Posted on 05/26/2005 10:54:33 PM PDT by greatgranny
Los Angeles mayor-elect Antonio Villaraigosa said Wednesday that Mexico will play an important role in shaping his policies, reports Mexico's EL UNIVERSAL Online.
"We are starting a new era. Instead of closing the borders, as stated by Schwarzenegger, we should look at our border as an opportunity," Villaraigosa said. "This is a time of great importance, not just for us to rediscover our roots, but looking to create a mutually beneficial relationship," added the city's first Latino mayor since 1872.
The top L.A. Democrat lamented that the recent passage by Congress of The Real ID Act would prevent illegal aliens from getting driver's licenses if signed into law.
"Politicians in the United States need to understand that immigrants come here for the same reason that immigrants have always come: To work," Villaraigosa told EL UNIVERSAL. "Instead of punishing and demonizing them, we should try to integrate them."
Villaraigosa also told EL UNIVERSAL that he would not support policies that persecute the city's large migrant population.
"I support Special Order 40 [prohibiting police from making migration-related arrests]," he said. "We need our police officers to fight gangs and organized crime. That will keep them more than busy."
I am working on it, too, and agree there are fewer, if any, escapes. At least, I can improve my scenery and noise level.
The "strange times a-coming" are also known as Armageddon. I think it's here, we don't need to wait any longer.
Latino students continue to have the highest dropout rates of any ethnic group. So, all the public money spent on their education becomes wasted.
Unbelievable!
It's very believable. I knew who this idiot was before he was elected. Cruz Bustamante is an idiological twin. So is Art Torres and a number of others. These people are some of the most blatant racists I've ever seen.
It's a real shame what's taking place in California, and it's a clear sign of the times that idiots in the other 49 states don't see the implications for their own states if California leaves the Union.
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