La Raza
Posted on 09/25/2005 1:34:47 PM PDT by TLI
Community support and voter participation were some ideas LULAC members discussed Saturday in response to the U.S. Minuteman Project.
"We need the support of the community. We as a community, we as Latinos can make a difference," said Rosa Rosales, national vice president for Southwest of LULAC.
"But if we do not speak up, we're allowing people to do immigrant bashing." Rosales was one of several guest speakers who addressed a crowd of an estimated 50 at a community meeting held inside Our Lady of San Juan Church Parish Hall.
The Minuteman Project is a national campaign to tighten laws regulating U.S. border control and illegal immigrants.
LULAC supports immigration reform, but a reform policy that is fair, Rosales said
"LULAC is for immigration reform, but we want an immigration reform that is just," Rosales said.
"We want an immigration reform that leads to citizenship. We're saying immigration reform has to be meaningful. It has to be a two-way street. We're talking about lives," she said.
Now is the time for the Latino community to bring their interests to the attention of elected officials, Rosales added.
"We don't want to wait until an election year. We want it now," she said. "When they talk about immigration reform, they're talking about Mexicans. They're talking about the Mexican border. That's why we as citizens, as Latinos need to unite and say 'You know what? We want to take action and we want Latinos to be safe.'"
Gabriel Rosales, president of a LULAC chapter in San Antonio, said education and voting is one way of indirectly wiping out the Minuteman agenda.
"Influences are made through participation within the system, which is democracy," he said. When you don't participate, then "you allow a group of people to control your lives.
"We need to educate the people to vote. ...By not voting, you allow 'yes' Republicans and 'yes' Democrats in office who do not represent the agenda of the Latino community."
Permian Basin LULAC president Felipa Lara said she thinks the Minuteman agenda does not have the best interests of Latinos for several reasons.
"They're attacking our ancestors," Lara said. "It's questioning their citizenship. It's questioning their right to be here and when they meet in my backyard, it makes me uncomfortable. Why have a closed meeting? Our meetings are open," she said.
The Permian Basin LULAC chapter will continue to try to keep the community informed about the Minuteman issue, Lara said.
"We're trying to carry on for the people to know the agenda of the Minuteman," Lara said. "They need to be aware. They need to be informed. They need to get involved."
"We don't want to wait until an election year. We want it now," she said. "When they talk about immigration reform, they're talking about Mexicans.
What they appear to want is to be exempt from all immigration law and get a free pass on all requirements. They appear to believe they "deserve" to be exempt because they are the "La Raza," the race.
LULAC is a terrorist organization.
It's very simple, Lara. Cross the border legally.
"They're attacking our ancestors,"
They're not attacking mine-granted, most of my Mexican ancestors were living in Texas before there was such a place, but I am one hispanic who has no patience or sympathy with illegal aliens-and no, Ms. Lara, they are NOT "immigrants"-they are "criminals".
Ms. Ramos:
If "The Minuteman Project is a national campaign to tighten laws regulating U.S. border control and illegal immigrants."? Where do you get "ancestor attacks" ?
Watch your support vanish from Americans of all ancestry for this obvious sophistry. How dare you besmirch the totally honorable integrity of LULAC with your distortions?
LULAC deserves honorable spokespeople.
Mega-dittoes.
Bienvenidos a Amexica. Aprenda Espanol hoy, evite la prisa manana.
(How do these people get off thinking they are heroes by assisting illegal aliens to live in the United States? HINT: They get their courage from Pennsylvania Avenue.)
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HINT: They get their courage from Pennsylvania Avenue...
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A HUGE problem for America. Amazing what people will do FOR MONEY...even destroy our country.
ping
"But if we do not speak up, we're allowing people to do immigrant bashing."
What do we suppose the outcry would be if someone started a group and began talking about the agenda of the White community? These people are racist, pure and simple, the only difference is they belong to a protected class. I still feel like Alice in Wonderland....
susie
They should get BASHED. They're losing fear of their keepers.
Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!
Support our Minutemen Patriots!
Be Ever Vigilant ~ Bump!
And their sense of entitlement is becoming more aggressive, thanks to the head enabler on Pennsylvania Avenue. The illegal aliens of Mexico are becoming the protected class in America, at the expense of already taxed-to-death America.
Our current immigration laws lead to citizenship. Do it legally - then there is no problemo.
I support Chris Simcox's Minuteman Civil Defense program and Jim Gilchrist for Congress with donations.
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