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Maybe she's calling those white people bigots, who actually act that way, with their continual denigration of Hispanics, legal or otherwise, and you have to admit that there are some who do that. Those folks act as though the fact that Hispanics are here is an affront to the American way of life, when this country has accepted millions of immigrants over the years. Some assimilate quickly, others, it takes many years. The older someone is when they immigrate, the harder it is for them to assimilate into the culture, so they keep their native cultures alive, in their homes, and in their communities, because they tend to live close to others from their native lands in order to ease their transition. You still see areas of large cities that are set up to give those folks some sense of where they came from. Typically, it takes a couple of generations for them to become more Americanized as they move up on the economic ladder and out of the enclaves.

I've never heard Linda Chavez express support for Illegal immigration; she might be for immigration reform, so am I, though I don't advocate blanket amnesty for anyone who happens to make it across the border. The immigration policy is a mess and NEEDS reform. Whether or not I support a particular piece of legislation depends on how the issues of length of time of the process, guest workers, etc. are treated. Right now, it's such an long and seemingly arbitrary process that many don't bother, and just try to get here however they can.

I'm sure there are many white folks who live in areas where there are large numbers of Hispanics who feel that their way of life is somehow threatened, because there are Hispanic 'leaders', just like the 'civil rights leaders', who are continually stirring the pot, even though most Hispanics, like most blacks, aren't paying them much attention, because they're just trying to get by, day to day. Folks in other parts of the country don't necessarily feel that same way, because they don't have those large Hispanic enclaves. They might, however, have some numbers of Russians, Slavs, Central Americans, Africans, or even Irish, who could be illegals. The matter is just not as pressing in those areas.