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Posted on 08/19/2007 5:46:37 PM PDT by yorkie
Seven weeks after the collapse of legislation in Congress, the outcry against illegal immigration is louder than ever, manifested by proposed clampdowns at the state and local level and an uproar over the arrest of an undocumented immigrant in the execution-style slayings of three New Jersey college students.
Scores of organizations, ranging from mainstream to fringe groups, are marshaling forces in what former House Speaker Newt Gingrich calls "a war here at home" against illegal immigration, which he says is as important as America's conflicts being fought overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan.
While most of the groups register legitimate, widespread concerns about the impact of illegal immigration on jobs, social services and national security, the intense rhetoric is generating fears of an emerging dark side, evident in growing discrimination against Hispanics and a surge of xenophobia unseen since the last big wave of immigration in the early 20th century.
[snip] "Even though immigration is always unsettling and somewhat controversial, we haven't had this kind of intensity and widespread, deep-seated anger for almost 100 years."
The Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate groups, said the number of "nativist extremist" organizations advocating against illegal immigration has grown from virtually zero just over five years ago to 144, including nine classified as hate groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan and Aryan supremacists.
Some senators who participated in the midsummer debate over President Bush's failed immigration bill said they were barraged with some of the most venomous mail of their congressional careers. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who supported the bill legalizing undocumented immigrants, said he has received death threats because of his position.
"It is unbelievable how this has inflamed the American people," McCain said in a speech Thursday at the Aspen Institute in Colorado.
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And right there is the exact problem. Politicians have forgotten Rule One.
Actually it is refreshing. Now if we can only use it to remove some political and judicial tyrants.
Hahahahahaha.
Tom Tancredo, please step forward. Mr. Hunter isn't even close.
Not even close.
- John
Paging Mr. McCain...
Paging Mr. McCain...
White courtesy cluephone for Mr. McCain...
Think he’ll pick up?
Southern Poverty Law Center is a radical left wing organizaiton with a long history of left wing causes. They are pro-USSR, pro-communist, and anti-ANYthing strong america.
They are cover to “label” so the MSM can adopted the label.
Is it really a coincedence that your screen name is GONZO and you are supporting the Hunter / Thompson ticket? Seems a little unlikley.
And they even hate my new book, thank goodness.
The longer the government refuses to enforce the law, the more intense the backlash will become. When the government refuses to do its job, the bonds that hold civilization together collapse, and it becomes inevitable that the people will take matters into their own hands.
Please fill me in. What has Tancredo done that Hunter hasn’t already done? Not knocking Tancredo, but when I think border security, I think Duncan Hunter.
Yep. Hunter wins that one hands down!
American backlash? Like it’s a bad thing....
144 hate groups?
The Southern Poverty Law Center is the only hate group mentioned in this article.
Maybe if McCain had to use a local emergency room like the rest of us he might understand a little bit better.
In my dreams, Jack ... in my dreams .................... FRegards
Demand a border fence! Build it NOW!! Beef up the border patrol and close our borders! Stop the DREAM Act!!
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I that Morris Dees, disgusting poverty pimp that he his, has found a new boogeyman in illegal-immigration protesters. Watch...this jackass will lump the Minutemen with the KKK, and then redouble his fundraising efforts. “Give money to the SPLC...only we can save you from the dreaded “nativists”.
I have a lot of respect for Hunter and would vote for him, but I don't remember him on this issue when Tancredo was making noise.
Maybe it's just my ignorance of the information and I welcome any correction.
Research Hunter’s record. He was doing while others were talking. He has a solid record of accomplishments behind him, and he continues to work on these issues even while campaigning, unlike a lot of others in Congress who skip out to go raise money. He deserves to have us working for him while he is working for us.
Mike
Jack, I am afraid to post anything on this thread except thanks for the ping.
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