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    In Texas, lawmakers lectured by activist...in Spanish

    In Texas, a Republican lawmaker has run afoul of the political correctness police. They're calling him ignorant and intolerant, after he bluntly criticized an open-border's activist opposed to legislation outlawing sanctuary cities.

    Texas Gov. Rick Perry has called passage of the bill a top priority. It would outlaw cities like Austin, the capital, from establishing themselves as sanctuary cities. In Austin, police are prevented from asking suspects about their immigration status -- even if they have reason to believe the person is, say, an illegal immigrant from Mexico or Central America. The bill has passed the Senate and is expected to pass the House.

    On Monday, lawmakers heard from Antolin Aguirre, an opponent of the bill who is a member of the Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition, according to the Austin American-Statesman. Aguirre has been in America for 23 years, and became a naturalized citizen in 2001 - and yet he addressed Texas lawmakers in Spanish.

    "We are 100 percent opposed to SB 9, which impacts our families and our communities," Aguirre said during a brief statement to members of the Transportation and Homeland Security Committee. As he spoke, a Spanish interpreter translated his remarks into English.

    Hearing the committee addressed in Spanish was too much for Sen. Chris Harris, a Republican from Arlington, who --as the Statesman reported -- asked the interpreter to clarify one of Aguirre's remarks.

    "Did I understand him correctly that he has been here since 1988?" he said.

    "Yes, sir, that's correct," Aguirre replied in English.

    "Why aren't you speaking in English then? Twenty-three years. You've been here for 23 years?"

    Aguirre explained that Spanish is his "first language and since it is his first time giving testimony he would rather do it in Spanish."

    Harris' remarks have outraged the liberal editorial board of the Austin American-Statesman. An editorial, "Curb the intolerance, por favor," said that Aguirre's reason for speaking Spanish "seems reasonable to us." Besides lambasting Harris for his "intolerance and ignorance," the paper said he was "un-Texan."

    Harris, for his part, told Aguirre and others that being addressed in Spanish in the Senate "is insulting to us. It is very insulting. And if he knows English, he needs to be speaking in English."

    Perhaps Harris could have been more diplomatic; yet he was on target in expressing the frustration that many Texas feel over what's happened in their state -- the establishment of Spanish-speaking enclaves by immigrants who appear to have little love for America's culture, language, and traditions.

    In his famous essay in Foreign Policy magazine, "The Hispanic Challenge," Harvard political scientist Samuel P. Huntington put it this way:

    "The persistent inflow of Hispanic immigrants threatens to divide the United States into two peoples, two cultures, and two languages. Unlike past immigrant groups, Mexicans and other Latinos have not assimilated into mainstream U.S. culture, forming instead their own political and linguistic enclaves -- from Los Angeles to Miami -- and rejecting the Anglo-Protestant values that built the American dream. The United States ignores this challenge at its peril."

    If anybody doubts that, they need to visit Austin, where such large Hispanic enclaves are common. Mexican flags even fly in some parts of the city.

    The Statesman's editorial also took aim at Tea Party member Rebecca Forest, co-founder of Women on the Wall which wants to see immigration laws enforced.

    While at the state Capitol, Forest -- according to the Statesman -- showed her intolerance and ignorance when she identified a major obstacle to immigration enforcement -- Hispanic lawmakers.

    "If you want to know why we can't pass legislation in Texas it's because we have 37, no 36, Hispanics in the Legislature," she said. "So that's part of the problem, and we need to change those numbers. We need to do something about it."

    She went onto suggest that these lawmakers were to tied up with identity politics; and that their main allegiance is to their ethnic roots.

    Perhaps Forest was misquoted or perhaps she needs to be more careful in her comments. In fact, a handful of Hispanic lawmakers in the Texas legislature are Republicans -- and in the past they have taken decidedly different positions than Hispanic Democrats on immigration and other hot-button issues. It took political courage. One example was their support earlier this year of legislation requiring voter ID to ensure integrity at the ballot box.

    And then there's Rep. Larry Gonzales, a Republican from Round Rock who supports the sanctuary cities bill. Recently, he brushed aside claims from Democrats and ethnic lobbies that it will encourage profiling.

    "Racial profiling is illegal in Texas and has been illegal since 2001. This bill does nothing to change that," said Gonzalez, legislative director of Hispanic Republican Conference. "Racial profiling is illegal in Texas and will remain illegal once this bill passes."

    Explaining the rationale for the House's passage of the sanctuary cities bill, he said it "provides for the implementation of a consistent standard across the state in setting illegal immigration policies. This bill will be the core of a renewed spirit of cooperation and trust between law enforcement and the citizens of Texas."

    Expect lots more fireworks when Texas passes landmark legislation aimed at shutting down the state's sanctuary cities.

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    By all means, keep the borders open to massive waves of legal and illegal immigrants. That will solve the problem...lol

    /sarcasm off

    Havent we learned anything from history with regards to multi culturalism? It never works and never will work. It has only the power to divide and destroy. This will be the downfall of the United States that has been spoken of by prophets and seer's for centuries. This is how so many nations in the past have collapsed. This is why wars have started. IT NEVER WORKS AND NEVER WILL WORK...Im not usually a pessimist either but the U S is finished if we dont stop immigration, deport ALL Illegal aliens, and somehow unify all the people here under one language and culture...It may already be too late because of the communist revolutionaries and their indoctrination of young people.

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    Texas is fast becoming California East in many respects, as Ca crumbles they move here bringing the same liberal attitude that destroyed CA and as our Texas lawmakers become more PC it's a domino effect/

    What Hispanic organizers don't seem to understand once they reach 100% then in fact it becomes Mexico without jobs, money, support, yet it appears that is there wish. It is a racist view on their part strange point of view IMO come to a country and try to change it into a country you exited.
    I'm old with many opinions few solutions.

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    The next president of these United States will have to do something about immigratiion. The American people are fed up with this and will not elect another president that continues down this path.

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    Hispanic politics has reached critical mass, it is at a tipping point. Hardcore latino ethnocentrists are going to be defeated because Americans now see and understand very plainly what latino ethnocentrists agenda realy is. To turn America into Canada.

    23 years in the United States and this guy can't even speak enough English to address the Texas legislature? I would understand he'd only been in the country 5 years. This is blatant insult and defiance!

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    This is opinion based only but I suspect many of these groups have communist backed funding simply it is a way to end capitalism.
    I'm old with many opinions few solutions.

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    SPEAK ENGLISH IN THE US!
    You cannot dedicate yourself to America unless you become in every
    respect and with every purpose of your will thoroughly Americans. You
    cannot become thoroughly Americans if you think of yourselves in groups. President Woodrow Wilson

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    According to someone I know that was there, there were several
    who chose to address the senate in Spanish.

    The way I see it they're doing more damage for their cause than good.
    It's just like waving Mexican flags and yelling chants in Spanish at a protest
    or rally. It's a blatant statement that says we have no intention of
    assimilating or becoming Americans and if I were a Senator who had to
    sit and listen to that garbage I would hit the "tune out" button just like I
    do everytime I go to the grocery store. So anything Aguirre had to say
    would fall on deaf ears and his argument becomes irrelevent.

    So go ahead Antolin Aguirre, waste your time and show the rest of the
    world how bigoted towards America you and your kind really are.

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    If the race card is the only card in your hand, you're not playing with a full deck.

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    "If you want to know why we can't pass legislation in Texas it's because we have 37, no 36, Hispanics in the Legislature," she said. "So that's part of the problem, and we need to change those numbers. We need to do something about it."
    This woman said what most other will not say. If Hispanics in the Legislature do indeed play the race card for other Hispanics then they do need to be replaced! They are supposed to represent everyone, not just Hispanics.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nomas
    "If you want to know why we can't pass legislation in Texas it's because we have 37, no 36, Hispanics in the Legislature," she said. "So that's part of the problem, and we need to change those numbers. We need to do something about it."
    This woman said what most other will not say. If Hispanics in the Legislature do indeed play the race card for other Hispanics then they do need to be replaced! They are supposed to represent everyone, not just Hispanics.
    Yea, try telling that to Luis Guiterrez!
    You cannot dedicate yourself to America unless you become in every
    respect and with every purpose of your will thoroughly Americans. You
    cannot become thoroughly Americans if you think of yourselves in groups. President Woodrow Wilson

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