National Council of La Raza: News: NCLR WELCOMES NOMINATION OF ...
Murguia also noted Gonzales’ ties to the Hispanic community throughout his career. "Alberto Gonzales served with distinction on the board of directors of one of NCLR’s oldest and most respected affiliates, the Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans (AAMA) in Houston, Texas. Moreover, during his tenure as White House Counsel, he has been one of the most accessible members of the White House staff to NCLR and other Hispanic organizations," added Murguia.
NCLR: News: NCLR To Hold 2002 Annual Conference in Miami Beach
Washington, D.C. - The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights organization in the U.S., will hold its 2002 Annual Conference July 20-24 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida. House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt, Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT), California Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante…. are among those who will speak at this year's event.
WorldNetDaily: AG nominee member of La Raza
La Raza supports legislation such as the Civil Liberties Restoration Act, which would roll back policies adopted after Sept. 11 designed to protect national security. It supports the "DREAM Act," which would mandate states to offer in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens – thus providing them with benefits not available to U.S. citizens from other states.
The group opposes the "Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal Act of 2003" and the "Homeland Security Enhancement Act" would give state and local police officers the authority to enforce federal immigration laws.
"While the safety and security of our communities and our country are of the utmost importance, new policies that would allow local police departments to enforce federal civil immigration law will hinder terrorist and other criminal investigations, and have a serious negative impact on Latino communities," La Raza explains.
The group also supports legislation to ensure illegal immigrants' ability to obtain driver's licenses.
Liberalism Implemented By Activist Judges
Arizona Republic) "A federal judge blocked the state of Arizona yesterday from implementing Proposition 200 at least for the next three weeks." Prop 187 all over again. "California judge David Bury granted a temporary restraining order after lawyers hired by The Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund argued that people will be harmed if the voter approved initiative is allowed to take effect. Attorney Hector Villagra said, 'Individuals are likely to be denied benefits to which they are legally entitled." This denies benefits to illegal immigrants just like Prop 187, exactly 187, an activist judge rolls in there and says, "The people don't know what they're talking about. They don't know what to do. Their vote was stupid." He didn't say it that way but that was the impending conclusion of his result, and so he threw it out. This has only been thrown out for three weeks. The state of Arizona responded that the will of the voters is entitled to be obeyed, but the judge, in his four-page ruling said the challenges have raised serious questions about the legality of the initiative.
The judge said, "It seems likely that if Proposition 200 were to become law it would have a dramatic chilling effect upon undocumented aliens who would otherwise be eligible for public benefits under federal law, even though the language of the initiative specifically exempts those programs mandated by federal law." This is the left for you, folks. This is judicial activism. This is how it happens. The people vote. It goes against the will of some liberal judge and the liberal judge throws it out saying, "It's unconstitutional," saying, "It will deny somebody benefits," as though the sole role of the federal government is to provide benefits to illegal immigrants in the country! Speaking of illegal immigrants, by the way, the new label has been coined by the people who hate labels. The left in this country who can't stand to be called "liberals" have come up with a new label: Anti-Immigrant.
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Guess this reinforces the fact that GW is NOT serious about making any significant changes or improvements to our illegal immigration problem.
Before I get attacked for badmouthing GW, let me say that I am a big GW fan, but just can't understand the administration's policy on immigration. Our next 9/11 attack will be a direct result of unwillingness to secure our borders.
2. ACTION........Phone Rep. Hyde and urge him to stand firm for strong ban on illegal-alien licenses
Here are his office numbers:
Addison (603) 832-5950
DC (202) 225-4561
Mr. Hyde is under immense pressure from the White House and top congressional leaders to change his stance.
The media report that Mr. Hyde is being threatened with political retribution if he continues to insist on immigration safeguards in this 9/11 security bill.
Mr. Hyde needs to hear from hundreds of you immediately that his constituents and neighbors back him in what he is doing.
Can't be true, the reason we voted for Bush was so he would stack D.C. to the top with Conservatives. Conservative federal judges, and Supreme Court Justices.
Get over it.
Alberto Josef Mengele Gonzales - what a piece of work.
"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."
Apparently not, if I'm a Democrat in West Virginia voting for Senator.
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(Surely President Bush had better council than to allow something like this.)
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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.
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.
I'm sure glad this is finally out in the open. I've long felt that la Raza is as racist of an organization as the KKK ever was in its heyday with a single exception, that the KKK at least wasn't anti-American. It seems that President Bush has delivered a shot across the anti-illegal alien organizations and the American citizens bow with this nomination - that there is probably no length or depth he will sink to to get his way on his Amnesty lite program. At least some of the current crop of Bushites are starting to see what their chameleon of a President is really about. That he can't be counted on to support those who supported and defended him in his time of need.
That hurts my brain. If it doesn't hurt your brain, you should be euthanised as a waste of skin and oxygen.
This can't possibly be the arguement that stalled the bill's implementation...
Maybe judges shouldn't be on Prozac.
Perhaps I missed it, but I can't seem to find on this thread, or in the article, and elucidation of just what Gonzales' ties to La Raza are or were, and when. Odd, this never came up before until now.
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