Censored at the DU
At the Democratic Underground, I created a "discussion topic" that showed you can be a liberal and be anti-mass-immigration... But at the end of the post, I made the mistake of linking to some vdare articles... Apparently, the moderators have been instructed to lock any thread that links to vdare, because it's regarded as a racist site... Here's the original post:
Immigration: Peter DeFazio - http://www.democraticunderground.com/di ... id=2677312

Censored by the Mainstream Media
As another example of censorship, the vdare articles to which I linked were writted by Randall Burns, who's a liberal who believes we need to reduce immigration... Anyway, I've talked to Randall and he says that he can't find anyone (except vdare) who will publish his articles.
http://www.vdare.com/burns/index.htm - articles by Randall Burns
http://blog.vdare.com/archives/author/randalburns - blog by Randall Burns

Nearly Censored by an Oregon University
In my post, I featured a Democratic Representative named Peter DeFazio, who was one of only about 20 Democrats in the U.S. House to vote for HR 4437, the "Sensenbrenner" bill... (This bill HR 4437 was the enforcement-only bill passed by the House in December, 2005.)... But because DeFazio voted for HR 4437, there were some activists who wanted to prevent him from giving the commencement speech to graduates of Portland State University... Fortunately, these activists did not succeed and thus, DeFazio did give the commencement speech.

Here is DeFazio's response to his critics:
DeFazio responds to immigration concerns - May 26, 2006 - http://www.dailyvanguard.com/vnews/disp ... 72a7c0a997
In response to my selection as commencement speaker, some students have expressed concerns about my selection, due to my vote on H.R. 4437, immigration reform legislation.
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My choice was between the House bill, which contained strong and necessary border security improvements and employer sanctions, or maintaining the status quo... Annually, more than one million immigrants are captured trying to enter the U.S., 500,000 or more annually elude capture and make it into the U.S. illegally, and 10 to 12 million already live here illegally. In my opinion, the status quo is not sustainable.
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My principle reason for supporting the bill despite its faults is the strong penalties on employers who take advantage of undocumented workers. Without such penalties, unethical employers will continue to exploit workers, pay poverty wages (or withhold them altogether), and force workers to toil in dangerous conditions. H.R. 4437 requires employers to verify workers’ eligibility for employment with federal officials rather than allowing a simple glance at documents that are easily forged. The bill doubles fines for employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers to $5,000 for a first offense and up to $40,000 for subsequent offenses.

I also supported the bill because it improves border security by deploying increased personnel, requires enhanced technology to prevent and detect illegal entries, and makes it easier to deport those caught entering illegally.

Some critics complain that H.R. 4437 does not contain a guest worker program for new immigrants or legalization provisions for undocumented workers already here. I do not support a blanket legalization program that would treat every immigrant the same regardless of how long they've been here or what they've contributed to their communities. The status of someone who entered illegally last week should not be the same as someone who has been in the country for a decade, gainfully employed and paying taxes.

Nor do I support new guest worker programs that would lead to the importation of hundreds of thousands of additional foreign workers every year. That is the dream of corporate leaders and is a formula for job insecurity, union-busting, immigrant exploitation, and depressed wages and benefits for American workers and legal immigrants.

I question the feasibility of processing the millions of applications that would be created by massive new guest worker and legalization programs, and have serious concerns about the impact such programs will have on the four million immigrants waiting in line to legally enter the U.S.

While far from perfect, H.R. 4437 opened the door to further debate and possible legislation to deal with the important issue of immigration. As I have always done on the nearly 12,000 votes I've cast since being elected to Congress, I will carefully review all of the provisions of any conference compromise before casting my final vote.
DeFazio's commencement speech does not mention immigration, but it's a good speech though... I like the way he encourages people to get more active in politics... Also, he has some specific ideas about how we could get more funding for supporting higher education.
Portland State University Commencement Speech - June 17, 2006 - http://defazio.house.gov/061706PSU.shtml

Anyway, there's a lot of censorship on the issue of immigration... We need to keep on pushing this issue and supporting courageous politicians like Peter DeFazio... DeFazio has one of the best records out of all the Democrats in Congress on the issue of immigration.
http://grades.betterimmigration.com/vie ... &VIPID=677

The moderator at the DU did let me re-post without the vdare links... And it did stimulate some discussion... Here's the new post:
Immigration: Peter DeFazio - http://www.democraticunderground.com/di ... id=2683116