[AuntB]

There was a big 'gang problem summit' that Atty. Gen. Gonzales just attended. He's going to educate and get jobs for the latino gang bangers. And here I thought his job was enforcing the LAW, not education.

From Dobbs 2/5/07

ALBERTO GONZALES, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL: These are individuals who have run into a spell of tough luck.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0703/05/ldt.01.html

The Los Angeles region alone has 120,000 gang members. Gang crime here jumped 14 percent last year.

GONZALES: I have an obligation to ensure that the laws are enforced and that people are prosecuted. But I'm equally concerned with making sure that we're taking steps as a government, both at the federal, state, local level, to provide educational programs, to provide job opportunities, to prevent these kids from joining gangs in the first place.

WIAN: Gangs now control several L.A. communities and increasingly operate across international borders. But most political leaders downplay the link between failed border security and gang violence and they continue to support sanctuary policies that prevent local police from arresting illegal alien gang members for immigration offenses. VILLARAIGOSA: We need to ensure that the victims of crime, that witnesses to crime come forward. And so, we don't want them to believe that we're going to report them to ICE.

WIAN: Attorney General Gonzales says he believes it's important to fight gangs in a way that respects human dignity.

[cripplecreek]

Well here's something for presidential candidates on both sides of the aisle to either support or oppose publicly.

[Mr. Mojo]

Kennedy “Reaches Out” to Destroy America’s Borders

He has plenty of comrades on the other side of the aisle.

[doc1019]

I thought that the only thing that Ted ever reached out for was his bottle of scotch.

[o_zarkman44]

Kennedy can be bought for a few cases of tequilla. Just like his father who was bought for a nice share of the Canadian whiskey trade during prohibition.

Kennedy lives under his own set of laws.

[bikerMD]

which includes a 1986-like Guest Worker Amnesty program

Refresh my memory please. Who was it that pushed the 1986 Amnesty bill through the Senate and right past the distracted eye of an American public too busy having fun with Wang Chung tonight? Why it was none other than that Submarine Commander hisself...Admiral Teddy of the USS Chappaquidick.

[Ukiapah Heep]

If he had driven a Volkswagen, he'd be President.

[freekitty]

"GONZALES: I have an obligation to ensure that the laws are enforced and that people are prosecuted. But I'm equally concerned with making sure that we're taking steps as a government, both at the federal, state, local level, to provide educational programs, to provide job opportunities, to prevent these kids from joining gangs in the first place."

Well, that sure hasn't worked. It seems you guys have sent these kids right into the arms of the gangs. What are they? Your new security police.

[FortWorthPatriot]

"GONZALES: I have an obligation to ensure that the laws are enforced and that people are prosecuted."

He should have stopped right here. That's his only job. PERIOD.

"But I'm equally concerned with making sure that we're taking steps as a government, both at the federal, state, local level, to provide educational programs, to provide job opportunities, to prevent these kids from joining gangs in the first place."

Exactly where is this found in his job description?

[TheLion]

For Kennedy and the rest of the rat pack, it is about the votes and keeping rats in power.

[thiscouldbemoreconfusing]

Why does he need more Republicans aka RINOS,? He has the El Presidente Bush.

[Quick or Dead]

Senator Kennedy has been the Democratic Party's most visible proponent for providing lawful status to millions of illegal aliens to whom he refers as simply, "The Undocumented." George W. Bush wishes to "legalize immigrants" and insists that since we are a "nation of immigrants" we must "honor immigrants."

This should be warning enough. If you ever, EVER, find yourself in agreement with Ted Kennedy, then whatever it is you are doing is wrong.

[kublia khan]

When Kennedy introduces a bill the only question about McCain's position is did he have time to put on the knee pads before he got down there in front of The Swimmer.

[texastoo]

Janet Reno was a much better AG than Gonzales.

Yesterday on Lou Dobbs, there was a Rep. from Seattle Washington who has a bill in congress telling the AG how to do his job. Cracked me up. LOL. If the bill passes, the AG will have to identify the top 3 gangs in the U.S. I'll bet Gonzales doesn't have a clue.

Kennedy has a nice fence around the compound in Mass. Differenct strokes for different folks.

[HiJinx]

Ping!

[La Enchiladita]

I would put a caution on this article that it is written by a Democrat. Just sayin' .....

[Carry_Okie]

It ain't the first time Teddy's done this either. Consider this:

In 1958, then-Senator John F. Kennedy wrote an essay entitled A Nation of Immigrants, in an effort to highlight what immigrants have done for America - and what America has done for its immigrant communities. The Anti-Defamation League published in book form a revised and expanded version of that essay in 1964, with a new introduction written by the President's brother, Robert F. Kennedy. Source

And this:

It was a freshly minted young Massachusetts senator named Edward Kennedy who 40 years ago, in what he called "my maiden effort in the Senate," managed the landmark Immigration Act of 1965 -- at the time a minor coda to the Civil Rights Act. Today, Kennedy is the lead Democratic sponsor of the Senate's bipartisan bill.

The 1965 act eliminated the national origins quotas of the 1920s that favored northern Europe. It established visa preferences, still in place today, based on family unification and labor skills. It imposed the first numeric limits on Latin American immigration. And it forever changed the face of the United States. Source

[TLI]

The Democrats are happy because they see millions of potential new voters that they believe will, for the most part, vote for Democrats.

Oh yea, riiight. Sure they will. If that dem candidate is brown, has the proper surname and used to (or currently) belongs to La Raza or Mecha...

[taxed2death]

"If this nation is unable to arrest and deport millions of illegal aliens, how would the President make certain that these "Temporary" workers leave when their authorized period of employment expires? What would prevent more crafty illegal "temporary" aliens from engaging in fraud schemes, such as marriage fraud, to gain resident alien status and be put on the path to United States citizenship? These “guests” would be “temporary” only in as much as no one lives forever."

A point that is amazingly overlooked (ignored) by so many "conservatives" on this site who support GWB's plan.


"The amazing thing about this desire to reward illegal immigration is that a program that would legalize this human tidal wave flies in the face of both parties’ basic principles. The Republican Party has always presented itself as being the party on the side of strong national security and effective law enforcement. Common sense makes it clear that open borders endanger our nation's security, so this position contradicts the objectives and priorities of the Republican Party."

Actually....it USED to be against Republicans basic principles....since a large portion of Pubs are / were conservative. Since dumocrats have no inherent principles or common sense for that matter, this statement does not apply.

[Razz Barry]

My dad and his buddies will always be my heroes. They were a bunch of proud men who, I assure you, would be outraged to listen to the President of this country talking about jobs Americans won't do.

As I've told my senators: Our government has more concern for illegals, than the progeny of those buried at Arlington.

[WhiteGuy]

Kennedy “Reaches Out” to Secure the bush legacy