08:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383740/posts Immigrant advocates filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of a Salvadoran woman who was detained by Frederick County sheriff's deputies in a case they say illustrates the problems with a federal program that has deputized dozens of state and local police departments to catch illegal immigrants. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, alleges that Roxana Orellana Santos, now 29, was eating lunch alone near Buckeystown Pike in Frederick on Oct. 7, 2008, when two deputies approached her, asked for identification, then detained her and turned her over to immigration authorities for possible deportation. Orellana... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383740/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:17:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379108/posts Sen. Durbin (D-Ill.) last night and today is once again using his leadership position to make (false claims about E-Verify's reliability) and to project the absolutely foolish notion that unemployment and immigration have no relationship. But while he laments the 125,000 who have recently lost their unemployment benefits (I do, too), he ignores the fact that HIS immigration policies now in place have given out 125,000 brand new work permits to foreign workers during the last month. Sadly, Sen. Durbin is Exhibit A of the intellectual hypocrisy that is pervasive in Congress. He gives speeches as a champion of (unemployed... Numbers USA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379108/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:13:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370210/posts The GOP needs to shed its image as the "old white guy party," Jeb Bush said this week. Speaking at George Washington University, Bush said Republicans need to reach out to a more diverse group of voters. "You don't have to be a rocket scientist to realize that in order for a political party to be successful it has to reach out to everyone," Bush said, according to the GW Hatchet. "In politics, you never win when you say 'us and them.' We need a more welcoming message." The Hill, Washington, DC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370210/posts#comment Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:07:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369412/posts A Dallas rookie police officer erred when he cited a woman earlier this month for being a non-English speaking driver, police said. Officer Gary Bromley issued a citation Oct. 2 to 48-year-old Ernestina Mondragon after stopping her for making an illegal U-turn in the 500 block of Easton Road, near East Northwest Highway, according to a copy of the citation. Dallas News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369412/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:44:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2368663/posts Regarding a pinata of Sherriff Joe Arpaio. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2368663/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:51:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368170/posts WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Republican Senator John McCain said on Wednesday his party needed a positive agenda to better attract those Americans who are disenchanted with Democratic policies. McCain said he sensed "a lot of anger and a lot of frustration" among Americans over taxpayer-backed bailouts of banks and auto companies while they cope with a persistently high U.S. jobless rate of 9.8 percent and see bank executives get "obscene" bonuses. McCain, who was his party's presidential nominee and lost the 2008 election to Democrat Barack Obama, spoke to a Reuters Summit in a roundtable interview with journalists. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368170/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:34:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359601/posts The O’Reilly Factor had the Fox News senior judicial correspondent Judge Andrew Napolitano on the show last night. He claimed that it would be unconstitutional for Congress to ban illegal aliens from participating in any health insurance plans, particularly the public option. He based his analysis on the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection clause. A constitutional law professor who was also on the show essentially echoed Napolitano’s opinion without adding anything of substance. First off, with all due respect to Judge Napolitano and the law professor, I would have preferred some constitutional law heavyweights to argue the issue from a liberal... David Horowitz's NewsReal Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359601/posts#comment Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:34:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358576/posts JERUSALEM – The U.S. should move in the direction of socialism but the country's "white majority" opposes welfare since such programs largely would benefit minorities, especially blacks and Hispanics, argued President Obama's newly confirmed regulatory czar, Cass Sunstein. "The absence of a European-style social welfare state is certainly connected with the widespread perception among the white majority that the relevant programs would disproportionately benefit African Americans (and more recently Hispanics)," wrote Sunstein. The Obama czar's controversial comments were made in his 2004 book "The Second Bill of Rights," which was obtained and reviewed by WND. A prominent theme throughout Sunstein's... WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358576/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 17:21:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356927/posts In the Long Run, the GOP Must Be Inclusive. BY MICHAEL GERSON Mel Martinez's recent resignation from the U.S. Senate was for personal and family reasons. But the departure of the Republican Party's most visible Hispanic leader crackles with political symbolism. Martinez does not consider himself disillusioned, but he is "frustrated." "There are lots of Hispanics to the right of you and me on immigration," he told me, "but they think, 'Republicans just don't like us.' " Martinez makes clear that a number of his Senate colleagues were "conservative, but not inflammatory." Other elected Republicans, however, made "pretty divisive use... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356927/posts#comment Wed, 7 Oct 2009 18:26:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353212/posts GASTONIA, N.C. -- Two state representatives announced plans today to fight a recent ruling to allow illegal immigrants into state community colleges. "What part of illegal don't you understand?" said Rep. Wil Neumann as he spoke in front of the Gaston County Courthouse Tuesday morning. He said he has received a number of calls and e-mails about the state community college system's decision to allow illegal immigrants the chance to enroll in any of the 58 state community colleges as long as the student graduated from a high school in the United States. The students would have to pay out-of-state... WCNC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353212/posts#comment Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:06:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345712/posts SODUS NY— The Border Patrol is again being accused of racial profiling in Wayne County, this time at the dawn of the annual apple harvest that brings thousands of migrants to the area. According to Migrant Support Services organizer John Ghertner — who was there taking photos — and Mi Ranchito owner Primitivo Vasquez, Border Patrol agents blocked off the two entrances to Vasquez’s store Aug. 29, demanding identification from customers before allowing them in. Mi Ranchito is a specialty grocery store that sells Mexican foods, calling cards and other items targeted at migrant workers. Vasquez was born in Mexico... Finger Lakes Times, Geneva NY http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345712/posts#comment Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:22:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345663/posts I’m not usually one to care much what a celebrity thinks, but I’m going to briefly comment on Eva Longoria’s statement about immigrants before I get offline for the evening. Longoria is the national spokesperson for the Padres Contra el Cancer (Parents against Cancer) non-profit organization, and she attended their 9th annual fundraiser gala in Hollywood. She was either asked a question at the event about illegal aliens or just brought it up herself. From FoxNews’ Pop Tarts column. http://www.radioviceonline.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345663/posts#comment Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:25:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2336427/posts After plugging his latest column in a September 10 post on the magazine's Swampland blog, Time's Joe Klein pegged Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) as "vile" before defending taxpayer-funded health care for illegal immigrants: On this whole question of whether illegal immigrants will be included in the plan, which caused the vile Congressman from South Carolina to shout "You lie" when the President said they wouldn't be covered. Why shouldn't they be? After all, when an illegal immigrant cuts his hand while chopping cabbage and goes to the emergency room, the rest of us pay for it. Isn't the point to... Newsbusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2336427/posts#comment Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:59:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2334120/posts Here is video of a man being booed when he asked a question in Spanish at a town hall meeting. (Watch Video) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2334120/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 20:00:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333565/posts The Obama administration took an overhaul of the country’s immigration laws off its legislative agenda this year, but the prickly issue of public benefits for illegal immigrants has resurfaced in the health care debate. During the summer recess, members of Congress faced persistent questions from constituents worried that health care changes could leave taxpayers footing medical bills for illegal immigrants. President Obama has not been able to extinguish the doubts despite giving repeated assurances that illegal immigrants would be excluded from any subsidized benefits under proposals before Congress. ... Republicans argue that some of the voters’ concerns are justified because,... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333565/posts#comment Sun, 6 Sep 2009 22:11:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2332108/posts This is Dick Armey of Freedomworks. Retired Congressman Dick Armey is the top national organizer for the 9/12 Marches coming this month in Washington, DC. FOX News host Glenn Beck set the 9/12 movement in motion. Please let us know how you feel about Dick Armey's positions on illegal immigration. YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2332108/posts#comment Fri, 4 Sep 2009 15:00:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328328/posts A letter to the president says local enforcement of federal immigration laws has led to racial profiling and civil rights violations.A coalition of advocacy groups sent a letter to President Obama last week demanding that the administration end a program that allows local police to enforce federal immigration law. The program, known as 287(g), deputizes police to turn over suspects or criminals to immigration authorities for possible deportation. Immigrant rights groups said the program has led to civil rights violations and racial profiling. "Racial profiling and other civil rights abuses by the local law enforcement agencies that have sought out... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328328/posts#comment Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:15:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324890/posts A federal three-judge panel this week delivered a major blow to the Texas Democratic Party's so-called “Texas Two Step” process for selecting convention delegates, paving the way for its review by the Justice Department. Describing its claim as lacking merit, the 24-page unanimous ruling denied the state Democratic Party's motion for a summary judgment, or dismissal, of a lawsuit filed by the League of United Latin American Citizens of Texas, the Mexican American Bar Association of Houston and others. LULAC's suit charges that the Texas Two Step dilutes the Latino vote by awarding more delegates to “white majority districts” at... San Antonio Express-News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324890/posts#comment Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:16:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324217/posts Every 10 years, the federal government undertakes a constitutionally mandated count of the American population to determine the apportionment of elected representatives among the 50 states, and, given the political stakes, it has always been a lodestone for controversy. In recent decades, the blasts and the blows have been mostly about the counting - or undercounting, as the case may be - of minorities. The squalls this year are blowing in from three different directions, and two of them are based on constitutional complaints. First fury up, a charge that President Barack Obama has made a power grab by transferring... Lakeland Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324217/posts#comment Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:22:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2316302/posts Note: Video included. SNIPPET: "(CNSNews.com) - At a joint press conference with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Guadalajara, Mexico on Monday, President Barack Obama referred to American opponents of amnesty for illegal aliens as “demagogues.”" SNIPPET: "Obama gave a long answer indicating that he believed he could secure an immigration reform package that included a “pathway to citizenship” for illegal immigrants. In his answer, he characterized opponents of this “pathway” as “demagogues.” “Now, am I going to be able to snap my fingers and get this done? No,” said Obama. “This is going... CNS NEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2316302/posts#comment Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:23:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2313852/posts During his recent HBO special, "Tall, Dark and Chicano," comedian George Lopez tore a hole in the Big Tent. Incensed that 31 Senate Republicans had voted against Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court, Lopez informed the GOP that it would never again get the votes of Latinos. In fact, he said, given changing demographics, Republicans might as well get used to losing in the years to come because "you won't win a . . . pie-eating contest." That's harsh, but fair. Republicans know not what they did. They're only fooling themselves if they think they won't pay a price... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2313852/posts#comment Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:21:41 GMT