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Multi-Lingual Madness ~ Gov't 'Aids and Abets' Illegal Aliens (Part 6 of 8)
By Daneen G. Peterson, Ph.D.
March 2, 2006

Linguistic Lunacies Involving Courts and Police

For the following exposes please keep in mind that if the courts and police were not overwhelmed by the massive illegal alien invasion and the crimes they commit, what follows would never need telling . . .


In 2003, the Baltimore prosecutor's office received a grant [that's your tax dollars] to translate brochures of the criminal justice system for the Hispanic and Korean communities. And the Baltimore Police Department now has about 100 Hispanic officers on a force of about 3,000." Why is that? Because "defense attorneys focused on whether the men fully understood their rights during police questioning hours after the bodies were found." The men the lawyers speak of are the uncle and cousin who are accused of killing three children, ages 8, 9, and ten. Because the family members don't believe they are guilty they "appear reluctant to provide answers."(1)

Well, so much for the mantra that the police departments must provide 'sanctuary' cities so that illegal alien crime victims will co-operate with the police when crimes are committed.

As for the 'fully understood their rights' -- one can envision a future where that is invoked as a defense for otherwise guilty criminals. It portends a future where murderers, rapists and child molesters get off on a language 'technicality' which could possibly include hundreds of thousands of cases, as more and more criminal, non-English speakers, invade our country.

In Florida, "the state Supreme Court started addressing issues relating to court interpreters in 1991. Now the state hires full-time interpreters." Well, at least some folks are getting interpreter jobs. Don't you wonder if they are all Hispanics? "While police have done more to boost the number of Spanish-speaking officers in recent years, critics say more must be done to get interpreters into U.S. courtrooms."(1)

Hiring Hispanic interpreters means that the old condemned and discredited 'affirmative action' which discriminated in favor of 'minorities' is replaced with a de facto 'affirmative action' brought on by the massive overwhelming illegal alien invasion.

1. Demand for Court Interpreter by Women Here 15 Years

Seeking a civil peace order against a neighbor the litigant agreed that she speaks and understands English but "I wanted to be sure I understood everything that was said to me in court . . . she asked for an interpreter because Spanish is her native tongue, and, in a legal setting, she didn't want to take the chance of being confused or of missing a nuance . . . she was surprised and felt she was being discriminated against when Palumbo initially prohibited her from using an interpreter [because she was perfectly capable of speaking in English]."(2)

This woman was not a defendant in a murder trial. She was the plaintiff in a personal civil matter. Yet she eventually received an interpreter. Insulting, isn't it to think that your taxpayer dollars are so easily squandered. Denying an interpreter for an obviously fluent English speaker is called discrimination, not common sense. Then it gets even more absurd . . .

The judge's initial refusal to supply an interpreter was cited "as a prime example of his alleged "clear bias" against non-English-speaking women in a petition filed Monday with the Maryland Judicial Disabilities Commission which investigates allegations of judicial misconduct." An example of more taxpayer dollars spent supporting a system of governance run amuck.(2)

2. Insanity Reigns: "Need for translators overloads courts . . .

Mam is one of 23 Amerindian dialects in Guatemala, along with Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Garifuna and Xinca. It's also a muy grande headache for Hamilton County."(3)

"When an illegal immigrant from Guatemala was charged with sexual battery and rape, Common Pleas Judge Patrick Dinkelacker had to bring in two interpreters to translate English and courtroom lawyer Latin to Spanish, then translate the Spanish to Mam. Even a few years ago, interpreters were rare in his courtroom, Dinkelacker said. 'Now it's every couple of weeks. We're being inundated'."(3)

"Translators have been hired for Russian, French, Hindi and Fulani, a dialect in Guinea. But 70 percent of the demand is Spanish, said Pretrial Services Director Wendy Niehaus, who assigns translators."(3)

"Some defendants speak English fluently to police and lawyers, but then demand an interpreter in court. And most who get translators are illegals. 'I've not seen a legal, to be honest,' Dinkelacker said."(3)

"The need for translators in the county's 14 municipal and 16 common pleas courts is "incredible," said Bob Schoenfeld of the Common Pleas administrator's office. "There have been a lot of questions raised as to how valid the needs are, but the courts have no choice."(3) Why, because of Clinton's E.O. 13166.

3. The Problem is Illegal Aliens NOT lack of Bilingual Officers . . .

"The Richmond [VA] Police Department has five Spanish-speaking police officers for a steadily growing population of [illegal alien] Hispanics in the city. "We need more bilingual officers," Chief Rodney Monroe told a group of Hispanics, including the Mexican consul general, at the Southside Community Center . . . Monroe said his department plans to recruit Spanish-speaking officers in Mexico and Puerto Rico."(4) Why?

The department also plans to send two officers to a Spanish-language immersion program in Mexico so they can come back speaking the language and with knowledge about the Mexican culture, which reflects many aspects of other Spanish-speaking nations."(4) Why?

"As the number of Hispanic residents increases, more and more become victims of crime, especially in South Richmond, Monroe said. Why should more Hispanics mean more crime? Criminals target Hispanics because they know many carry cash with them, and they are not likely to call police, he said."(4)

Not lets see . . . criminals, who may also be Hispanics, target Hispanics who won't call the police. Why is that? Oh, because the victims are here illegally. So in order to solve the problem of an illegal alien crime wave we spend taxpayer dollars to send police officers to Mexico to learn their 'culture.' Wouldn't you think that they only need to look around town and observe that Hispanic 'culture?' What exists is a microcosm of Mexico, a country where bribery, crime and mayhem abounds. It's a known and verifiable fact.

What the police need to do is 'clean house' by deporting all those illegal aliens who are the prey AND perpetrators. Then the Chief's problems will shrink dramatically and he won't need that extra training and additional police officers, which in reality amounts to rewarding those Hispanics who created the illegal alien crime wave in the first place. The Hispanics objective is nothing but a blatant attempt at de facto 'affirmative action' forcing the hiring of more Hispanics!

4. Marshalltown, Iowa Caters to Illegal Aliens While the Police Chief is Mystified

"The signs of change in Marshalltown are at every corner. A Spanish speaking church service [probably Catholic], mandatory Spanish classes at school, even billboard advertisements in Spanish. The concessions made to cater to this growing minority population are easy to notice until you pay police a visit. Chief of police Lon Walker laments, 'We don't have any Hispanic police officers on the department' . . . He wants at least one Hispanic or Spanish speaking officer on his force, but he says most immigrants [many of whom are illegal aliens] have no interest in the job. 'We found there was a mistrust or distrusts of government officials to include police officers so I could only assume being a police officer is not an honorable profession for many [Mexican illegal alien] immigrants."(5)

Ppsssssst! Chief Walker . . . perhaps they can't take a police job because many of them are illegal aliens and they don't want to be 'outed.' FYI -- the culture of Mexico is one of graft, bribery, drug cartels and corruption from top to bottom, including the police. Those 'immigrants' your town has 'catered to' have brought their 'culture' with them. Besides, their communities are so balkanized they haven't a clue about America's once pristine culture of 'law and order.' Your efforts are in vain because their condoned presence provides them with prima facie evidence that our 'law and order' Constitutional Republic no longer exists!


Linguistic Political Pandering For the Hispanic Vote

During the 2002 primary for the Texas Democratic gubernatorial nomination there was a debate conducted in Spanish just prior to the primary election. Tony Sanchez, a wealthy Laredo banker who outspent primary opponent Texas Attorney General Dan Morales 10 to 1 and beat him in the primary but was then defeated by the current Gov. Rick Perry. To understand the dynamics of such an event and the Hispanic demands and arrogance in shoving Spanish down our collective American throats, read on . . .

1. "Texas Gubernatorial Primary Features 'Spanish-Only' Political Debate . . .

According to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, it was the first time candidates for governor of any state had debated publicly in Spanish . . . The debate became heated over the issue of language when Morales insisted on translating his answers partly in English and defended his actions saying, 'The fact of the matter is that the vast majority of the citizens of our state speak English. That also applies to a significant number of Hispanic Texans.' He added, 'I'm proud of my heritage. But I'm prouder that I'm a Texan and that I'm an American."(6)

Then the arrogant Mexican shill showed his 'true colors' when in response "Tony Sanchez accused Morales of 'a slap in the face to 7 million Latinos' who PREFER speaking Spanish and countered, 'He (Morales) has never shown the pride that we have to be Hispanic'."(6) Nothing this author could say could 'trump' his outrageous statement except to say it was a surprise that he didn't call Morales a 'coconut' (i.e., brown on the outside and white on the inside)!

2. It's All About Hiring Hispanic bilingual staff and Gaining Political Access!

The following snippets are from an article about the Boston, Massachusetts City Council and its pandering to Hispanic constituents, many of whom are illegal aliens: "Saying he and other city councilors need to learn to speak to a changing Boston, the City Council president, Michael F. Flaherty, is arranging to hold weekly Spanish classes at City Hall for council members and their aides."(7) Why?

Assuming their constituency includes registered voters and considering the law states that in order to become a citizen you "must be able to read, write, speak, and understand words in ordinary usage in the English language," who then does Flaherty intend to speak to, non-voters? So essentially he wants to speak to Hispanics who aren't eligible to vote, many of whom are here illegally. To do that he plans to spend "$240.00 per student, [which] will be covered with money left over in the City Council's budget [read taxpayer dollars] for fiscal 2006."(7)

Councilor Michael P. Ross, who represents Beacon Hill, the Back Bay, the Fenway, and Mission Hill areas of Boston, recently took a one-week Spanish immersion course in Puerto Rico. You don't suppose he just simply spent his vacation there, do you? He said: "I believe it's incumbent on me to try to communicate with those constituents."(7) Why? Let them learn English if they want a voice or work through an 'advocate' who speaks their language. There's certainly plenty of THEM around.

Do Ross and Flaeherty plan to learn all the other different languages spoken in their town? How about they teach English to those 'linguistically isolated' Hispanics. Wouldn't Bostonians all be speaking Irish Gaelic now if they had pandered to the Irish back when? Let those immigrants LEARN ENGLISH, not the other way around! Have the members of our governing bodies gone mad?

"The 2000 Census data puts Spanish as the second-leading language spoken behind English [although he doesn't say how far behind],' he said. If residents [is that legal or illegal or both] are linguistically isolated, then they're not getting involved, they're not telling us how to make things better for them. We need to open up the lines of communication for everyone's benefit."(7)

Why don't the councilors tell them thatif they want to communicate they have to learn English like ALL past immigrants to America have done? Besides, does anyone think for one minute that ANY ethnic community in America can't be heard? We bend over backwards to jump to EVERY ethnic demand most of which are spoken loudly and often!

Based on experience those Hispanics will let you know loud and clear what they want. For example: "Tobin, who represents Jamaica Plains . . . [was] criticized by Rivera in last year's campaign for not having a fluent Spanish speaker on his staff (one of his aides is proficient but not fluent) . . ."(7) There's that 'slippery slope' again.

"Some Hispanic activists commended Flaherty for offering the classes, but said the City Council must do more to make itself accessible to immigrants and to be aware of their concerns. 'There is a big difference between speaking a language, which I think is a good first step, and cultural competency [BUT] . . . It would be better if councilors who represent Latino communities has Latino people on staff who have the cultural competency to communicate with and understand the experiences of these communities."(7)

There . . . that's what they REALLY want: Jobs GIVEN to Latinos. Give 'em an inch and they'll take a yard and then the whole football field. When is enough, enough? Warning . . . there will be no end!

Caprice Taylor Mendez, director of the Boston Parent Organizing Network, [who ARE these people?] said the City Council should also offer translation services to make its hearings and weekly meeting accessible not only to Spanish speakers but also to other immigrant communities . . . The council, she said, could learn from the Boston public schools, which had Haitian Creole, Cape Verdean Creole, and Spanish interpreters available at the first school BUDGET hearing this year."(7)

Just more evidence that 'Pandora's Box' once opened, skids rapidly down that slippery slope to chaos.

3. Then there is the 'MEChA Boy' -- Aztlander Antonio Villaraigosa . . .

Recently, Villagraigose "chose to emit his message [giving the Democrat response to President Bush's state of the Union address] specifically in Spanish, and by doing so he sent a clear signal of his chosen tribal identity (and not just the accident of his birth). That may help him with his vote bank, but it will not help his city [Los Angeles]. Ultimately, it will distance his primarily Mexican-American audience from their neighbors, including other immigrants. Is that what the mayor and his friends want? Perhaps."(8)

"When we choose to exploit the natural diversity within us and base political identities on them--as Mr. Villaraigosa has done (and as every Anglo politician does when he mangles Spanish on the stump)--we widen manageable differences into unbridgeable chasms."(8)

So beautifully said. So true, unvarnished and clearly spoken by a first-generation migrant [hopefully a legal immigrant] to America. Sublimely stated by an author who is apparently blessed with an extraordinary gift of prose.

Another author, an Hispanic, on the same subject voiced his objections by saying . . . "as long as national institutions accept the portrayal of Latinos as residing permanently outside the U.S. mainstream, they don't feel obliged to fully integrate them. While the up-and-coming Anglo [read white] governor from Virginia is invited to address a national audience in English, a rising Mexican-American politician from the most populous state in the union gets to speak to a tiny sliver of the electorate in Spanish. There is nothing wrong with Spanish-language outreach, but it should not be mistaken for true inclusiveness. Indeed, narrowly targeted outreach, without true integration, is tantamount to ethnic marginalization."(9) Amen!

4. Bilingual Ballots for Voters Who are 'Supposed' to be American Citizens

Don't you often wonder why anyone who is entitled to vote would need a ballot in another language. Considering that you MUST be an American citizen to be able to vote and those who become a naturalized citizens "MUST be able to read, write, speak, and understand words in ordinary usage in the English language." So why do we even have bilingual ballots if all who become citizens are required to speak the English language? A very good question. The answer is . . . we shouldn't, and here is why . . .

According to Reps. Peter King (R-Iowa) and Steve King (R-NY): "We believe [bilingual ballots] encourage the linguistic division of our nation and contradict the 'Melting Pot' ideal that has made us the most successful multi-ethnic nation on earth . . . They are a serious affront to generations of immigrants past and present that have made great sacrifices to learn English in order to become naturalized citizens."(10)

"They [both King's] and 48 co-signers, all Republicans, except for one brave Democrat Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN) [not a relative of this author] sent a letter to House Judiciary Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) pointing out that the bilingual ballots contradict "the requirement that immigrants need to demonstrate the ability to read and understand English in order to become naturalized citizens."(10) Ergo, English ballots should not be a barrier to voting for U.S. citizens.

As such both King's have introduced bills in the 109th Congress to make English the official language as part of their fight to have official English declared and at the same time--repeal the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) which is set to expire in August 2007 unless Congress votes to extend it. Unfortunately, it will be an uphill fight since the Bush administration is against it.

ProEnglish Board Chairman Bob Park said: "Their [bilingual ballots] existence undermines the integrity of the naturalization process by removing a major incentive for immigrants to learn English. And bilingual ballots facilitate illegal voting by non-citizens and make it easier to commit election fraud, which strikes at the heart of our democracy . . . ProEnglish believes that bilingual ballots are a direct threat to the linguistic and political unity of the United States."(11)

5. How 'dead set' IS Bush against official English and repeal of the VRA?

"The Bush administration has signaled its support for renewing the VRA's bilingual ballot provisions. In August [2005], U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales touted the Administration's record of filing more lawsuits in the last four years to enforce the bilingual ballot provision than in the previous 26-year history of the Act."(11)

Fight back . . . "We the People" need to provide whatever support necessary to get H.R. 4408 passed into law to stop the insanity of the Gonzales/Bush doctrine of ENFORCING bilingualism and multi-lingualism and repeal the bilingual ballot requirement of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The Gonzales Gestapo enforcement of a law that will linguistically divide America in direct counterpoint to the LACK of enforcement of our immigration laws. Insanity reigns!

To Be Continued in Part 7 of 8 . . . Miscellaneous Multi-Lingual Madness . . .

Move to NEW Section for "Non-Citizen & Illegal Migrant Voters."

From Post #1 below on "Non-Citizen & Illegal Migrant Voters":

... who then does Flaherty intend to speak to, non-voters? So essentially he wants to speak to Hispanics who aren't eligible to vote, many of whom are here illegally.