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Gonzales 'not clear' if kin legal
NY Daily News ^ | 19 May 2006

Posted on 05/18/2006 5:14:48 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher

WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales admitted yesterday it's "just not clear" if his Mexican-immigrant grandparents settled in the U.S. legally.

The nation's top cop - who is the first Hispanic attorney general - has become a pointman for the White House on divisive immigration reforms President Bush is pushing.

"Three of my grandparents were born in Mexico. They came to Texas," Gonzales told CNN.

Pressed by Wolf Blitzer, Gonzales conceded he didn't know if they sneaked across the border like millions of illegals at issue in the current debate.

"It's unclear. It's unclear," Gonzales said. "And I've looked at this issue, I've talked to my parents about it, and it's just not clear."

Gonzales has often cited his grandparents' Mexican heritage and his dirt-poor upbringing in Texas in a big family headed by his migrant worker parents.

"My grandparents were Mexican immigrants. I remember visiting them as a very young boy - there was no telephone in their house, no television, no running hot water," Gonzales said during a naturalization ceremony for new citizens in December.

Gonzales is the latest in a series of Washington politicians to talk about their immigrant heritage.

Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) recently recalled how his illegal Italian-immigrant mother was arrested by the feds in 1943.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: albertogonzales; family; unclear
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THIS could be the story behind the story...
1 posted on 05/18/2006 5:14:49 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
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To: Aussie Dasher

Can you hold the thread up a moment...I just put the popcorn in the microwave.


2 posted on 05/18/2006 5:15:34 PM PDT by CWOJackson
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To: Aussie Dasher
It could be this is a completely irrelevant tin foil hate nut job post instead Of the two I suspect MY analysis is closer to the truth.
3 posted on 05/18/2006 5:16:51 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Conservative, The simple fact about DC is this . "There is more work to do"...)
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To: Aussie Dasher

If so, so what?


4 posted on 05/18/2006 5:17:40 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: CWOJackson

LOL!!! Put some in for me!


5 posted on 05/18/2006 5:17:43 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher (The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
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To: Aussie Dasher

And he would prefer that it remain unclear.


6 posted on 05/18/2006 5:20:13 PM PDT by ikka
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To: Aussie Dasher

Soon, illegal immigration will become virtuous. Orwell was only off by 20 years.


8 posted on 05/18/2006 5:21:36 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Memo to GOP: Don't ask me for any more money until you secure our Southern border.)
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To: Aussie Dasher
Well this is no fun.

I'll throw some chum in the water: "Gonzales further denied claims by Wold Blitzer that his grandparents had actually been smuggled across the border by President Bush's grandfather to work in his kitchen."

9 posted on 05/18/2006 5:21:54 PM PDT by CWOJackson
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To: Aussie Dasher

Can someone tell me at any time has the Mexican Government ever been on the side of America?


10 posted on 05/18/2006 5:23:17 PM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
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To: CWOJackson

LOL


11 posted on 05/18/2006 5:23:22 PM PDT by Tribune7
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To: CWOJackson
hehe...you just want a chance to munch the popcorn before it goes cold.

If the Libs had any inkling of this, they would have screamed it at his confirmation hearings I bet...oh wait. Nope, they wouldn't.
12 posted on 05/18/2006 5:23:54 PM PDT by tongue-tied
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You know this story is probally very complicated for several reasons. Before , I believe 1920 I think the immigration policies were a tad different. People sort of just showed up. So to say if his all Grandparents showed up legally might be sort of a tough call depending when they arrived. I suspect in a few cases that might be why its not "clear"


13 posted on 05/18/2006 5:24:03 PM PDT by catholicfreeper (Proud supporter of Pres. Bush and the Gop-- with no caveats, qualifiers, or bitc*en)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

This explains the Attorney General's position on Row v. Wade.


14 posted on 05/18/2006 5:25:03 PM PDT by David Allen (the presumption of innocence - what a concept!)
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To: CWOJackson

I would not be bothered at all by those sneaking in to make a living, if they were disqualified from medical, welfare and driving priveleges. We now live in a socialist state, and the cost to keep illegals taken care of is too much to bear. I have seen studies that say that a vast majority of citizens, take more money from the govt, than they pay in taxes. Telling people that illegals put more into the economy than they take out is therefore a lie.


15 posted on 05/18/2006 5:26:17 PM PDT by jeremiah (How much did we get for that rope?)
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To: CWOJackson

I wonder if their "Illegal" immigrant ancestors came in Waving a Mexican and an Italian Flag ???????


16 posted on 05/18/2006 5:27:08 PM PDT by tsali
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"I would not be bothered at all by those sneaking in to make a living, if they were disqualified from medical, welfare and driving priveleges."

Therein lies just as big a problem as the border...and that problem is mostly driven by the states. I see some folks from California complaining about the open border but NOT outraged that their counties and state literally protect illegal immmigrants and provide them handsome benefits.

17 posted on 05/18/2006 5:29:49 PM PDT by CWOJackson
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To: ikka
Thing is, depends on when his grandparents crossed into the US whether or not they were illegal. It's conceivable they came in the very earliest part of the 20th Century, before the type of immigration laws with which we are familiar were enacted. Most immigration laws were previously focused on how long it took to become a citizen, not only mere residency.

In 1921 the first quota law was enacted.

18 posted on 05/18/2006 5:32:43 PM PDT by muawiyah (-)
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To: CWOJackson
I see some folks from California complaining about the open border but NOT outraged that their counties and state literally protect illegal immmigrants and provide them handsome benefits.

But when we tried to cut them off from those benefits a few years back, we were slapped down by the federal courts.

19 posted on 05/18/2006 5:33:54 PM PDT by Heyworth
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To: Aussie Dasher

It matters not a whit at this point if Gonzalez' parents swam the Rio Grande, came over on the Mayflower or were delivered here by alien spaceship. The Attorney General has an obligation to enforce the laws equally and without bias.


20 posted on 05/18/2006 5:36:02 PM PDT by LadyNavyVet
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