Posted on 05/30/2005 7:07:54 PM PDT by Dubya
CALDWELL, Idaho - On Idaho's leading conservative talk-radio station, Robert Vasquez is a hero: one of the few politicians to tell it straight.
Vasquez, 55, a Republican county commissioner and Mexican-American in a part of the country where Latinos are ascendant, has been on a crusade against illegal immigration -- what he calls "an imminent invasion" from south of the border.
Vasquez has tried to get Canyon County declared a disaster area because of the strain from illegal immigrants. He has also sent a bill to the Mexican government for more than $2 million. That is the cost, he said, of Mexicans who are in the county illegally.
Vasquez says the newcomers overwhelm public services, bring gang violence and drugs, spread diseases like tuberculosis and insist on rights that should not be granted to noncitizens.
His latest salvo, a plan to sue employers who hire illegal immigrants, has angered the solidly Republican business community and many of the senior political leaders in this heavily Republican state. The plan would make Canyon County the only local government in the country to use federal racketeering statutes to pursue people who employ illegal immigrants, said Howard Foster, a Chicago lawyer who is advising the county.
They are NOT illegal immigrants. They are Undocumented Americans of Mexican Descent.
Major sarcasm intended.
I think his suit against employers of illegals is a great idea. These employers are stealing from their employees and the public at the same time. They are the only ones profiting from this mess.
Plus they're all of Indian lineage. I suspect that's part of Vincente Fox's racist plan to gentrify Mexico with predominantly European descedents, such as himself.
Vasquez is also a leading candidate for Congress next year, too (not mentioned in the article).
"I suspect that's part of Vincente Fox's racist plan to gentrify Mexico with predominantly European descedents, such as himself."
Sounds like a county with sense-- which others should emulate. At the very least, the illegals will take their demands to a more friendly county.
"Vasquez is also a leading candidate for Congress next year, too (not mentioned in the article)."
He is running and we need to support him $$$. I am going to find his website and where to contribute.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.