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Concern Voiced Over Gonzales' Connections with La Raza
AgapePress ^ | December 2, 2004 | Chad Groening

Posted on 12/02/2004 3:10:03 PM PST by Ed Current

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 Tully says La Raza unabashedly supports rights for illegal aliens. "When you're talking about the attorney general of the United States, he would be considered the 'top cop' [for the country]," Tully explains. "And if his leanings and bias are sympathetic to illegal alien lawbreakers, that should be a huge concern to those of us who believe in law and order -- and that those laws are there for a reason."

And Tully points out that the phrase "la raza" means "the race" for a reason. "To take it in context, would you be concerned if there a white nominee who had been involved with the Ku Klux Klan or some other white supremacist-type of group?" she asks.

Tully says if a former Klansman had been nominated to the nation's highest law-enforcement position, there would be no end to the media outrage, demanding that such an individual could not possibly be the attorney general. "Yet there is no outrage at all that [Gonzales] has belonged in the past and been involved in that organization [La Raza]," she notes.

In 2001, Gonzales was asked if his own personal feelings about abortion would play a role in his decisions. He responded: "The question is, what is the law, what is the precedent, what is binding in rendering your decision. Sometimes, interpreting a statute, you may have to uphold a statute that you may find personally offensive."

If confirmed as the new AG, Gonzales would have an opportunity to apply that same philosophy to the issue of illegal immigration.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; doj; gonzales; immigrantlist; immigration; laraza; nclr
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To: conshack; Ed Current; chicagolady; MissAmericanPie; lodwick; jegoing; All

New Poll up:

Do you believe Congress should pass the intelligence reform bill without the immigration and border security provisions?

Yes 20% 380 votes

No 80% 1547 votes

Total: 1927 votes

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/


41 posted on 12/02/2004 4:23:48 PM PST by AuntB (A people only understand the concept of democracy if they've fought and died for it.)
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To: AuntB

Do you believe Congress should pass the intelligence reform bill without the immigration and border security provisions?

Yes

20%

386 votes

No

80%

1575 votes

Total: 1961 votes


42 posted on 12/02/2004 4:27:02 PM PST by Ed Current
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To: KiloLima; All; usadave

"What to do?"

According to news tonight it will take Dennis Hastert to call for a full vote and supress those decent enough to hold out for these immigration provisions.

Contact Hastert's office at:
Congressional Switchboard: 1-877-762-8762
or 1-800-839-5276 or www.house.gov

White House: 1-202-456-1111

And none of the Senate to my knowledge will back up those in the House of Reps. www.senate.gov


43 posted on 12/02/2004 4:32:14 PM PST by AuntB (A people only understand the concept of democracy if they've fought and died for it.)
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To: PRND21
Bush is asking for massive trouble with his handling of immigration.

That explains the mandate.

Bush's "mandate" had nothing to do with his stand on immigration. A large majority of Americans are opposed to illegal immigration, and are also opposed to giving anything even remotely resembling amnesty to illegal alien lawbreakers.

44 posted on 12/02/2004 4:33:16 PM PST by usadave
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To: conshack
Been there, done that with Rod. He has no valid arguement. he simply calls those that want to secure our borders RACISTS. No facts, just conjecture. I just quit responding to his rantings.

I know what you mean. Each one of bayourod's wacky positions on the subject of illegal immigration has been debunked many times on these threads, but he keeps coming back and repeating the same things over and over again. I think he does it just to amuse himself.

45 posted on 12/02/2004 4:41:50 PM PST by usadave
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To: bayourod
Stop being a consistant liar.
Tancredo supported Bush in teh general election in 2000 and in 2004.
46 posted on 12/02/2004 4:54:11 PM PST by rmlew (Copperheads and Peaceniks beware! Sedition is a crime.)
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To: bayourod
FAIR is supported by racists and abortionists. See Wall Street Journal.
And the pro-illegal immigration lobby is in Bed with MECha, Islamist terrorists, communists, and the current abortion lobby.
Smearing based on two-step associations is not pretty.
47 posted on 12/02/2004 4:56:04 PM PST by rmlew (Copperheads and Peaceniks beware! Sedition is a crime.)
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To: lodwick

The President has nominated David C. Bury to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona.


48 posted on 12/02/2004 5:01:11 PM PST by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: Joe Hadenuf
Him spending his political capital, will socially and economically bankrupt the rest of us

In addition to destroying our country and turning it into a Latin American thugocracy, like every other dismal country in the western hemisphere save Canada and the United States.

Something for my kids to look forward to.

49 posted on 12/02/2004 5:20:21 PM PST by Regulator
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To: Ed Current

Comparing the National Council of the Race to the KKK or to a white supremacist group is a really bad idea. It's enough to point out that La Raza *literally* means "the race," even if there might be less alarming secondary definitions.

What should be pointed out is that they were:
1. Created almost out of whole cloth by the Ford Foundation; the Ford Foundation did the same thing with MALDEF.
2. They're a far-left group.
3. They no more represent all Hispanics than the CCC represents all whites. (That's bordering on the KKK reference, so perhaps there's a better way.
4. They're very strong advocates for massive illegal immigration, specifically of those who are of "La Raza". There are tons of newspapers stories where they're the go-to-guys for pro-illegal immigration quotes.


50 posted on 12/02/2004 5:23:58 PM PST by lonewacko_dot_com (http://lonewacko.com/blog)
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To: Regulator
Something for my kids to look forward to

I was pondering that very thing myself today. What kind of country will my children and grandchildren be living in ten years from now?

51 posted on 12/02/2004 5:25:25 PM PST by Lijahsbubbe
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To: usadave

http://www.projectusa.org/state/UT/response_to_smear.html

"Other Pioneer Fund grantees include, among a host of others, the University of Minnesota, Johns Hopkins, The City University of New York, Stanford, and that well known nest of Nazis: The University of Tel Aviv."


52 posted on 12/02/2004 5:26:19 PM PST by lonewacko_dot_com (http://lonewacko.com/blog)
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To: Regulator
Something for my kids to look forward to.

At least our kids know what is going on, and fully understand that this entire disaster is being forced on us by our own government.

53 posted on 12/02/2004 5:41:53 PM PST by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: gubamyster

Buh-bye Alberto...'bout time.


54 posted on 12/02/2004 5:44:52 PM PST by ApesForEvolution (You will NEVER convince me that Muhammadanism isn't a death cult that must end. Save your time...)
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To: Joe Hadenuf
fully understand that this entire disaster is being forced on us by our own government

Which is more than a lot of adults!

55 posted on 12/02/2004 5:55:29 PM PST by Regulator
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To: Lijahsbubbe
What kind of country will my children and grandchildren be living in ten years from now?

If things don't change, it will make the break up of Yugoslavia look like childs play.

56 posted on 12/02/2004 5:59:59 PM PST by Missouri
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To: Regulator

Exactly, that's why we taught them good. And I also agree, most of the adults in this country don't have a freaking clue WTF is up.


57 posted on 12/02/2004 6:10:27 PM PST by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: lonewacko_dot_com
La Raza ... Created almost out of whole cloth by the Ford Foundation

I was not aware of this. Can you recommend any sources?

58 posted on 12/02/2004 6:28:52 PM PST by derheimwill (Tagline, Schmagline)
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To: WhiteGuy
I agree. His policies are anti-American, however he's got a free pass for 4 years.

Think so? Bush is so stubborn, insular and arrogant I can see him sticking with his anti-American agenda come hell or high water until a wave of national disgust in the land washes him out of power. America cannot withstand another 4 years of mass invasion and staggering budget and trade deficits without our security, prosperity and sovereignty being greatly harmed. If a lot of people arrive at this conclusion........

59 posted on 12/02/2004 6:32:14 PM PST by WRhine (When America ceases to make manufactured goods, what do we trade with the rest of the world?)
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To: Bahbah

I feel the same way.


60 posted on 12/02/2004 6:42:07 PM PST by Dante3
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