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Huckabee: Hispanics Offer U.S. 'Second Chance'
Newsmax ^ | 12-06-2006 | Newsmax

Posted on 12/06/2006 8:39:00 AM PST by Deek1969

Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Wednesday the nation is being given a chance to make up for past racism by the way it handles the influx of Hispanics.

Huckabee, a Republican who is considering a run for president in 2008, said Arkansas has made progress on racial justice and has a fresh opportunity to do the right thing in the way it welcomes the growing Hispanic population

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; huckabee; illeagalimmigrants; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; mexico; mikehuckabee; racism
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To: Deek1969

Apples and oranges. Its a shame he can't tell them apart.

Obviously hispanics should be treated with dignity. We're Republicans, in case he forgot. We're the ones who believe in color-blind citizenship.

And just as obviously, we believe in securing the border. And we believe in the rule of law. We do not believe in a two-tier labor force, some covered by labor law and some not, and we don't believe that some people should have to go through 6 years of legal wrangling to get a visa while others can simply walk in and go straight to the head of the line uninvited.

We already admit a million legal immigrants each year, with full papers, with all the rights and privileges that go with full papers. A million. The number one country of origin is Mexico, already. If Huckabee is convinced that a million isn't enough, or that the 200,000 Mexican visas per year isn't enough, then he should make that case. But to suggest that limiting the number to a million per year is somehow racist, I would say, remains his to prove.


21 posted on 12/06/2006 8:50:34 AM PST by marron
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To: Polyxene

I suggest the Huckester step up by paying Mexicans reparations right now.


22 posted on 12/06/2006 8:52:26 AM PST by Rakkasan1 ((Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!))
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To: WatchingInAmazement

Isn’t this the same man that granted a pardon to a rapist who went out and raped and murdered another woman! I think some of that weight loss come from inside his cranium!


23 posted on 12/06/2006 8:53:43 AM PST by Deek1969
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To: Deek1969

More racist hispandering.

The idea that we should favor hispanics in immigration over all other races from around the world who want to immigrate is in and of itself racist.

It is also blatantly racist to suggest that hispanics can't follow the law, therefore they should get amnesty.


24 posted on 12/06/2006 8:57:16 AM PST by rottndog (WOOF!!!)
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To: Deek1969
For the first time I really wonder what Jesse Jackson thinks about that? Or Mayor Ray Nagen(sp?) No doubt they'd say Open the gates and we'll drop this reparations stuff.

the nation is being given a chance to make up for past racism by the way it handles the influx of Hispanics.

25 posted on 12/06/2006 8:57:22 AM PST by DManA
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To: Deek1969
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Wednesday the nation is being given a chance to make up for past racism by the way it handles the influx of Hispanics

I, for one, promise not to buy and hispanics for my plantation.

26 posted on 12/06/2006 8:57:27 AM PST by krb (If you're not outraged, people probably like having you around.)
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To: Polyxene
He is just another dope from Hope. Tyson and Walmart should be very proud of their hired help.
27 posted on 12/06/2006 8:58:13 AM PST by seemoAR
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To: Deek1969
Huckabee, a Republican who is considering a run for president in 2008,

Well, he's one to cross off my list.

28 posted on 12/06/2006 8:58:39 AM PST by DejaJude
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To: LadyNavyVet

Where do you see special privileges in the article?


29 posted on 12/06/2006 8:59:39 AM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( Vote other in the poll.)
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To: Deek1969

Screw you Huckabee.


30 posted on 12/06/2006 8:59:50 AM PST by cripplecreek (If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
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To: Deek1969

Translation:

"Walmart and chicken processing lobbies give me money to keep depressing wages."


31 posted on 12/06/2006 9:00:18 AM PST by Shermy
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To: rottndog
The idea that we should favor hispanics in immigration over all other races from around the world who want to immigrate is in and of itself racist.

These great humanitarians like Huckabee never seem concerned about all the millions of Sudanese being butchered every day. Bring some of them here, save some lives! People in mexico aren't being butchered and raped by the thousands...well, yet.

32 posted on 12/06/2006 9:00:38 AM PST by WatchingInAmazement ("Nothing is more expensive than cheap labor," prof. Vernon Briggs, labor economist Cornell Un.)
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To: seemoAR

Ha, you beat me to it, see #31.

Walmart and Tyson will contiune to push for insourcing illegals and legals until they hit the floor of the minimum wage.


33 posted on 12/06/2006 9:02:02 AM PST by Shermy
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To: Deek1969

>>>a Republican who is considering a run for president in 2008>>>

Well, there goes THAT idea.

Idiot. Why are they NOT GETTING IT!!!???


34 posted on 12/06/2006 9:02:11 AM PST by Southerngl
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To: Deek1969

What race are Hispanics?


35 posted on 12/06/2006 9:02:56 AM PST by alarm rider (Not a democrat, not a republican, not a "libertarian".. A CONSERVATIVE.)
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To: MikeA

>>>Guiliani is our first and likely only chance at the presidency if conservatives will be pragmatic and forward-thinking enough to support him. Short of that, it's President Rodham.>>>

Oh NOOOOO. There are some who would rather let Hillary in office than vote for someone who *Gasp* slept on the couch owned by a GAY couple. Sheesh.


36 posted on 12/06/2006 9:03:44 AM PST by Southerngl
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To: MrRights; All
<>Just sent him an email. He's done in my book. What is it about ILLEGAL that these people just don't get?

They get it. No one is that stupid. Follow the $.

The public that lives with this daily "gets it"

http://www.discoverthenetwork.org/Articles/The%20Publics%20View%20of%20Immigration2.html

B. When Presented with the Facts, Voters Say they Want Less, Not More, Immigration. When given details about the number of immigrants (both legal and illegal) already in America and the number entering each year, 68 percent of likely voters thought the number of immigrants (regardless of legal status) crossing our borders was "too high," while just 21 percent said it was "about right," and 2 percent believed it was "too low." It didn’t take fancy turns of phrase or inflated figures to lead them to this conclusion. This would seem to contradict those who argue that the only concern of voters with respect to immigration is illegality, rather than the sheer number of immigrants in the country.

C. Data Contradict Other Polls Showing Support for Legalization.

Several advocacy groups and even some media outlets have released polls showing support for legalizing current illegals. However, those polls often gave voters a very limited choice between large scale deportations or earned legalization. This survey also finds some support for earned legalization. However, when given the third choice of across-the-board enforcement with the goal of causing illegals to go home on their own (which is the basis of the bill passed by the U.S. House), the public strongly favored this "attrition strategy" over mass deportations or earned legalizations.

D. Very Little Support for Increasing Legal Immigration.

There appears to be minimal support for the kind of large increase in legal immigration found in the bill passed recently by the U.S. Senate (S2611). Across the political spectrum voters felt legal immigration levels were either too high or just right. When asked specifically about legal immigration, only 8 percent said it was too low.

In fact, 70 percent of voters said they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who supported doubling legal immigration, compared to just 21 percent who said they would be more likely to vote for such a candidate (a warning to Senators who support S2611 which would just that). And the intensity of opposition was overwhelming, with 48 percent saying they would be much less likely to vote for a candidate that wants to double immigration, compared to only 7 percent who said they would be much more likely to vote for such a candidate

37 posted on 12/06/2006 9:04:27 AM PST by WatchingInAmazement ("Nothing is more expensive than cheap labor," prof. Vernon Briggs, labor economist Cornell Un.)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

"...the nation is being given a chance to make up for past racism..."

That sounds to me like a call for Affirmative Action for Hispanics.


38 posted on 12/06/2006 9:05:12 AM PST by LadyNavyVet
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To: Deek1969

And isn't it amazing how many folks here on FR absolutely LOVE the Huckster...


39 posted on 12/06/2006 9:06:03 AM PST by TheBattman (I've got TWO QUESTIONS for you....)
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To: Deek1969
Huckabee: Hispanics Offer U.S. 'Second Chance'

...except for the 48,000 Americans killed by illegal ones since 9/11.

40 posted on 12/06/2006 9:07:00 AM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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