Putative 2008 presidential candidate receives standing ovation at National Council of La Raza (NCLR) reconquista planning seminar.
by Jeff Hook


MASSIVE IMMIGRATION of Mestizos is the main reason Whites will be a minority within 50 years. The present 32 million Mestizos are expected to become 100 million, or 25 percent of the population, by 2050.

The richest advocacy group for this "reconquista" effort -- the re-conquering of the Southwestern United States through mass immigration -- is the National Council of La Raza (or "the Race") which rakes in more than $14 million a year.

About $9 million of La Raza's funding comes from U.S. corporate contributions, $3 million from U.S. government grants, and $2 million in the form of U.S. government fees and contracts. The Ford Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation, and the Rockefeller Foundation are its major backers.

La Raza's 2005 National Conference took place last week at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, sponsored by Comcast and televised by C-Span. Speakers included Puerto Rico Governor Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, Rep. Robert Menendez (D-NJ, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus), U.S. Treasurer Anna Cabral, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez.

Not surprisingly, the only three speeches fit for public consumption were those by unknown Mestizo activists such as Arturo Vargas (National Association of Latino Elected & Appointed Officials), Janet Murguia (National Council of La Raza), and Guarione M. Diaz (Cuban American National Council). C-Span, which describes La Raza as a "Latino civil rights group" was either barred from videotaping the other speeches, or chose not to.

In her speech, Hillary Rodham-Clinton voiced support for several bills pending before Congress, endorsed by La Raza. One measure would remove the five-year federal ban on government-funded health care for immigrants. Under the proposal, introduced by Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA), pregnant Mestizos and their children would be exempt from the ban. Rodham-Clinton also called on the federal government to increase no-cost health care to immigrants, and received one of several standing ovations upon demanding policy changes that would guarantee illegal immigrants a government subsidized college education. Senator Clinton went on to praise La Raza's "40-year commitment to breaking down barriers," adding, "It is not finished, however." (Washington Post 7/19)

Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings touted what she described as the successes of the No Child Left Behind act and talked about ways to improve the integration of Mestizos into the few remaining majority-White public schools. She said: "As you know, the dropout rate for Hispanic students is almost four times higher than the rate for white students. This is simply unacceptable." (Associated Press 7/19)

Arturo Vargas, of the National Association of Elected and Appointed Latino Officials, told reporters covering the event: "The road to the White House goes through Latin neighborhoods." (Village Voice 7/1

According to Reuters, there were featured sessions on topics such as strategies to incorporate "Latino" prisoners into society and providing government subsidized housing to new Latino arrivals.

Philadelphia newspapers reported that a small group of White attendees were set upon by police and security as they arrived at the conference center, which was supposed to be open to the public. The Whites were taken into custody and required to give their names, phone numbers and show ID's before being removed from the building. Apparently they were recognized as having participated in a peaceful protest (pictured) against the conference earlier that day. The protest was sponsored by Pennsylvanians Against Illegal Immigration and the local chapter of the Minutemen. During the protest, Cecilia Munoz, NCLR vice president of research, advocacy and legislation assured reporters: "If they were to put down their signs and come into the conference, they would have a very different idea of what we do." (Bucks County Courier Times 7/17)

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