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COMING TO AMERICA
'Illegal immigrant'
an offensive slur?
Latinos resent term, compare it to use of N-word for blacks

Posted: January 29, 2004
5:00 p.m. Eastern

Though it might be technically accurate, calling someone who entered the U.S. in an unlawful manner "illegal" has become politically incorrect.

"I can't speak for other immigrant groups," activist Jerry Gonzalez told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "but on behalf of the Latino community, many people I speak to on a day-to-day basis think it serves to dehumanize the person, makes them less than human. Similar to the way the n-word was used to dehumanize African-Americans."

Gonzales, who oversees the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, says many Latinos are offended by the labels.

"It's easy to dismiss someone when you use a disparaging term such as 'illegal immigrant' or 'illegal alien,'" said Gonzalez.

The Atlanta daily reports the activist plans to lobby state lawmakers to use the term "undocumented workers" when talking about Mexicans and other foreigners in the U.S. illegally.

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A question about Hizballah and Mexico
Terence Jeffrey (archive)

January 28, 2004 | Print | Send

Politicians serious about preventing another Sept. 11 should listen to the leader of Hizballah, and then read an indictment unsealed this month in Detroit.

"Let the entire world hear me," said Sheik Hassan Nasrallah on Sept. 27, 2002. "Our hostility to the Great Satan is absolute."

2,280 posted on 01/30/2004 1:04:00 AM CST by thecabal

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/terencejeffrey/tj20040128.shtml

GOP weighs value of Bush immigration plan
Washington Times ^ | 1/30/04 | Ralph Z. Hallow

Posted on 01/29/2004 11:59:02 PM CST by kattracks

Republican leaders see little chance of a significant grass-roots revolt over President Bush's immigration policy, but some wonder whether his proposal has any short-term benefits for him politically.

"I know why Bush raised [the guest-worker issue] in his State of the Union speech — it was the right thing to do, even though there is almost zero chance Congress will pass it in this election year," said David Norcross, chairman of the Republican National Convention in New York.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1068081/posts?page=9

Hey what happened to our logo?

XXI BORDER GOVERNORS CONFERENCE, UNITED STATES-MEXICO
AUGUST 7-8, 2003
CHIHUAHUA, CHIHUAHUA

JOINT DECLARATION

PREAMBLE

THE GOVERNORS OF THE STATES OF ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE GOVERNORS OF THE STATES OF BAJA CALIFORNIA, CHIHUAHUA, COAHUILA, NUEVO LEON, SONORA AND TAMAULIPAS OF THE
UNITED MEXICAN STATES, MEETING IN THE CITY OF CHIHUAHUA, CHIHUAHUA, ON AUGUST 7 - 8, 2003

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