Thread: MATT.org Applauds Appointment of Cecilia Muñoz

Dear friends

President-elect Barack Obama's cabinet and White House staff is filling fast, and the appointments are generating attention for their swiftness, diversity, and their implications. MATT.org applauds the appointment of Cecilia Muñoz as Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, which will be of particular interest to supporters of sensible immigration solutions.

Whether working for sensible immigration policies or testifying before Congress, Cecilia Muñoz has been a strong, prominent voice on behalf of Hispanic American rights. Described by colleagues as "a ferocious advocate", Muñoz has served as vice president for the Office of Research, Advocacy and Legislation at the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), overseeing all legislative activities that cover key issues for Hispanic Americans.

Born in 1962 in Detroit, Michigan, her parents came to the U.S. from La Paz, Bolivia so that her father, an automotive engineer, could go to the University of Michigan. She holds bachelors degrees in English and Latin Studies from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. As a graduate student, she attended the University of California-Berkeley to complete a Masters in Latin American Studies. Muñoz moved from California to Chicago to work for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago as head of the Legalization Outreach Program for Catholic Charities. After the 1986 enactment by President Ronald Reagan of the Immigration Reform and Control Act—a program that allowed undocumented immigrants who met certain criteria (such as having lived continuously in the United States) to become legal U.S. residents—Muñoz helped more than five thousand immigrants obtain legal citizenship in the United States.

Most recently, Muñoz has served as the Vice President of the Office of Research, Advocacy, and Legislation at the National Council of La Raza, where she works as an advocate against discrimination, inhumane welfare reform for immigrants, and inhumane immigration policy. Muñoz is an immigration policy expert who has been at the center of the immigration reform debate, helping to craft President-Elect Obama's platform on immigration. She will be a critical ally in the Administration because of her expertise on the immigration issue, her role as Assistant to the President, and as the official responsible for interacting with state and local elected officials and garnering their support for the Administration's initiatives, including immigration reform.

Muñoz brings insight into the immigration debate that includes the cultural, personal, legal, and political aspects of the complex issue. Muñoz has spoken against anti-immigration groups, theorizing that they "try to find out what people in a certain area are concerned about and then try to link those concerns to immigration." In California, she said, immigrants became scapegoats for the troubled economy; in Arizona, rapid growth was their fault. Muñoz believes these unfair attacks often stem from people worrying "about Latinos being culturally different."

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Compiled from the following sources:
www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/chh ... noz_c.htm#
Notable Hispanic American Women, Gale, 1999; Biography Resource Center, Gale, 2000.

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This woman is going to be a nightmare....but her job will not be easy, is we have anything to do with it.

What is so wrong about this appointment is her mind is closed...she has made up her mind she knows what we all feel and think and she thinks she knows what is right and what is wrong....and in her eyes there isno doubt we are wrong!

This was probabaly Obama's biggest mistake....she is going to have to fight with the local politiciams who hear alot from their constituents., who don't feel the way this woman does!

She fights for "Hispanic Rights" but lumps Legal Law abiding Hispanics up With Lawbreaking Illegal Aliens! Pretty Stupid!!!!

the appointment of Cecilia Muñoz as Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, which will be of particular interest to supporters of sensible immigration solutions.

We already have sensible immigratin solutions: it is called following the immigration laws currently on the books.

Tranquil, as she would say! She will not last as she will be mired in socio ethno centric politics and people will have their fill of this identity politics nonsense and she will ultimatly resign. 1 year in the job?
Leopards don't shed their spots. Do they?

Originally Posted by vortex

the appointment of Cecilia Muñoz as Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, which will be of particular interest to supporters of sensible immigration solutions.

We already have sensible immigratin solutions: it is called following the immigration laws currently on the books.

Unfortunately, that's not a viable option for people like Munoz because enforcing our immigration laws would actually work! Any solution which would keep her beloved illegal invaders out, without the prize of amnesty is not an option for those like her!

This is why they oppose E-Verify, ICE raids, a border fence, or any other number of tools which would effectively deal with illegal immigration!

If it works, they oppose it!

I just had a horrendous thought. What if Munoz has the same speech style as LaRaza's Janet Murguia, whose appearances on Lou Dobbs (which have now ceased) were nothing but machine-gun blather where Lou could not get a question in?

These people are convinced they are on the same footing as African Americans in the 1960's civil rights movement. There is a Big Difference, however; It's called "VOLITION." The blacks had no choice. Illegal aliens, OTOH, have assumed a RISK; nobody said their employment here was approved by any government: federal, state or local. It's all clandestine no matter what label you put on it. The game is over; pack your bags and leave.