Ping!
Simply put, the debate in Washington isn’t about “immigration” at all – and that’s the problem.
IN WHICH IT IS EXPLAINED THAT THE BIGGEST LATINO ORGANIZATION DREADS BECOMING AMERICAN [Michael Ledeen]
The Richmond Times-Dispatch, in a thoughtful editorial yesterday, called attention to the email sent out by La Raza, the biggest Latino organization in the United States, first mentioned by The Corner last Thursday:
The e-mail refers to congressional legislation that would, among other things, (a) provide grants to immigrants taking English classes, (b) permit those who gain English proficiency to apply for citizenship one year early, and (c) provide grants to groups offering instruction in U.S. civics and American history. These ideas hardly seem provocative; learning English and American civics used to be something immigrants did enthusiastically. The e-mail about the bill, however, warns that "while it doesn't overtly mention assimilation, it is very strong on the patriotism and traditional American values language in a way which is potentially dangerous to our communities."
(More on the memo here.)
It sounds like La Raza has proclaimed itself un-American, don't you think? They don't want their people to assimilate, and they don't seem to like "patriotism" or "traditional American values."
Somebody might mention this to President Bush...
Our masters will shove something down our throats this week. IMHO
Still, just more of the same. Cure the symptom, rather than the cause.
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Thank you, Mr. Meyer. That sums it all up beautifully.
That doesn't adequately describe the anti-Americanism of this group.
Bump! Brillant article, best I'm read in a long long time.
This is what I've been trying to get across the past couple of weeks. There is a BIG difference between immigrants and illegal aliens.
Secondly, they need to have a job waiting when they apply. If a business owner is so impressed by their work ethic that the business owner will guarantee a job waiting at the end of the weed out process - OK, you got your "guest worker" card.
If you haven't got a guarantee from a business owner of a job - too bad, you better find one fast.
You have to make the "guest worker" card as foolproof as possible so that the illegals that don't want to go through the process can't just copy it on a xerox and change the name.
After a time frame to be determined, and advertised, if you can't show some form of ID, you are detained. If no one can come up with some type of proof that you're an American citizen, or a certified "guest worker" - You're outta here.
I don't care to where. Drop them at the 12 mile international limit and let them swim, send them back to a country of origin, if one can be identified, or just send them to the work camp in Tennessee where they are parcelled out to the crews that pick up garbage. Three hots and a cot, that's it.
Of course all this depends on our vaunted leaders enforcing laws and securing the southern border.
Good article, however I disagree with one notion - the distinction that there is 'immigrant work' and 'non immigrant work.' All these jobs have been done by Americans. These are 'entry level' jobs which have typically been done by the young. Immigrants are often 'young' in the country if they arrive with few job or language skills. There is no shame starting at the beginning even if one arrives here beyond their beginning years but I certainly wouldn't say they only do 'immigrant' jobs.
bttd.......back to the desert.......
If this is what is supposed to have been "astute intelligence analysis", no wonder the CIA is in severe trouble. The problem is ILLEGAL immigrants, which are of all nationalities and races. Admittedly, Mexican Hispanics are probably the single LARGEST group--but they should ALL be deported forthwith.
This is really a "two-factor problem":
Legal immigrant-----welcome to the USA
Illegal immigrant---frogmarch onto plane (or bus) back home.
During the past two decades our national birth rate has dropped to just below the 2.1 births-per-woman replacement rate.
Another elephant in the room. I believe the main reason people do not have as many kids anymore is economics, pure and simple. Too many taxes, wages stagnant, etc. When women used to have more children a family could make it on one income. I can't remember the last time I saw a family where the woman didn't work too. If staying home and raising a family was still an option for a woman, families would have more children.
And add to all this the fact that we keep
hearing: Politicians are afraid of
losing a large portion of their base
if they come down too hard on illegals.
In one mindset jump, they would have us
ASSUME that those 12 million (it was
11 million a week ago)are about to
step up to the polls! And I don't
believe for one moment that EVERY
Latino/American will be emotionally
torn or upset about keeping out
illegals from south of the border
when THEY themselves came across
with valid papers. The citizens
of TX, CA, AZ, and NM, and more
recently UT have realized just
how expensive this immigration
mess has become what with all
the educational and medical
expenses these people receive gratis.
The Congress is a mess, most of them
thinking of padding their own polls
on the issue. That Jerk Durbin (Il, D)
keeps insisting we need laws to protect
the talented, mensa-rated children of
undocumented Latinos. He avoids mentioning
the illiterate Mexican, gun-toting teens
who join gangs and kill anyone caught in
their line of fire on the Chicago streets!
Durbin names ONE genius kid but avoids the
hundreds whose names appear daily on the
police blotters.
PING
Simply put, the debate in Washington isn’t about “immigration” at all – and that’s the problem.
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Great commentary, thanks for posting.