Posted on 07/22/2007 6:01:23 AM PDT by stm
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — The nation's largest Hispanic advocacy group says it must come up with a strategy to combat "a wave of hate" its leaders say came from talk radio's efforts to sink the Senate's immigration bill.
"That had an extraordinary impact in the Senate, and as a nation, I don't think we should be comfortable with the fact that the United States Senate responded to what was largely a wave of hate," Cecilia Munoz, the National Council of La Raza's senior vice president for research, advocacy and legislation, told The Washington Times after meeting with NCLR affiliates to talk about a new strategy.
Stung by the collapse of the immigration bill in the Senate last month, NCLR leaders and members at the group's annual convention in Miami Beach, which began yesterday, say they will have to start a campaign to register and mobilize voters, to warn against crossing the line in the debate and to force lawmakers to take a clear stand on what they are willing to tolerate.
"I think we have to shine a light on it," Ms. Munoz said. "At the end of the day, we believe people need to take sides, that you can't stand on the sidelines, especially if part of what is motivating the actions of the United States Congress is not really about the public-policy debate, but is about their discomfort with Latinos."
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“I think we have to shine a light on it, Ms. Munoz said.”
Shine a light on this!
Lots of LEGAL “Hispanics” don’t approve of you, such as, Col. Rodriguez of the group “you don’t speak for me”!
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“’Their leaders were saying it was a march for immigrant rights and a Latino/Hispanic movement’, says Rodriguez. I thought to myself, ‘Hey, those are illegal aliens, not immigrants!’ Col. Rodriguez began speaking out to others saying, ‘I’m of Hispanic ancestry and those people are acting like they speak for me. Well, you don’t speak for me’!”
What scares me is that I'm not sure they are intelligent enough to understand why we're angry. They just keep pushing and that's the absolute worst thing they could do. This woman going to the media and calling us racist and blaming it on the talk radio shows is just fueling the fire.
I have a real problem with people who can't accept responsibility for their actions. All these people want to do is blame everyone else for what's wrong. Forget that they're in the country illegally, now they want to get talk radio shut down. I've said it many times and I'll say it again. IF they ever are granted amnesty, they are going to be the new "victim"society. The trial lawyers are already licking their lips in anticipation. Class action lawsuits will bring them millions, while stealing more from the American taxpayers!
“IF they ever are granted amnesty, they are going to be the new “victim”society. The trial lawyers are already licking their lips in anticipation. Class action lawsuits will bring them millions, while stealing more from the American taxpayers”
We have to make sure there is no amnesty....bottom line!
>If they can’t respect our laws enough to be here legally, then they need to stay out of this country.<
Don’t forget about the pro-amnesty crowd in the Senate, and let’s relieve THEM of their duties in the next election, too.
“What part of the word “ILLEGAL” do they not understand?”
Typical liberal response - they want to reframe the argument. They always get to make up the labels, issues etc. cuz the msm let’s them.
They can call me ‘racist’ - both God and I know my heart.
Speaking to delegates during lunch yesterday, Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Florida Republican and a Cuban immigrant, urged them to help preserve Spanish.
“It is important that we emphasize the Spanish language and that we keep the Spanish language, and that we transmit that emphasis to our children and our grandchildren,” he said.
La Raza is attacking their opponents because they are SCARED. We the people used the internet and talk radio to shoot down the SHAMNESTY that Senators Splash, Reid, Mccain and others tried to get thru the Senate. La Raza fears the power of the people who IGNORE THE CRAP PROMULGATED BY ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN ETC. La Raza should be forcibly disbanded, its assets frozen and its records CONFISCATED. All members of La Raza should be investigated, and once enough dirt on those fools is unearthed (I suspect it exists), they should be prosecuted and thrown into the slammer.Furthermore all companies that FOOLISHLY donated money to this racist group should be heavily fined and audited by the IRS.
since when does Hispanic = Illegal Alien?
Seems this “La Raza” crowd wants to have people think ALL hispanics are illegals.
That is absurd.
There is nothing wrong with legal immigration.
There is nothing wrong with legal immigration by people who are Hispanic.
They are just trying to spin defeat into a fund raiser.
How many members are in this nutjob radical group?
I have heard the same thing about itallian, polish, and greek from immigrant groups.
HOWEVER there is a cosmic difference between preserve the language and foist it upon others.
Keep in mind Florida has a English Official Language Constitutional Amendment.
He did not advocate its repeal.
I’m Hispanic. I’d like to see all illegals out because they insult our laws. That’s not ‘hate’. Now contrast what those ‘leaders’ say and the racial crap that comes out of La Raza, Zapatistas with the help of the MSM.
They don’t care because that is not their goal.
The goal of La Raza is to create a seperatist movement. (for the race everything for others nothing)
They want to apply the same method the coo coo bird uses when it invades a nest and kicks out the native eggs and then lays its own for others to raise. The LaRacists want to invade the usa, kick out US Taxpayers from government benefits and then force our own system of justice to have us hang ourselves for them.
I’d like to stop the ‘wave of hate’ too. Lets stop all the hispanic gangs, and the illegals who commit ‘hate crimes’ such as murder, rape, assault. . . .
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