Posted on 11/01/2007 4:02:29 AM PDT by Man50D
Financial inducements arranged by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to establish a Mexican consular office in Little Rock may have violated state law, according to an Arkansas attorney.
As WND reported yesterday, critics in Arkansas charge Huckabee, who lately has enjoyed a surge in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, worked with some of the state's most prominent and politically powerful businesses to establish the consulate as a magnet for drawing illegal immigrants to the state to accept low-paying jobs.
Huckabee, in an interview with WND, strongly denied the allegations.
Arkansas attorney Chip Sexton provided WND a written legal brief arguing the state government's sublease to Mexico of office space for the consulate was illegal under Arkansas law. Sexton contended the deal raised questions about the appropriateness of private citizens and corporations in Arkansas providing financial incentives for the government of Mexico to locate a consulate office in Little Rock.
"This arrangement to bring a Mexican consulate to Little Rock and the manner in which it occurred amounts to a 'consul-gate,'" Sexton told WND. "I'm an Arkansas citizen, why doesn't the state lease me some property and furniture for $1 per year?"
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Huckster is the most open borders pea brain of any candidate from any party. He was psycho about it
There are laws in Arkansas? Someone should have told the Clintons.
Think Tyson banana republic
Robert Trevino, commissioner of Arkansas Rehabilitation Services, told WND he and Huckabee helped arrange state and private financial support to induce Mexico to establish the consulate as a business development "quid pro quo."LULAC has a long history as a legal and political advocate for Illegals. It has been the legal spearhead that has filed suits against almost every enforcement effort against Illegals (even felons) and has also filed suits to undermine immigration benefit programs by challenging their eligibility and documentation requirements. LULAC was a major players in 1987 Amnesty debacle. Trevino's was present ONLY to advocate for Illegals, not trade and Huckabee knows it!Trevino signed on July 7, 2006, a "Facilities Use Agreement" with Mexican consular officials to rent state government office space for $1 a year on the second floor of the Arkansas Rehabilitation Services building at 26 Corporate Hills in Little Rock.
Trevino confirmed he was state director of the League of United Latin American Citizens, also known as LULAC, an activist group strongly advocating for rights of Hispanic immigrants in the U.S., when on Oct. 3, 2003, he accompanied Huckabee in a state airplane to visit Fox in Mexico.
Thought this would interest you.
Huckabee is the open borders crowd’s Republican puppet of the moment. And he has just been invited to speak by the CFR:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58425
"There's going to be employment gaps and employers are going to suffer," said Rey Madrid of the League of United Latin American Citizens, a Washington-based group that is the oldest and largest Latino civil rights organization in the United States.Huckabee knew he was aiding and abetting Illegals."They figure they're punishing us and they're targeting us," Madrid said. "I see a lot of young people with no hope of going to college, no hope of getting a good job. They get angry."
From what I've read, there's little doubt of that. Wonder what the people in Arkansas think about all this?
Yuk, yuk..he's such a card.
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A $ a year for both office and furniture to a foriegn country. How about that Boy Scouts?
Huckabee promotes 'open door' policy at LULAC convention
Thursday, Jun 30, 2005
By Wesley Brown Arkansas News Bureau
LITTLE ROCK - In a impassioned speech before hundreds of influential Hispanic civil rights leaders from across the nation, Gov. Mike Huckabee told a captive audience Wednesday that America is great because it has always opened it doors up to people seeking a better way of life.
"I would hope that no matter who we are, or where we are from, that America should always be a place that opens its arms, opens it heart, opens its spirit to people who come because they want the best for their families ...," Huckabee said as the largely Hispanic audience gave him a standing ovation.
Huckabee was the keynote speaker, along with Tyson Foods Inc. Chairman and CEO John Tyson, at a noon luncheon of the League of United Latin American Citizens, which is holding its 76th annual convention in Little Rock.
About 10,000 political, community and business leaders, along with exhibitors and speakers are in Little Rock attending the convention at the Statehouse Convention Center. The convention started Monday and runs through Saturday.
Although he never actually talked about the U.S. or Arkansas immigration policy, Huckabee made it very clear where he stood on the issue. In his opening remarks, he said the nation will need to address the concerns of the Hispanic community because of its growing influence and population base.
He told the LULAC delegates that their presence in the state's capital city was very important because Arkansas has one of the fastest growing Hispanic populations in the nation.
"Your gathering is so very significant for our state," Huckabee said. "We are delighted to have you (criminal invader illegal aliens)"
You beat me to it, so I added a tweak.
You've got it. Huck is a Tyson boy through and through. Which means a de facto supporter of peasant labor from Mexico.
You "Values Voters" have already demonstrated your gullability by straw-polling for this Baptist minister. This story makes it quite clear that he's in the Tyson pocket; that he supports the explotation of Mexican peasant labor; that he is a liar about his immigration position; and that he will always choose the American Meat Institute (lobbyist for Tyson, Cargill, Hormel, etc etc) over you, the fool who voted for him.
This coming 2008 election, try to remember that we're voting for a President and not a bishop. That might clear some of the "Values Voter" hubris from your political judgement, and give you some clarity about the born-again Baptist minister with a moral fitness program for America.
Mexico had about 175,000 green cards issued to its citizens in 2005.
All other growth is illegal aliens.
The Huckster is no better.
My in laws lived in Arkansas for about 10 years. A glass plant was built in a very poor area near them and NOBODY showed up to work there. They started at about $8-$10 an hr. but raised it to $10-$12 and hour after only a few people showed up to work. They seem to want wefare more than a job. The company shuttered and never opened the doors.
Thanks. This might hurt Huckabee in his quest for the Democratic Presidential nomination.
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