Thread: What Karl Rove Should Tell La Raza

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What Karl Rove Should Tell La Raza


Posted Jul 10, 2006

White House adviser Karl Rove is scheduled to speak tomorrow at the annual conference of the federally funded, left-wing, open-borders-advocacy group, the National Council of La Raza.

If he does not want his speech to look like an act of appeasement, he should confront La Raza on its opposition to commonsense policies designed to secure both U.S. borders and U.S. pocketbooks.

La Raza, which means “The Race” in Spanish, has denounced as “horrendous” and “appalling” the House immigration bill passed in December, which was sponsored by Judiciary Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R.-Wis.) and supported by the overwhelming majority of House Republicans. The bill, which calls for tough worksite enforcement of immigration laws and 700 miles of border fencing, was condemned by La Raza as a “laundry list of mean-spirited and intrusive provisions concocted by the most radical immigrations restrictionists in Congress.”

Will Rove defend the immigration reforms passed by President Bush’s party in the House and tell La Raza that House Republicans are neither “mean-spirited” nor “radical”? He should. House Republicans deserve Rove’s support.

Rove should also flatly and unapologetically tell La Raza their promotion of a liberal agenda under the guise of “Hispanic civil rights” is wrong.

La Raza, for example, supports in-state tuition for illegal aliens at public colleges. Rove should tell them that is a ripoff of U.S. taxpayers.

La Raza also opposes the Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal Act (CLEAR), which would merely empower state and local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration laws. La Raza argues this would “result in higher levels of racial profiling, police misconduct, and other civil rights violations.”

Rove should tell them President Bush has great faith in the moral and professional integrity of local law enforcement officers in this country and is ready and willing to sign the CLEAR Act into law.

La Raza also has denounced enactment of the REAL ID Act, which when fully operational will make it virtually impossible for illegal aliens to get driver’s licenses and photo IDs in any state of the U.S. that wants its IDs to be used for federal purposes. La Raza says the law “opens the door to widespread discrimination and civil rights violations.”

Rove should tell them the President is proud of having signed REAL ID and that the only type of person it discriminates against is an illegal alien who wrongfully tries to secure a driver’s license or photo ID in this country.

Rove should also chastise La Raza for its association with MEChA, an organization whose motto is: “For La Raza toda, Fuera de La Raza nada” (“For The Race everything, Outside the Race nothing”). Rep. Charlie Norwood (R.-Ga.) revealed in a piece published in the May 1 edition of HUMAN EVENTS that according to IRS records, La Raza has helped fund the Georgetown University Chapter of MEChA.

Furthermore, Rove should tell the La Raza conferees that the Bush Administration does not support granting tax dollars to groups that pursue legislative agendas. As Rep. Norwood also reported in HUMAN EVENTS, La Raza received more than $15 million in federal grants in 2004.

If Rove tells the folks at the La Raza conference these things, his visit will have been well worth

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Karl Rove Courting La Raza
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By Jim Kouri
Jul 10, 2006

Karl Rove, President George W. Bush's political advisor, and Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), are planning to meet with the the left-wing Mexican group La Raza this week.

La Raza is considered by many to be a radical racist group promoting hatred towards the "Gringo." In fact, La Raza means "The Race."

Former President Bill Clinton heads the list of speakers for the annual meeting of La Raza's national council. The Rev. Jesse Jackson will appear on a panel. Observers say they expect to see the likes of Clinton and Jackson meeting with a racist group of Mexicans, but they are surprised that two supposed conservative Republicans would give the group credibility by meeting with them.

Some Washington insiders believe that President Bush is continuing to make overtures towards Latino groups that advocate open borders and that many in the Republican Party see this as an opportunity to appeal to illegal aliens thereby garning a larger share of the Hispanic vote.

"While attempting to court the Hispanic population, the GOP appears to be willing to get into bed with a Marxist, racist bunch," said Mike Baker, a GOP political analyst.

While the US Senate's so-called amnesty bill is regarded as being "dead in the water," the President and several GOP senators continue to work with liberals in the Democrat Party to get some of the provisions in the senate bill passed by the staunch conservatives in the House of Representatives.

However, critics are disturbed that a senior Bush Administration official would meet with the group La Raza -- a group recognized by many as racist. Would they meet with members of the Aryan Nation?

These critics also see the irony of GOP members of the House holding "field" hearings with Americans about illegal aliens, border security, and terrorism, while members of the Bush White House are meeting with a group that advocates the return of several US states to Mexico as well as completely open borders with legal status for all.

Angelica Salas, a La Raza leader, in their literature discussing the 12 million illegal aliens, most of whom are Mexican, said, "We will be working to turn those 12 million into new voters by 2008."

Perhaps that's what got Rove out to Los Angeles: twelve million new voters -- illegal voters.

Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police and he's a staff writer for the New Media Alliance