Posted on 03/02/2017 3:09:01 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Last night, President Trump had very little to say to the Latino community, and what he did say wasn’t good.
Clearly he has taken some of the criticism he has heard to heart. He did not shout during his speech or talk about “American carnage,” but spoke in a calm and gentle way. He made nods to the Democrats and talked about working in a bipartisan manner.
Yet his moderated tone and soft overtures do not make the policies he champions any less harsh. They are still the same policies he has been touting since the beginning of his campaign, and the justifications are still as hyperbolic and fictional as they’ve ever been.
By continuing to exploit the very real pain of some families, he continues to feed the fiction that undocumented immigrants are a singular threat to public safety. It’s just not true. Study after study has shown that the undocumented are less likely to commit crimes than other groups.
A study by the Migration Policy Institute found that 98 percent of the undocumented are otherwise law-abiding members of society. Yet by hyping the notion of a nonexistent wave of undocumented immigrants, he not only demonizes millions of people but uses it as an excuse to terrorize those very same people, their families, and their communities.
President Trump uses the art of distraction very well. By sending out signals that he would consider bipartisan immigration reform, he hid the real news in his speech—an assault on our existing legal immigration system.
For months, Trump and his supporters have insisted that their problem is with “illegal” immigration, not legal immigration. But last night, he eviscerated our current system based on family reunification. Since when is allowing people to reunite with their loved ones outdated and detrimental to the interests of the United States? So much for family values.
President Trump continued with the fiction that immigration is a financial burden to Americans, and that a crackdown on the undocumented will save money and create jobs.
Every credible study from think tanks, universities, and economists confirms just the opposite. Immigration reform would put trillions into our country’s coffers, while mass deportations will cost us trillions, plain and simple.
President Trump stated last night that he wants an immigration system that improves jobs and wages for Americans, strengthens our nation’s security, and restores respect for our laws.
We wholeheartedly agree.
However, if that is what he truly wants, he should be supporting comprehensive immigration reform, not the draconian policies he has been unveiling in the past few weeks.
At the end of his speech, President Trump spoke of unity and the common good. But his policies reflect a different reality.
His harsh immigration orders will harm citizens and noncitizens alike.
His repeal of Obamacare without a viable alternative will compromise the health care of millions of Americans.
His belief that crime matters only when perpetrated by immigrants—not on immigrants—leaves millions of families vulnerable and afraid to go to the police.
His abandonment of voting rights; his over-reliance on school choice as a panacea for better education, and his lack of policies to alleviate poverty speak volumes—just not to us.
Last night, President Trump painted immigrants with the same ugly, broad brush he used during the campaign. It was a slur then and it is a slur now.
And as for the other Latinos—the ones that are U.S. citizens or legal residents—Trump simply ignored them.
Either they don’t matter to him or he thinks they don’t exist. An interesting point of view when it comes to the nation’s largest ethnic group, nearly 60 million people strong and growing every day.
Forgive us if we don’t applaud.
CONTACT CONGRESS: Capitol Switchboard 1-866-220-0044
Contact President Trump's web site. www.greatagain.gov/
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IN RE: Janet Murguía, President and CEO of the National Council of La Raza
TAXPAYERS DEMAND TO KNOw:
<><> the number of radical America-hating groups she belongs to.
<><> list her various memberships in groups plotting to oveerthrow the US govt.
<><> did she falsify US govt documents
<><> does she now or has she ever maintained several addresses?
<><> does she now or has she ever used multiple identities?
<><> did she ever facilitate various monetary schemes involving state or federal monies using multiple identities or multiple addresses?
<><> is she registered as an agent of foreign governments?
<><> how many US govt checks is she currently cashing?
<><> were official documents falsified to get college scholarships and financial aid?
<><> did she ever engage in voter fraud?
<><> did she coach others to engage in voter fraud?
<><> is he registered to vote under several identities?
<><> did she vote under several identities?
<><> does she have a rap sheet? Here? Elsewhere?
<><> does she now or did she ever receive welfare, food stamps, SSI, free medical care, Section 8 housing, UI, Workmen's comp under several identities?
<><> does she receive, monthly SS checks, claiming "asylum?"
<><> did she fraudulently apply for a sub-prime mortgage?
<><> did she ever make false claims on IRS forms in order to get multiple EITC refunds?
<><> does she have a legal driver's license?
<><> does she have a valid passport?
<><> did she ever wire-transfer monies to the Third World?
<><> list her intl travel itinerary
<><> how many radical America-hating organizations does she belong to planning armed conflict to takeover the US govt?
<><> is she facilitating the draining of the US economy---wiring back to secret offshore bank accounts?
<><> does she maintain offshore accounts under multiple identities?
“....And as for the other Latinos—the ones that are U.S. citizens or legal residents—Trump simply ignored them.’
Huh. Some of them really do have an attitude of entitlement don’t they? Should the president have to single out every race of people who make up the USA? Surely they realize he speaks to all of the legal citizens of this country no matter what their ancestral background is right? It irks me, these groups that play on identity politics, wanting to be considered a special class of persons.
It is also possible that La Raza’s Janet Murguia committed other federal offenses including but not limited to:
<><> Title 18 U.S.C. §1341, Mail Fraud, 18 U.S.C.§1001, Presenting a False Document to an Agent of the US Government (involves several felonies and could include forgery);
<><> 18 U.S.C.§1027 False statements and concealment of facts in relation to documents required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and other possible offenses including civiland/or criminal RICO violations.
<><> 18 U.S.C. §§1961-68 (RICO Act)18 U.S.C. §1001 (making false Statements to Agents of the US Government),
<><> 18 U.S.C. §241(Conspiracies Against Civil Rights).
<><> Possibly full investigations crentering on RICO conspiracies under 18 U.S.C. §1962(c) could be warranted because (1) the persons (2) were employed by or associated with an enterprise (3) that engaged in or affected interstate commerce and that (4) the persons operated or managed the enterprise (5) through a “pattern” (6) of racketeering activity, and (7) the taxpayers were injured by reason of the “pattern” of racketeering activity.
<><> Alleged Offenses could include Violation of Title 18 U.S.C. §241 – Conspiracy Against Constitutional Rights – which prohibits in relevant part, “two or more persons (from conspiring) to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same . . .” See, 18 U.S.C. §241.
Taxpayers demand investigation by the following agencies commence at once:
<><> FBI — Wire Fraud Division
<><> IRS-Fraud Unit
<><> Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General,
<><> Department of Commerce’s Office of Inspector General.
<><> DOJ’s Criminal Division— Public Integrity Section
<><> DOJ Criminal Division—Organized Crime and Gang Section.
CONTACTS
FBI TIP PAGE-—https://tips.fbi.gov
CONGRESS: Capitol Switchboard 1-866-220-0044
President Trump’s web site. www.greatagain.gov/
PING
Based on recent news, I’m avidly hoping that La Raza decides to hold some press conferences with a whole slate of defiant illegals on the rostrum. Better yet if they would publicize the event in advance so that all concerned can make plans. :0)
Yeah......musta been a shock getting arrested after holding a presser. LOL.
*his speech—an assault on our existing legal immigration system. *
System? We actually have a system? Details, please!
“draconian policies” = “law”
Surprise surprise
That’s because he hates this country.
My guess is half, 30 million, are illegal aliens and should be removed.
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