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To remain viable as a party, Democrats need to win Latinos back. At stake is nothing less than control of the presidency and Congress.

Conclusions of the U.S.-Mexico Migration Panel

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In addition, they, along with his eminence, Mexican President Vicente Fox, believe they should be allowed to vote in our elections as well as Mexico's, even if they know less English than I know Greek

LULAC's apparent attempt to denigrate the meaning and value of U.S. citizenship extends to the franchise. In The 1998 LULAC Legislative Platform, the organization appears to condone, if not actually promote, the violation of this country's election laws. According to the section entitled ''Voter Registration and Citizenship'' ''LULAC actively encourages eligible Hispanics to fully participate in the democratic process and register to vote. We also encourage those who are eligible to become citizens'' (italics added). Since the law states one must be a U.S. citizen in order to be eligible to vote, the wording of this LULAC platform encourages voter fraud.

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• MALDEF successfully lobbied for passage of the ''motor-voter'' bill of 1993 that allows voter registration at welfare offices or when applying for a drivers' license; mandates mail-in voter registration and discourages States from verifying the applicant's eligibility or citizenship.

LA's new mayor for most of his life was an extreme radical who advocated turning the Southwest into the new nation of "Aztlan," the stated goal of MEChA, of which he was a high officer for many years.

In Spanish, mecha means "fuse," as in the lit fuse of the dynamite bomb the eagle is holding in the official MEChA logo.