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    GOP Opposition to DREAM ACT is About Race

    Deepak Bhargava.Executive Director, Center for Community Change
    Posted: December 10, 2010 I want to thank and applaud the candor of Rep. Dana Rohrabacher from California and Glenn Beck of Fox News. They finally had the courage and audacity to say what so many of us knew to be true but would never admit.

    The immigration debate is not about law, not about fairness, not about justice. It's about race. Plain and simple. It's about the fear of more brown people coming into our society, our culture.

    When debating the DREAM act, Rohrabacher said, "This legislation not only increases the burden on our hard-pressed government programs and services, but will give foreigners who are here illegally preference over non-minority citizens." Non-minority citizens. Hmmm. That's an interesting phrase. Whatever do you mean Rep. Rohrabacher?

    We all know what he means. "Non-minority citizens" means "white people." He doesn't even try to disguise who he's most interested in protecting. It's not American citizens, only "non-minority citizens." The rest of us are out of luck.
    Beck was even more straight forward. He announced that the DREAM Act would mean, "...if you're white or you're an American citizen or a white American citizen, you're pretty much toast. "

    Just like the Arizona law. Just like Sharron Angle putting Latino gang bangers in her political ads. Just like the manufactured debate about the 14th Amendment. What they all meant was very plain. "We don't want brown people here. They aren't welcome. This country is for white people."This is about race. Nothing else. Race.

    You will know this to be true by the howls of protest that will come from the right when they read this post. How dare we speak of race? How dare we impugn the character of the non-minority Rep. Rohrabacher? How dare we speak the truth? Watch. It will happen. And you will know them by how much they protest. For Rohrabacher and people like him: Opposing immigration reform is about race.

    Take the debate on the 14th Amendment. Why are all these right wing ideologues, strict defenders of the Constitution, suddenly willing to throw out an amendment that has been part of our countries legacy for over a hundred years? Why attack the 14th Amendment? Why do it now?

    We know the answer. It's about race.
    The 14th Amendment says that anyone born in this country is considered a U.S. citizen. It is our birthright. Since 1868, it has been the law of the land. But now, a number of non-minority representatives, people like Rohrabacher, Rep. Steve King (Iowa), and Rep. Lamar Smith (Texas), want to do away with it. Why? Why now?

    We know the answer, it's about race.
    Thank god we live in America. It's true that as a country we have a long way to go in solving our race problems. Injustices remain, there are still things to fix, battles to be won, and it will take all of us working together to win them. But one thing is clear, we as a country don't like racists, no matter how much they cover their thoughts up with pretty language and seemingly rational arguments. We just don't like them, and they can't win.

    I know there are lots of people who have genuine concerns about immigration policy in the U.S. Questions about security can be genuine. Worries about integrating the undocumented into our society can be genuine. But I for one am convinced that when we have a rational discussion about this, the vast majority of Americans will come solidly down on the side of legalizing the undocumented, and creating a rational, workable way for those who want to join this country to do so. I am equally convinced that those who shout the loudest, drowning out any chance for real discussion, are not concerned about immigration policy, border security or even fairness.

    For them, it's about race.
    I think the Republican Party has a choice to make. It can allow people like Rohrabacher, Angle and Jan Brewer to dominate their politics, or it can chart a new course. It can stand with those flirt with overt racism, or stand against them. There is no middle ground here. There is no ducking.

    If you believe like I do that hate and racism have no place in our politics and that only by finding common ground can we solve our problems, then remember the words of Rohrabacher. Remember what Glenn Beck's concerns really are. Remember those words and the words of those who would defend them, and remember that for those who shout loudest, it's about race.

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    Somebody should tell him that Hispanic is not a race and the dream act covers all illegals,including those from Ireland, several thousands. But of course everything they oppose becomes "about race."

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    Re: GOP Opposition to DREAM ACT is About Race

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    Deepak Bhargava.Executive Director, Center for Community Change
    Posted: December 10, 2010

    Take the debate on the 14th Amendment. Why are all these right wing ideologues, strict defenders of the Constitution, suddenly willing to throw out an amendment that has been part of our countries legacy for over a hundred years? Why attack the 14th Amendment? Why do it now?

    The 14th Amendment says that anyone born in this country is considered a U.S. citizen. It is our birthright. Since 1868, it has been the law of the land. But now, a number of non-minority representatives, people like Rohrabacher, Rep. Steve King (Iowa), and Rep. Lamar Smith (Texas), want to do away with it. Why? Why now?

    We know the answer, it's about race.

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    I quoted that part about the 14th amendment for a reason. He is totally wrong about it. I'll quote:

    In the 1866 Senate ratification debate, the Citizenship Clause’s proponent, Jacob Howard of Michigan, said it was, 'simply declaratory of what I regard as the law of the land already, that every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural and national law, a citizen of the United States. … This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons.'"
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    Jacob Howard, who helped write the 14th amendment is quoted above, note that he specifically added in the phrase "subject to their jurisdiction" in order to make sure that it will NOT include foreigners, aliens, etc.

    In other words, we do NOT have any kind of anchor baby law, the 14th amendment was worded to deny anchor babies according to the orginal authors of the amendment.

    I got that quote from this site I'll link below but any google search will bring up tons of sites with the same quote.

    tp://tinyurl.com/33uo3ln

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    "About Race!" Yeah! a damn race for the border! Last one in is a rotten egg!
    Or as I like to call it "The Illegal Olympics!" Filing a lawsuit against local government gets you the Gold!
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    Just ignore the fact that they are still illegally in this country and illegally working jobs and illegally using ssn and illegally using fraudulent papers. Lets justy forget all that which makes them criminals and just give them citizenship. Why not they only ask for it and in many cases DEMAND it as many wave the Mexican Flags.

    Criminals demand to be citizens in a country they are unlawfully in and that we should just do everything for them. Everything that would place them above citizens of this country.

    I have a couple words for those people...............

    And by the way this jac....ss that writes this forgets that Americans come in all colors and shades of color. This IS NOT ABOUT COLOR but they want to use it to make themselves look like they are being discriminated against. They are the real RACISTS in this issue....
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    I never get tired of showing the world how racist these Mexicans below who are here in the United States are...and I never will. I read it often. Keeps me aware of what they really are. They are the 'leaders.' They are the racists!

    They have had big plans for America for a long, long, time. They think they can take over our country and be happy. I have big news for them......they will never have any peace.

    They are jealous, evil, and a sadistic bunch. Plus they have their facts wrong when it comes to their thinking this is their country. This part of the United Sates was purchased fair and square from Mexico. I think they had better take their beef up with their OWN ancestors where their heart really is in Mexico.

    My husband's ancestors have been in California for at least 10,000 years. So these little Mexicans make me laugh when they lay claim to their 'AZTLAN.'


    HISPANIC LEADERS SPEAK OUT!


    Augustin Cebada, Brown Berets; "Go back to Boston! Go back to Plymouth Rock, Pilgrims! Get out! We are the future. You are old and tired. Go on. We have beaten you. Leave like beaten rats. You old white people. It is your duty to die . . . Through love of having children, we are going to take over".

    Richard Alatorre, Los Angeles City Council. "They're afraid we're going to take over the governmental institutions and other institutions.
    They're right. We will take them over . . . We are here to stay."

    Here is a Mexican newspaper...Excelsior, the national newspaper of Mexico, "The American Southwest seems to be slowly returning to the jurisdiction of Mexico without firing a single shot."

    Professor Jose Angel Gutierrez, University of Texas; "We have an aging white America. They are not making babies. They are dying. The explosion is in our population . . . I love it. They are xxxting in their pants with fear. I love it."

    Art Torres
    , Chairman of the California Democratic Party, "Remember 187--proposition to deny taxpayer funds for services to non-citizens--was the last gasp of white America in California."

    Gloria Molina, Los Angeles County Supervisor, "We are politicizing every single one of these new citizens that are becoming citizens of this country . . . I gotta tell you that a lot of people are saying, "I'm going to go out there and vote because I want to pay them back."

    Mario Obledo, California Coalition of Hispanic. Organizations and California State Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under Governor Jerry Brown, was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton, "California is going to be a Hispanic state. Anyone who doesn't like it should leave."

    Jose Pescador Osuna, Mexican Consul General , "We are practicing 'La Reconquista' in California."

    Professor Fernando Guerra, Loyola Marymount University; "We need to avoid a white backlash by using codes understood by Latinos . . . "

    Are these just the words of a few extremists? Consider that we could fill up many pages with such quotes. Also, consider that these are mainstream Mexican leaders.
    Ron Paul in 2011 "[...]no amnesty should be granted. Maybe a 'green card' with an asterisk should be issued[...]a much better option than deportation."

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    Almost 50.4 percent of the California's students in the 2009-10 school year identified themselves as Hispanic or Latino. 27 percent identify themselves as white, 9 percent as Asian and 7 percent as black. Students calling themselves Filipino, Pacific Islander, Native American or other total almost 7 percent.

    I got news for him white student citizens in CA are in the minority.

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    Beepak Bhargava.Executive Director, Center for Community Change

    This article is not even worth commenting on. I suppose a lot of illegals will enjoy it but to me it just shows his ignorance and how he can twist words.
    Keep spinning your junk....we are aware that you are desperate.
    "When injustice become law, resistance becomes duty." Thomas Jefferson

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    The 14th amendment doesn't mean to imply that you can just cross the border and have a kid and it's a citizen. I believe the amendment should be rewritten by Congress to clarify that.

    And Rohrbaher wasn't talking about race, he was talking about us preserving the American culture. But I guess wanting to hold onto that is now racist, too.
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    You know it really honestly sounds like the whole world is jealous of us because we don't take crap from nobody! And we refuse to let a handful of stuffed shirts rule over us! They can cheat us and lie to us but in the end "WE THE PEOPLE!" will have the final say! Come January these same people saying these things, will be saying "IT'S NOT FAIR!" when everyone knows "ALL' FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR!" and this is war! And we will win it without firing a shot! Because it is the law!
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