IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.— That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

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  • Swell: San Diego plans to declare “National Council of La Raza Day”

    07/03/2008 7:50:44 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 38 replies · 618+ views
    MichelleMalkin.com ^ | July 3, 2008 | Michelle Malkin
    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!
  • John McCain and Barak Obama each to address major Latino gathering (La Raza)

    06/09/2008 1:19:21 PM PDT · by pissant · 40 replies · 801+ views
    LA Times ^ | 6/9/08 | Don Federick
    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 Raza Speech Bad For McCain (He Should Cancel It)

    05/18/2008 5:05:59 AM PDT · by Halfmanhalfamazing · 24 replies · 552+ views
    DNR Online ^ | May 18th
    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...
  • The Racist Origin of “La Raza”

    05/12/2008 7:48:45 AM PDT · by DogWings · 14 replies · 427+ views
    All American Blogger ^ | May 12, 2008 | Duane Lester
    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.”
  • McCain and La Raza/The Race: A “serious lapse of judgment”

    05/11/2008 10:55:24 PM PDT · by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle · 127 replies · 1,916+ views
    Michelle Malkin.com ^ | 05/11/2008 | Michelle Malkin
    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...
  • John McCain gets away with his slippery, open-borders talk again

    05/08/2008 5:57:15 PM PDT · by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle · 86 replies · 1,690+ views
    Michelle Malkin.com ^ | 05/08/2008 | Michelle Malkin
    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...
  • A Perfect Calm for John McCain

    05/08/2008 4:53:51 PM PDT · by The_Republican · 4 replies · 375+ views
    RCP ^ | May 8th, 2008 | Froma Harrop
    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...
  • Paging John McCain: GOP House leader Boehner rips La Raza earmark

    05/06/2008 6:13:33 PM PDT · by NoKoolAidforMe · 50 replies · 1,586+ views
    MichelleMalkin .com ^ | May 6, 2008 | Michelle Malkin
    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...
  • Yes, By All Means Let's Discuss "hate speech"! (McCain announces he'll speak before La Raza)

    05/05/2008 3:59:52 PM PDT · by Mount Athos · 356 replies · 3,344+ views
    National Review's "The Corner" ^ | February 02, 2008 | Victor Davis Hanson
    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...
  • My Letter to John McCain, mailed 5/5/08

    05/05/2008 1:50:02 PM PDT · by wac3rd · 45 replies · 1,160+ views
    wac3rd | 5-5-08 | wac3rd
    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...
  • McCain to speak at open-borders La Raza (”The Race”) conference

    05/05/2008 12:23:47 PM PDT · by Fargo Rock · 178 replies · 3,257+ views
    Michelle Malkin ^ | 5/5/08 | Michelle Malkin
    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.”
  • Latinos outraged over CBS report

    04/30/2008 7:25:48 AM PDT · by LJayne · 50 replies · 2,949+ views
    Politico ^ | GEBE MARTINEZ
    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.
  • Hate? You’ve got to be kidding,it’s subversion of American laws Stupid!

    07/25/2007 6:07:45 AM PDT · by Alaphiah123 · 6 replies · 192+ views
    Creating Orwellian Worldview ^ | 7-25-07 | Alaphiah
    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.
  • Hispanic group aims to stop 'wave of hate'

    07/22/2007 6:01:23 AM PDT · by stm · 111 replies · 2,071+ views
    The Washington Times ^ | July 22, 2007 | Stephen Dinan
    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...
  • Betraying America Por La Raza!

    06/30/2007 6:08:58 PM PDT · by Altura Ct. · 36 replies · 1,180+ views
    Front Page Magizine ^ | June 18, 2007 | John Perazzo
    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...
  • La Raza's press release: TODAY'S VOTE A SETBACK, NOT THE END

    06/29/2007 6:12:21 AM PDT · by dennisw · 93 replies · 1,916+ views
    La Raza - The Race - The Klan with a tan ^ | Jun 28, 2007 | La Raza - The Race - The Klan with a tan
    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...
  • Immigration reformers don't give up (La Raza: Senate actions "utterly unacceptable")

    06/09/2007 7:14:45 AM PDT · by BornInASmallTown · 51 replies · 1,225+ views
    MySA.com ^ | 06/08/2007 | Gary Martin
    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...
  • Hillary's Open Borders Disgrace-recent appointment reveals the "activist" nature of her campaign

    04/24/2007 5:09:52 AM PDT · by SJackson · 47 replies · 947+ views
    FrontPageMagazine.com ^ | April 24, 2007 | John Perazzo
    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...
  • CA: Sec of State and Major Latino Organizations Send Official Letter Refuting Intimidation Letter

    10/25/2006 2:52:32 PM PDT · by calcowgirl · 35 replies · 528+ views
    SOS Website - PDF FILE ^ | October 25, 2006 | News Release
    NEWS RELEASE CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE Bruce McPherson FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 25, 2006 California Secretary of State Bruce McPherson and Major Latino Organizations Send Official Election Letter Refuting Orange County Intimidation LetterLetter sent to all 14,000 recipients of previous letter SACRAMENTO, CA - Secretary of State Bruce McPherson announced today that his office and Latino organizations sent an official election information letter to all of the recipients of the voter intimidation letter sent to 14,000 voters last week. The official election information letter, in English and Spanish, was mailed by the Secretary of State’s Office in collaboration with...
  • A Mexican 'Separatist' School in L.A.?

    08/24/2006 5:25:12 AM PDT · by conservativecorner · 19 replies · 823+ views
    Human Events ^ | Aug. 24, 2006 | Tom Fitton
    Should American taxpayers be forced to pay for a self-segregating school that teaches children to hate the United States? That is apparently what is happening in Los Angeles. Academia Semillos del Pueblo (ASDP), a charter school partially funded by the Los Angeles Unified School District, claims it only wants to help disadvantaged Latinos to earn a quality education. The school's true agenda, however, is far more radical and far more dangerous. Judicial Watch recently launched an investigation of the ASDP by filing a California Public Records Act request. Here is a small sampling of what we've uncovered so far: The...
  • CA: Governor appoints president of Hispanic university to state board

    07/11/2006 1:49:46 PM PDT · by calcowgirl · 5 replies · 232+ views
    SACRAMENTO – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday appointed the president of a San Jose Hispanic university to the state Board of Education. David Lopez, 53, replaces the former board president, who resigned unexpectedly June 30. Lopez has been president of National Hispanic University since 2003. The school's goal is to increase college attendance of Hispanics and other typically underserved students. Schwarzenegger has been trying to shore up support among Hispanic voters as he seeks re-election. Also Tuesday, his campaign announced the formation of “Hispanic Families for Arnold,” a group of more than 60 Hispanic community leaders who support his re-election....
  • Hispanic group boycotts Disney 'white supremacists'

    07/15/2006 11:38:49 AM PDT · by freepatriot32 · 83 replies · 2,040+ views
    World Net Daily ^ | July 15, 2006 | WorldNetDaily.com
    A radical Hispanic group is promoting a boycott of the Walt Disney Company because, contends the Mexica Movement, the entertainment giant "has made a habit of hiring talk show hosts who spread the Minutemen white supremacist racist agenda." The boycott announcement specifically cites radio legend and Presidential Medal of Freedom winner Paul Harvey, as well as popular talker Doug McIntyre. Both Harvey and McIntyre are nationally syndicated by ABC, which is owned by Disney. McIntyre was instrumental in exposing a taxpayer-funded Los Angeles school backed by radical groups that lay claim to the Southwestern U.S. As WND reported, the principal...
  • Rove Tells of 'Shared Values' With Latinos (La Raza)

    07/12/2006 9:58:45 AM PDT · by radar101 · 30 replies · 834+ views
    L A Times ^ | 12 JULY 2006 | Teresa Watanabe and Michael Finnegan
    White House political strategist Karl Rove touted "shared values" of faith and family and reiterated President Bush's support of broad immigration reform in a Los Angeles address Tuesday to one of the nation's largest Latino civil rights organizations ut he drew scattered boos when he highlighted Bush's recent approval of $1.9 billion in funding for more border security, including deployment of National Guard troops, and was disrupted twice by hecklers who unfurled antiwar and anti-Bush banners. Cecilia Munoz, La Raza vice president, said she was "encouraged" by Rove's remarks in support of broad immigration reform at a time when a...
  • Governor Schwarzenegger's Remarks at the National Council of La Raza Conference

    07/12/2006 2:07:29 PM PDT · by calcowgirl · 37 replies · 675+ views
    Governor's Website ^ | 07/08/2006 | Transcript-Arnold Schwarzenegger
    Thank you very much. Thank you. And thank you, Monica Lozano for the wonderful introduction; I really appreciate that. It’s great to be here today. As a matter of fact, I want to thank Monica and Janet Murguía for inviting me here to this great conference, and I want to thank also some people that are working for me in my administration for being here today and inviting me to come here today. First of all I want to just thank Rosario Marín, my Secretary of State in Consumer Services. Where is Rosario? Right here. Give her a big hand....
  • Rove to La Raza: Immigrants key, contribute much

    07/12/2006 10:52:11 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 71 replies · 972+ views
    ap on Daily Bulletin ^ | 7/12/06 | Michael R. Blood - ap
    White House political strategist Karl Rove said Tuesday that the highly charged immigration debate has "clouded" the views of some Americans, leading them to dismiss the importance of immigrants and their contributions to the nation. "Everything that this country is, everything that we have achieved, everything that we hold, everything that we promise, is because we are a nation of diversity, brought together by immigration, and sharing a common dream," Rove told members of the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights group, the National Council of La Raza, gathered in Los Angeles. Alluding to the deadlock over immigration reform on Capitol...
  • (Audio) Karl Rove Speaking at the National Council of The Race ("La Raza")

    07/12/2006 7:11:34 AM PDT · by Spiff · 31 replies · 1,231+ views
    P H X News | 11 July 2006 | Karl Rove
    CLICK HERE to listen to Audio of Speech (Requires Windows Media Player) PHX News reporter Lobo got this audio of Karl Rove's speech to the National Council of The Race (La Raza) on Tuesday.
  • Exclusive: The Truth About 'La Raza'(This is the group Karl Rove is addressing today.)

    07/11/2006 12:48:46 PM PDT · by kellynla · 50 replies · 1,243+ views
    Human Events Online ^ | Apr 07, 2006 | Rep. Charlie Norwood
    The nation's television screens many days recently have been filled with scenes of huge crowds carrying the colorful green and red flag of Mexico viewers could well have thought it was a national holiday in Mexico City. It was instead, downtown Los Angeles, Calif., although the scene was recreated in numerous other cities around the country with substantial Mexican populations. Hordes of Mexican expatriates, many here illegally, were protesting the very U.S. immigration laws they were violating with impunity. They found it offensive and a violation of their rights that the U.S. dared to have immigration laws to begin with....
  • Rove: Hispanics are `real Americans'

    07/11/2006 5:24:30 PM PDT · by managusta · 687 replies · 8,285+ views
    SF Gate ^ | July 11, 2006 | MICHAEL R. BLOOD
    White House political strategist Karl Rove said Tuesday that the highly charged immigration debate has "clouded" the views of some Americans, leading them to dismiss the importance of immigrants and their contribution to the nation's success. "Everything that this country is, everything that we have achieved, everything that we hold, everything that we promise, is because we are a nation of diversity, brought together by immigration, and sharing a common dream," Rove told members of the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights group, the National Council of La Raza. Rove ticked off enforcement elements of the president's proposal, but added, "All...
  • Rove tells Latino leaders US facing critical moment

    07/11/2006 5:48:47 PM PDT · by garbageseeker · 76 replies · 2,791+ views
    Reuters Newswire ^ | 07/10/2006 | Yahoo News
    ANGELES (Reuters) - Karl Rove, U.S. President George W. Bush's senior political advisor, on Tuesday took the administration's message on immigration reform to Latino leaders, saying the country was approaching a "critical moment" in the debate. >br> Speaking at the annual convention of leading Latino civic group the National Council of La Raza, Rove said Bush would work with Republicans and Democrats in coming weeks to push through reform legislation that has bitterly divided Congress, the Republican Party and the nation. "We face a critical moment in our immigration debate, a moment when our nation will make an important decision...
  • What Karl Rove Should Tell La Raza

    07/10/2006 5:42:12 PM PDT · by garbageseeker · 742 replies · 8,103+ views
    Human Events ^ | 07/10/06 | The Human Events View
    White House adviser Karl Rove is scheduled to speak tomorrow at the annual conference of the federally funded, left-wing, open-borders-advocacy group, the National Council of La Raza. If he does not want his speech to look like an act of appeasement, he should confront La Raza on its opposition to commonsense policies designed to secure both U.S. borders and U.S. pocketbooks. La Raza, which means “The Race” in Spanish, has denounced as “horrendous” and “appalling” the House immigration bill passed in December, which was sponsored by Judiciary Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R.-Wis.) and supported by the overwhelming majority of House Republicans....
  • Schwarzenegger Moves To Shore Up Vulnerability With Latinos

    07/10/2006 11:40:04 AM PDT · by garbageseeker · 36 replies · 677+ views
    La Weekly ^ | 07/10/ | Bill Bradley
    Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is moving to shore up an area of vulnerability in his re-election campaign against his trailing Democratic opponent, Phil Angelides. On Tuesday at an event in L.A., he will announce the formation of Hispanic Families for Arnold. When he was elected in the 2003 recall election, Schwarzenegger garnered 34 percent of the Latino vote, a good total given that the replacement Democratic nominee, Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante, is Mexican-American. But in some recent polls matched up against Angelides, Schwarzenegger is running under 20 percent. Forty to fifty community leaders and their families will join Schwarzenegger at the...
  • Clinton speaks on immigration - "Cafe con Clinton" ... Brunch with Bubba&LaRaza .. BARF Alert!

    07/09/2006 8:27:14 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 17 replies · 471+ views
    LA Daily News ^ | 7/9/06 | Lisa M. Sodders
    Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Latinos can be a unifying force in the national immigration debate, but they need to acknowledge concerns about national security, the rule of law and the fear of lowered wages. Clinton spoke Saturday at a "Cafe con Clinton" breakfast meeting at the start of the National Council of La Raza's annual conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The largest national Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, the council is hosting a four-day event expected to draw at least 20,000 people. Clinton said the immigration debate in Washington, D.C., is...
  • Former President Clinton to open La Raza gathering

    07/08/2006 9:55:48 PM PDT · by FairOpinion · 102 replies · 1,613+ views
    Daily Bulletin ^ | July 8, 2006 | Sara A. Carter
    One of the largest Latino organizations in the country will host a former president and a top Bush adviser today at a conference in Los Angeles. The National Council of La Raza, a civil rights group, will open the conference with remarks by former President Bill Clinton who is expected to lead the morning panel. The four-day conference also will be attended by President Bush's top adviser Karl Rove, who is expected to speak at a Tuesday lunch with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina will attend the conference as well....
  • Clinton praises Bush on immigration reform

    07/08/2006 4:37:07 PM PDT · by garbageseeker · 258 replies · 5,984+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | 07/08/06 | By ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press Writer
    LOS ANGELES - Former President Bill Clinton praised President Bush on Saturday for supporting reforms that would allow millions of illegal immigrants to seek citizenship but said the debate in Congress is being fomented by Republicans who want to divide America. "I'm proud of him for doing it and I thanked him for doing it," he said of Bush during a "Cafe con Clinton" breakfast speech to the annual conference of the National Council of La Raza, the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights advocacy group. Clinton said Bush's roots in Texas — which has one of the nation's largest Hispanic...
  • Clinton praises Bush view on immigration reform

    07/08/2006 1:51:23 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 133 replies · 1,487+ views
    AP on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 7/8/06 | Robert Jablon - ap
    Former President Bill Clinton praised George W. Bush on Saturday for supporting reforms allowing millions of illegal immigrants to seek citizenship but argued the debate in Congress is being fomented by Republicans who want to divide America. "I'm proud of him for doing it and I thanked him for doing it," he said of Bush during a "Cafe con Clinton" breakfast speech to the annual conference of the National Council of La Raza, the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights advocacy group. Speaking to hundreds of attendees, Clinton said Bush's roots in Texas - which has one of the nation's largest...
  • Mexican hometown groups wooed-Members urged to become U.S. citizens, vote for local politicians

    07/08/2006 10:49:39 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 22 replies · 615+ views
    LA Daily News | 7/8/06 | Rachel Uranga
    The National Council of La Raza's annual convention in downtown Los Angeles today is turning out to be a who's who of Latino power brokers - with local politicians rearranging their schedules and attendees buzzing about who will come. But behind all the schmoozing and banquets, one of the nation's best-known civil rights groups is courting a lower-profile player, one some say is just as powerful a player: hometown associations. The hundreds of associations - built up over decades by tens of thousands of expatriates who send home billions of dollars a year - are increasingly flexing their political muscle...
  • La Raza Forum Targets Immigration(And you won't believe the cast of characters attending!)

    07/08/2006 5:26:14 AM PDT · by kellynla · 45 replies · 1,038+ views
    The Los Angeles Times ^ | July 8, 2006 | Teresa Watanabe
    One of the nation's largest Latino advocacy and civil rights organizations plans to meet in Los Angeles this weekend to instruct people how to mobilize and vote out those who fail to back generous new immigration laws. The National Council of La Raza will highlight immigration at its annual conference beginning today, featuring a bipartisan lineup of such high-profile speakers as former President Clinton, Republican presidential political strategist Karl Rove, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. The conference comes as the two chambers of Congress hold competing summer hearings on the issue, with the House stressing stronger...
  • The Truth About 'La Raza' [Rove to join Clinton and Villaraigosa at racist conference]

    07/06/2006 9:48:54 AM PDT · by Spiff · 59 replies · 1,829+ views
    Human Events Online ^ | 7 Apr 2006 | Rep. Charlie Norwood
    The Truth About 'La Raza'by Rep. Charlie Norwood The nation's television screens many days recently have been filled with scenes of huge crowds carrying the colorful green and red flag of Mexico viewers could well have thought it was a national holiday in Mexico City. It was instead, downtown Los Angeles, Calif., although the scene was recreated in numerous other cities around the country with substantial Mexican populations. Hordes of Mexican expatriates, many here illegally, were protesting the very U.S. immigration laws they were violating with impunity. They found it offensive and a violation of their rights that the U.S....
  • La Raza comes to Brownsville [Texas]

    10/13/2005 10:38:49 AM PDT · by SwinneySwitch · 36 replies · 773+ views
    The Brownsville Herald ^ | October 13, 2005 | SARA INÉS CALDERÓN
    Hispanic civil rights group convenes here today October 13, 2005 — The largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the country will be here today, seeking ways to improve the lives of Hispanics in the state. The National Council of La Raza will hold discussions at the Raúl Yzaguirre School for Success today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with statewide groups that work with Hispanics. That meeting is closed to the public, but there will be an open reception featuring several Hispanic leaders at 7 p.m. today at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel. In the earlier closed...
  • The Truth About 'La Raza'

    04/07/2006 8:47:15 AM PDT · by Reagan Man · 42 replies · 3,968+ views
    Human Events ^ | April 7, 2006 | Congressman Charlie Norwood (Georgia)
    The nation's television screens many days recently have been filled with scenes of huge crowds carrying the colorful green and red flag of Mexico viewers could well have thought it was a national holiday in Mexico City. It was instead, downtown Los Angeles, Calif., although the scene was recreated in numerous other cities around the country with substantial Mexican populations. Hordes of Mexican expatriates, many here illegally, were protesting the very U.S. immigration laws they were violating with impunity. They found it offensive and a violation of their rights that the U.S. dared to have immigration laws to begin with....
  • 2006 NCLR Annual Conference - Achieving the American Dream in a New Century (Bubba & Rove to attend)

    07/06/2006 10:08:59 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 14 replies · 1,158+ views
    NCLR ^ | 7/6/06 | National Council of La Raza
    Welcome, we invite you to join us at the 2006 NCLR Annual Conference! The NCLR Annual Conference serves as a catalyst for new thought and progress for over 23,000 community organization leaders and activists, elected officials, members of the corporate and academic communities, senior citizens, and youth. The Conference will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, West Hall at 1201 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, 90015. We can't wait to see you there!
  • Bill Clinton to Speak at La Raza, LoS Angeles, 7/8/2006

    06/29/2006 11:31:19 PM PDT · by Ladycalif · 47 replies · 1,306+ views
    La Raza ^ | 6/29/2006
    Saturday, July 8 Café Con Clinton Location: West Hall B Time: 9:00-10:15 a.m. The Honorable William Jefferson Clinton, Former President of the United States National Affiliate Luncheon: Stronger Communities. Stronger America. Location: West Hall B Time: 12:30-2:30 p.m. Emcee: Lupe Ontiveros Father Gregory J. Boyle, S.J., Founder and Executive Director, Jobs For A Future/Homeboy Industries Janet Murguía, President and CEO, National Council of La Raza Gloria Molina, Los Angeles County Supervisor Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles Town Hall: Toward Immigration Reform and Beyond: Latinos and Labor Unions Working Together Location: Concourse Hall 152 Time: 3:30-5:00 p.m. Moderator: Cecilia Muñoz,...
  • [Flashback] NCLR, MEChA, MALDEF and other radical pro-illegal alien groups praise Cannon

    06/26/2006 2:32:29 PM PDT · by Spiff · 13 replies · 1,452+ views
    National Council of "The Race" (La Raza) Website ^ | 10 April 2003 | NCLR, MEChA, MALDEF, others
    April 10, 2003 The Honorable Chris Cannon 118 Cannon House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Howard Berman 2221 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard 2330 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Congressman Cannon, Congressman Berman, and Congresswoman Roybal-Allard: Representing a broad alliance of educators, businesses, labor groups, civil rights organizations, faith-based groups, children and youth groups, and various community-based organizations from across the country, we write to express our strong support for the Student Adjustment Act.You recently reintroduced this important legislation to address the federal barriers to education and work confronted...
  • The Coming Immigration Deal (Congress will follow the polls)

    06/10/2006 4:56:40 PM PDT · by RWR8189 · 124 replies · 2,546+ views
    The Weekly Standard ^ | June 19, 2006 | Jeffrey Bell
    THE POLITICS OF IMMIGRATION REFORM changed on March 27. That's the day the Senate Judiciary Committee approved (in a vote of 12-6) an immigration reform bill that included increased border security and law enforcement, a guest-worker program, and a path to legalization for the roughly 12 million illegals who live in the United States.Almost immediately, polling on the immigration issue shifted toward the pro-immigrant side. Specifically, when voters were asked whether they favor "enforcement only" (like the bill passed by the House in late 2005), a guest-worker program only, or a bill similar to the Senate bill that embodied both...
  • NCLR Terms Sensenbrenner Bill "Appalling" (Must be a good bill then!)

    12/08/2005 3:43:27 PM PST · by AZRepublican · 9 replies · 873+ views
    CivilRights.org ^ | December 8, 2005 | Press Release
    Washington, DC - The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., is appalled by the "Border and Immigration Enforcement Act of 2005" (H.R. 4437), a bill introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI). Instead of providing a comprehensive, effective approach to immigration problems, the bill is a laundry list of mean-spirited and intrusive provisions concocted by the most radical immigrant restrictionists in Congress. Among its many provisions, H.R. 4437 would: Make it harder for legal immigrants to become U.S. citizens. Disrupt American communities and put all Americans...
  • Gonzales Highlights Threats to Hispanic Community

    03/09/2005 10:30:25 PM PST · by Regulator · 84 replies · 1,141+ views
    Hispanic Business.com ^ | March 9 2005 | Agencia EFE S.A.
    U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, a Mexican-American who overcame high obstacles on the road to success, is urging Hispanic parents to join the battle against the drug abuse, crime and street gangs that have harmed Latino communities. "If we allow drugs, gangs and crime to ravage our communities ... we will not realize the leadership potential of our community," he said Tuesday night at the National Council of La Raza's Capital Awards Gala. Gonzales was the featured speaker at the NCLR event, where Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) and Rep. Chris Cannon (R-Utah) were recognized for their work in Congress to...
  • Concern Voiced Over Gonzales' Connections with La Raza

    12/02/2004 3:10:03 PM PST · by Ed Current · 120 replies · 1,968+ views
    AgapePress ^ | December 2, 2004 | Chad Groening
    An immigration reform organization is concerned that the man President Bush has tapped to be the next U.S. attorney general has been involved with an organization that opposes the enforcement of immigration laws.The pro-life community has already expressed its concerns about White House counsel Alberto Gonzales, noting that while a Texas Supreme Court justice he chose not to rule against abortion, in any situation. Now the Washington, DC-based Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is calling Gonzales to task for his reported involvement with the National Council of La Raza, which has endorsed his nomination for attorney general.FAIR spokeswoman Susan...
  • Arizona Judge puts restraining order on Proposition 200 (illegal immigration benefits)

    11/30/2004 5:57:41 PM PST · by hsmomx3 · 148 replies · 4,986+ views
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    A federal judge in Tucson on Tuesday temporarily barred the state from implementing a ballot initiative aimed at cutting illegal immigrants off from public benefits.
  • AG NOMINEE MEMBER OF LA RAZA

    11/26/2004 12:27:15 AM PST · by AnimalLover · 65 replies · 5,509+ views
    World Net Daily ^ | November 24, 2004 | Unknown
    White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales, President Bush's nominee for attorney general, got the backing of a group that promotes driver's licenses for illegal aliens, no immigration law enforcement by local and state police and amnesty programs broader than the administration's proposal. The National Council of La Raza, which bills itself as the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., welcomed the nomination of Gonzales to succeed John Ashcroft. "We are very encouraged by the Gonzales nomination," said the glowing endorsement by La Raza. "We previously criticized the Bush administration for not having an Hispanic in the...
  • La Raza Agrees with Administration that House Committee Action Harmful, Bad Policy (BS Alert)

    07/26/2004 10:02:20 AM PDT · by NewRomeTacitus · 15 replies · 374+ views
    CivilRights.Org ^ | 07-26-2004 | National Council of La Raza
    (Washington, D.C.) Yesterday, during full committee markup, the House Appropriations Committee defeated an amendment by a vote of 26-25 which would remove a harmful provision in the 2005 appropriations bill for transportation and treasury agencies. The misguided language, originally authored by Congressman John Culberson (R-TX) during a subcommittee markup last week, attempts to block financial institutions from accepting the Mexican Consular ID card, also known as the matrícula consular, as a valid form of ID for opening bank accounts. NCLR supported efforts by Congressman Ed Pastor (D-AZ) and other members to remove the Culberson amendment language, which undermines the final...