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“They think Latinos are just too different from us ever to become real Americans.”
Based on this oped I question Linda Chavez’s bona fides.
What a bunch of crapola - anyone who disagrees is a racist.
Just like anyone who disagreed with that dope Harriet Miers appointment was a woman-hater.
What a bunch of crapola. From our side no less.
Linda... Shut your piehole.
“The status quo — largely turning a blind eye toward the 12 million illegal aliens who work, pay taxes and keep their noses clean,”
Kleenex! That’s the answer!
I’m not buying. The US admits a million legal immigrants each and every year, year in and year out.
Mexico has the largest quota, ahead of every other country in the world. Two hundred thousand Mexicans immigrate legally into the US each and every year.
Is it her case that a million per year isn’t enough? On what basis? Should it be some other figure? On what basis would she arrive at this optimum number?
She doesn’t say, and neither does anyone else. The only argument she has and the only argument any of them have is that if you want the law enforced you are a racist. Never mind that the US admits more immigrants than any country on earth, no matter that the US admits more Mexicans that any country on earth, if we want them to come legally, we are racists.
Sorry, not buying it.
Ms. Chavez: since Mexico’s penalties for illegal immigrants are quite severe—including imprisonment—are they racists, too?
We don’t like illegal invaders and line jumpers, Linda, and we especially don’t like subsidizing them in any way, shape or form. So sue us.
Not all of them, but way too many. I don't think they are too different to become real Americans, a sizable portion of them right now are showing they don't want to become Americans. And some groups are wanting to take this land back as part of Mexico.
And what about Michelle Malkin, as an American of Filipina extraction, she certainly has some Latino blood in her. Is Linda going to argue that she’s a racist who hates Latinos?
In fact, we need to forward this column to Michelle. I would love to hear her response to this drivel.
Obvious Ms. Chavez has yet to assimilate.
I am ashamed of Linda Chavez. She is supposed to be an intelligent woman and just because she has a Hispanic last name (I don’t know her heritage) does not excuse the stupidity of her arguments. I do not want illegal immigrants here who have more rights than I do and can get away with murder becuase they are Hispanic. That does not mean I am prejudiced or afraid of the “other”. My mother is 100% Hispanic, but she was born in Colorado as was her mother and her grandparents at least, going back before the Treaty of Guadalupe. Her paternal ancestors were all from New Mexico. I love these people and their culture, since it is a big part of me.
But the current and proposed system of amnesty is anarchy and our country cannot survive under anarchy. I wonder why I should follow or respect any laws our government passes, since those laws are for me but not for others living next door. When will most Americans realize this simple fact? Illegal immigrants are more free than we are and have more rights than the average American citizen does. This is unacceptable
Is this the Chavez who was to be a GWB Cabinet member?
And this:
There is no chance this small group of xenophobes will succeed — ultimately. The victories of their predecessors have been short-lived and so obviously wrong-headed we’ve always finally abandoned them, from modifying and then repealing the Asian exclusion acts to scrapping the nationalities quotas. But we need to quit pretending that the “No Amnesty” crowd is anything other than what it is: a tiny group of angry, frightened and prejudiced loudmouths backed by political opportunists who exploit them.
Is nonsensical at rather insulting actually, this woman is not too bright, on the level of the Chambliss staffer who called people who oppose the amnesty bill “ignorant”.
It is always instructive when a person cannot assail your facts, they attack your character, “loudmouthed and prejudiced”
Hmm unlike Ms. Chavez, traitorous isn’t included in that list, I would submit that she first needs to clean up her own sell america down the river position, before she attacks members of her own party with such slander.
Pitiful really, they are getting very very desperate aren’t they?
You may be right in some instances but the difference here is the Democrates will keep you uneducated and dependent upon them for services, so you will be their voting block for years to come. The fact remains you are entering this country dirt poor, un educated, and unable to contribute anything at all. This I call a burden, and why should we take on a monumental task like this when some of us are struggling now to pay for programs, handouts and services we are not entitled to. I wonder how many terrorists will be applying for Z visa’s Mr Bush? you take one step forward and two steps back, I don’t get it!
Odd. Many of the strongest opponents of *illegal* immigration I know are some flavor of Hispanic.
WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! TILL YOU RUN OUT OF INK IN YOUR PEN!
Bombard the Democrats as well, especially the ones that ran on an anti immigration plank and the ones in marginal districts who could be vulnerable. keep pounding on them.
“Fear of ‘the other’ — of those who look or sound different, who come from poor countries with unfamiliar customs — has been at the heart of every immigration debate this country has ever had...”
Yeah, that’s right...we want to stop illegal immigration because we’re xenophobes. Whoever believes that one probably also believes dems want them to be able to vote because they’re worried about “civil liberties.”
What an asshat. We are supposed to embrace law breaking criminals with a smile. If you don’t want people pouring into the states illegally then you are racist./SAR No agenda here is there?
As an American, I cannot buy property in Mexico.
As an American, I cannot protest in Mexico.
As an American, I cannot vote in Mexico. Fox even believes in a concept of dual nationality for legal Mexican immigrants to the US.
The illegal immigrants can do all of these things in Estados Unidos and declare that “they” have shown tolerance to the gringos in Aztlan.
Sort of the same double standards at work when the Saudis fund the construction of new mosques in America while no other religion than Islam is permitted back home. Jews cannot even enter Saudi Arabia and there are cities that non-muslims are forbidden to enter under penalty of death.
Change the policies of these countries and I might be more open to these concepts.
We love ya Linda, but it is not about disliking brown people. It is about an orderly process and waiting your turn in line. It is about people coming in here who will embrace America, learn our language, and become part of the melting pot. That is America.