Thread: Obama's Civil Rights Attorney Nominee's Positions Give Pause

Friday, September 18, 2009
EDITORIAL: Perez's positions give pause

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Sometimes there is more than one good reason for a slowdown. That's the case when it comes to Thomas E. Perez, the nominee to head the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.

Mr. Perez is the Maryland secretary of labor. His resume -- two graduate degrees from Harvard University and a previous staff role in the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department -- looks solid on paper. But several published reports have said that Republicans have slowed Mr. Perez's nomination in protest of the Obama administration's dismissal of already-won voter-intimidation cases against agents of the New Black Panther Party. Those reports may or may not be entirely accurate. Either way, that's not the only reason to hesitate before confirming Mr. Perez.

Mr. Perez's record involves more than just his curriculum vitae. He has served as president of the board of CASA de Maryland, an immigrant-advocacy organization known for taking several rather extreme positions. For instance, CASA has fought against keeping illegal immigrants from getting state drivers' licenses. Mr. Perez himself has supported efforts to grant in-state tuition rates to undocumented immigrants. And he has been a strong proponent of giving preferential treatment to members of some races or ethnicities in admissions to schools to train health professionals.

On that latter point, Mr. Perez argued that racial preferences could be used not just for "remedial" purposes -- not just to make up for past discrimination -- but to meet other social objectives as well.

Perhaps none of these positions individually is so radical as to be disqualifying. But for a division already being turned by the Obama administration into a veritable hotbed for providing legal cover for racial grievances, Mr. Perez's cornucopia of leftist positions should give senators pause. He should not be confirmed without a full and open airing of all these issues.

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/se ... se//print/

We must impeach Obama his actions go from bad to worse.

Moving from Other Topics to News.

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Senate Delays Confirming Illegal Alien Advocate At DOJ



Last Updated: Fri, 09/18/2009 - 3:25pm

Amid growing controversy, the Senate is delaying the confirmation of a renowned illegal immigrant advocate who served on the board of a day laborer center to head a crucial division of the Justice Department.

President Obama’s pick to run the agency’s civil rights division, Maryland Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, has too many skeletons in his closet to breeze through the confirmation process and will have to wait at least six months while lawmakers further scrutinize his controversial past.

An Ivy League graduate of Dominican descent, Perez has long fought for the rights of illegal aliens in the U.S. by supporting Mexican and Guatemalan-issued cards as valid identification in this country, favoring discounted tuition at public colleges and providing advice to illegal aliens on how to deal with police.

Perez actually served as president of the board of a controversial, taxpayer-funded advocacy organization (Casa de Maryland) that helps illegal immigrants by operating day laborer facilities and offering free legal services. Based in the state’s Tacoma Park area, Casa de Maryland, proudly advertises its day laborer centers—in Baltimore, Wheaton and Silver Spring—which are all partially funded with public money from counties and cities.

Last year Casa de Maryland received a $1.5 million donation from Venezuela’s ardent anti-U.S. leader, socialist Hugo Chavez, who is a close ally of State Department terrorist nations like Iran, North Korea and Cuba. The Chavez-controlled Citgo Petroleum Corp. made the donation to support illegal aliens in the U.S. and the connection between the South American strongman and future Justice Department official is more than unsettling.

The ties are certainly worrisome considering that the Justice Department’s high-profile civil rights division represents the government, Congress and presidential cabinet officers in a wide range of litigation, annually handling thousands of cases dealing with significant policy issues. One Washington newspaper editorial points out that Perez’s cornucopia of leftist positions should give senators pause.

www.judicialwatch.org

Another Treasonous appointee!

Wouldn't it be great if we could get undercover videos of organizations like 'Casa de Maryland' advising IAs on how to game the system?

yeah, yall keep stalling this appointment.
i dont want anyone working for Casa de maryland in this administration.
its bad enough we have napolitano, solis and others

Mr. Perez's record involves more than just his curriculum vitae. He has served as president of the board of CASA de Maryland, an immigrant-advocacy organization known for taking several rather extreme positions.

Perez's involvement with CASA should disqyalify him IMO. I can tell Obama has some really bad things in store for us by the kind of people he hires.