How Low Can You Go? Amnesty Advocates Shamelessly Embellish on a Tragedy for Political Gain

immigrationreform.com
By Ira Mehlman
December 5, 2011

The suicide of 18-year-old Joaquin Luna in Mission, Texas, over the Thanksgiving holiday is a sad and senseless tragedy. Exploiting the suicide of a teenager for political gain is shameful. Embellishing on what a distraught young man wrote in his suicide note in order to create a martyr for you cause is nothing short of reprehensible. Yet, that is precisely what illegal alien advocacy groups, and even a member of Congress, have done since Luna took his own life. They and others have claimed in the media and the halls of Congress that Luna, who was an illegal alien, committed suicide out of despair over Congress’s failure to pass the DREAM Act.

Groups like the Coalition for Humane Immigration Rights, a strident pro-amnesty group based in Los Angeles, seized on Luna’s death to demand passage of the DREAM Act. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, who represents the Texas district where Luna lived, took to the floor of the House to present his “Urge Support for the DREAM Act – Honor the Life of Joaquin Luna.â€