http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/nclr/ en-us Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:37:53 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095642/posts Quote: The NCLR Homeownership Network (NHN), a network of nearly 50 community-based counseling providers, works with more than 30,000 families annually. Our subsidiary, the Raza Development Fund (RDF), is the nation s largest Hispanic Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). Since 1999, RDF has provided $400 million in financing to locally-based development projects throughout the country. These relationships have increased NCLR's institutional knowledge of how Latinos interact with the mortgage market and how well the government regulates financial services markets. As foreclosure rates continue to rise in all loan categories, it is clear that current efforts are falling short of their... House of Representatives Testimony Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095642/posts#comment Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:37:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059140/posts U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez joined local and state Republican political leaders in Ontario on Friday as part of an effort to build support among Latinos for Sen. John McCain's presidential bid. In his speech to about 100 people at Ontario's Doubletree Hotel, Gutierrez focused on broad economic issues and McCain's experiences as a prisoner of war and in Congress to make the case for why McCain is a better choice for president than Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. Gutierrez did not stick to Latino-specific themes but talked instead about McCain's proposals on taxes, trade and energy. He said McCain, R-Ariz.,... Riverside Press-Enterprise http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059140/posts#comment Sat, 9 Aug 2008 18:42:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046014/posts DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO – The National Council of La Raza spends most of its time protecting and advancing the rights of Latinos through advocacy and community work. But as it wraps up its convention downtown, it has found itself defending its name. That's because activists who oppose illegal immigration are saying in e-mails, during street protests and through the media that “La Raza” means “The Race,” and have been calling the organization a hate group. The accusations have prompted soul-searching among NCLR supporters as to what the name actually means and stands for. Most say the situation is the result... San Diego Union - Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046014/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:47:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045425/posts July 14, 2008 ARLINGTON, VA -- U.S. Senator John McCain will deliver the following remarks as prepared for delivery to the 2008 National Council of La Raza Convention in San Diego, CA, today at 12:45 p.m. PT (3:45 p.m. ET): Thank you, Jane, for that kind introduction. Thank you, also to the leadership of the National Council of La Raza, and its board of directors. I'm very pleased to be with you again to discuss some of the issues in this campaign that most concern you. As you know, this isn't my first address to La Raza. I'm proud to... JohnMcCain.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045425/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:54:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045249/posts Sen. Barack Obama promised yesterday that he would make overhauling immigration policy a top priority of his first year in office if he is elected president as he chided Republican John McCain for backing away from his own comprehensive immigration bill. Obama addressed the four-day National Council of La Raza conference, which has attracted more than 20,000 people to the San Diego Convention Center. McCain, a senator from Arizona and the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting, will address the convention today. “I know Senator McCain used to buck his party on immigration in fighting for comprehensive reform, and I admired him for... San Diego Union - Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045249/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:56:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044691/posts John McCain today is poised to make the biggest mistake of his 2008 presidential run. The presumptive Republican nominee will address the annual convention of the National Council of La Raza in San Diego. La Raza is billed by too many as simply "the nation's largest Hispanic rights group." But this is perhaps the most radical apologist group for illegal immigration and the "rights" of illegal aliens -- and worse. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044691/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:19:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044087/posts Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama will be using the National Council of La Raza convention, which begins tomorrow in San Diego, as a platform for courting the increasingly significant Latino vote. Convention organizers hope to press the senators for answers on some of the thorniest issues affecting Latinos, among them immigration policies and solutions to the nation's health insurance and mortgage crises. This week, as they prepared to participate in the four-day event at the San Diego Convention Center, some local groups said they were optimistic about what they would hear from the candidates and in convention sessions,... San Diego Union - Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044087/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:19:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040263/posts The San Diego City Council will vote next Tuesday to declare July 8 “National Council of La Raza Day.” Well, they already gave their blessing to “Happy ACLU Day” despite the litigious group’s long-standing efforts to take down the Mount Soledad cross. Might as well put their weight behind the ethnic supremacist group fighting against assimilation, funding reconquista schools, advocating speech suppressiong, and promoting lawlessness, too! MichelleMalkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040263/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 14:50:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028465/posts San Diego usually is a fine place to be under any circumstances, but for a couple of days this July the political world will flock there for clues about one of the crucial questions in the John McCain-Barack Obama matchup: Whither the Latino vote? The National Council of La Raza, a leading Latino civil rights and advocacy organization, announced today that both presidential contenders have accepted invitations to speak at its July 12-15 convention in San Diego. No details yet on when each will speak, but their appearances likely will be among the most important they make during the month.... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028465/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jun 2008 20:19:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017604/posts Some angry conservatives will tell you they have a good reason to call the Republican presidential candidate "Juan" McCain. He has alienated many conservative voters with his position on immigration, and he apparently plans to worsen the problem in July with a speech before the National Council of La Raza, the vociferously anti-American and leftist pro-immigration group. As bad as the Democrats are when it comes this kind of blatant pandering, Republicans will, apparently, try their best. Problem is, pandering to radical Hispanics won't help McCain get to the White House, and may likely hurt him among those who will... DNR Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017604/posts#comment Sun, 18 May 2008 12:05:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2014788/posts The term “La Raza“, or “the Race” originated in a book titled “La Raza Cósmica,” written in 1929 by José Vasconcelos. The book’s title translates to “The Cosmic Race,” and was Vasconcelos’ attempt to explain “the ideology of a future ‘fifth race’ in the Americas; an agglomeration of all the races in the world with no respect to color or number to erect a new civilization: Universópolis.” All American Blogger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2014788/posts#comment Mon, 12 May 2008 14:48:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014662/posts The open-borders media has been AWOL on John McCain’s decision to speak to the radical racialist group, La Raza/The Race in July. He has been allowed to skate on the issue in several recent sit-down interviews. Many of the same pundits who blasted Barack Obama for his ties to the radical racialist Jeremiah Wright have nothing to say about McCain’s longtime association with the shamnesty-pushing, sovereignty-undermining, publicly-subsidized shakedown artists of La Raza/The Race. Not everyone’s looking the other way. Editorial page editor Colin McNickle at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review warned today: “McCain had made significant progress in reaching out to conservatives... Michelle Malkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014662/posts#comment Mon, 12 May 2008 05:55:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013373/posts John McCain appeared in the “No-Spin Zone” tonight–and spun, spun, spun his way through a few, scant, superficial questions about immigration. Asked whether he would do anything about illegal alien sanctuary cities, he shrugged off the question by muttering that “of course” he didn’t approve of them (but was silent on taking any proactive measures to cut off their funding). Having dispensed with that, McCain then quickly gave his new slippery, flip-flop formulation about how we need to “secure the borders” AND have “comprehensive immigration enforcement/” “temporary guest work plan” (translation: amnesty) and “deal with the 12 million people already... Michelle Malkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013373/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 00:57:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013333/posts John McCain has used these weeks of Republican calm to dive into the Democratic lunch pail. This strategy clearly assumes a Barack Obama candidacy. If demographics are destiny -- as the political sages keep telling us -- Democratic demographics may offer some choice cuts to the presumed Republican nominee. By dumb luck, Republicans have chosen their one candidate who projects a moderate image, hasn't alienated Latinos and offers an appealing life story to boot. The core problem for Democrats is that Obama's backers are reliable Democrats, whereas Hillary Clinton's are unreliable Democrats. Less than half of the Clinton voters in... RCP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013333/posts#comment Thu, 8 May 2008 23:53:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012264/posts House Republicans are spreading the word about the La Raza earmark in the pork-laden housing bill that I’ve been reporting on (see here and here). Fresh from the desk of House GOP leader John Boehner: Democrats are prepared to bring to the House floor legislation purportedly written to assist Americans impacted by the recent housing slump. But in recent days, it has become increasingly clear who this legislation is really out to serve: scam artists, speculators, and trial lawyers. That’s right: the bill forces taxpayers to pay for a massive $300 billion bailout at the expense of innocent victims who... MichelleMalkin .com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012264/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 01:13:33 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/2011589/posts Dear Senator McCain, I read today on Fox News that you plan to attend the La Raza annual conference in San Diego this July. “Outraged” is the first word that comes to mind, but my vote is what counts. You are meeting (again) with a group sworn to return the Southwestern United States to Mexico, but somehow leave the costs of education, healthcare, welfare, police and jails to the US taxpayer…all while your uninvited guests send billions of dollars home. To put things into relative terms, if you met with the Ku Klux Klan or The Nation of Islam, it... wac3rd http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011589/posts#comment Mon, 5 May 2008 20:50:02 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/2009143/posts As if Katie Couric didn't already have enough problems. Weighed down by record-low ratings at the anchor desk of "CBS Evening News," and by reports suggesting she will leave that post two years before her multimillion-dollar contract expires, Couric now has civil rights groups — mostly Hispanic — on her back. And for good reason. Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009143/posts#comment Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:25:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1871297/posts Orwellian Machavellianism the telling of carefully constructed lies for the manipulation and deception of the political masses and then forcing these law on the people by law. Creating Orwellian Worldview http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1871297/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:07:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1869828/posts MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — The nation's largest Hispanic advocacy group says it must come up with a strategy to combat "a wave of hate" its leaders say came from talk radio's efforts to sink the Senate's immigration bill. "That had an extraordinary impact in the Senate, and as a nation, I don't think we should be comfortable with the fact that the United States Senate responded to what was largely a wave of hate," Cecilia Munoz, the National Council of La Raza's senior vice president for research, advocacy and legislation, told The Washington Times after meeting with NCLR affiliates to... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1869828/posts#comment Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:01:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858998/posts On June 10, the Justice Department announced that three Texas National Guard members helping to patrol the Mexican border had been charged with human smuggling. One of the three was caught, in uniform, driving a van packed with 24 illegal Mexican immigrants along Interstate 35 in Texas, some 68 miles north of the border. That driver, 26-year-old Pfc. Jose Rodrigo Torres of Laredo, was arrested June 7. His two accomplices, 25-year-old Julio Cesar Pacheco (also of Laredo) and 36-year-old Sgt. Clarence Hodge, Jr. (of Fort Worth), were arrested the following day. The suspects now face a possible federal indictment on... Front Page Magizine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858998/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jul 2007 01:08:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858240/posts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jun 28, 2007 TODAY'S VOTE A SETBACK, NOT THE END, FOR COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM Washington, DC – The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., expressed deep disappointment with today’s vote to end Senate consideration of comprehensive immigration reform. “Today’s action is a victory for the status quo, and no one should be happy about that. But the Senate vote is a setback, not the death knell, for comprehensive immigration reform. We are not giving up on getting a real, effective, and fair solution to the... La Raza - The Race - The Klan with a tan http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858240/posts#comment Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:12:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1847511/posts WASHINGTON — Proponents of immigration reform vowed Friday to resurrect a bill stalled in the Senate, and President Bush urged leaders to continue debate on legislation that would provide permanent status for 12 million undocumented immigrants. "We are not giving up, we are not giving in," said Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., the Democratic architect of the sweeping reform measure. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said the Senate now had a road map to proceed, allowing for additional amendments to the bill that would address concerns of individual lawmakers and help push the legislation forward to a final vote. But it remained... MySA.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1847511/posts#comment Sat, 9 Jun 2007 14:14:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1822522/posts Hillary Rodham Clinton’s position on illegal immigration is an unmitigated disgrace, and American voters ought to be aware of it. Last Thursday Mrs. Clinton appointed an individual named Raul Yzaguirre, identified as a “Hispanic civil rights activist,” to co-chair her presidential campaign and to direct her outreach efforts to Hispanic voters. Proud to have an opportunity to help the Senator’s cause, Yzaguirre beamed: “Hillary Clinton has spent more than three decades advocating on behalf of those who are invisible in America. Not only is she the most experienced and qualified candidate to be president, Senator Clinton has the ability to... FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1822522/posts#comment Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:09:52 GMT