I caution everyone on this thread to carefully distinguish between illegal aliens, who are here illegally and break any number of laws to cover their tracks, and LEGAL Latinos who paid their dues, patiently went through the LEGAL immigration process (or their parents or grandparents did), and now work or go to school here — and frequently vote Republican.
The first type of Latinos is the enemy and if they get a chance to vote, you know they’re going to vote for Democrats every time. The second type is our friends — perhaps the best friends we could ever have.
All too often, what we see here is the first type of Latino preying upon the second type of Latino by stealing their identities. For example, if you have a brown-skinned job applicant appearing at your small business, and he has an accent that’s clearly from south of the border, and he hands you a stolen driver’s license that says he’s “Patrick Murphy,” it’s pretty obvious that he didn’t obtain that driver’s license legally, right?
But if he presents a stolen driver’s license that says he’s “Alex Gonzales,” how can you tell whether he’s legal or not?
That’s why the illegals prey on the LEGAL Latinos.
And the LEGAL Latinos are VOTING.
As a party, we need to reach out to the LEGAL Latinos, say what we need to say in a manner that is sensitive to them, and take action to protect them from these predators. They will reward us with their votes.
Bryan: “I caution everyone on this thread to carefully distinguish between illegal aliens, who are here illegally and ....and frequently vote Republican.......” blah, blah, blah...
Save your PC lecture.
NO, legal latinos DO NOT vote republican. WAKE UP! Yes, there are a FEW who stand against amnesty and are our friends and neighbors....they are VASTLY outnumbered and the ones who suffer the most for this open border/amnesty nonsense.
LEGAL latinos, especially the previously amnestied and their anchor babies are mostly the ones in gangs and pushing AMNESTY. THEY have dual citizenship! Most recent ‘immigrants’ care nothing for you or this country or the rule of law.
*ZOGBY Poll: Mexicans say Mexican-Americans Owe Loyalty to Mexico Over U.S.
Thu Oct 15 11:51:17 2009 ·
(CNSNews.com) - Nearly 70 percent of Mexicans surveyed said that Mexican-Americans – including those born in the United States – owe their primary loyalty to Mexico, not the U.S.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/poll-mexicans-say-mexican-americans-owe-loyalty-mexico-over-us
Bryan, this thread and this subject is specifically about ILLEGAL immigrants. It is in the second WORD in the article. That is pretty straightforward.
What we need to do is caution against reinforcing the false impression that conservatives are against immigrants and immigration. That is a cudgel that the left uses against us quite successfully, even though it is completely false. Even saying things in the fashion you did reinforces their false assertions, and gives them ammunition.
Many conservatives ARE immigrants. They understand the siren song of liberalism better than most of us who were born here do.