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03-01-2011, 12:54 PM #1
Latino/Latina Advocacy Day In Colorado
Latino/Latina Advocacy Day In Colorado
By Alicia Acuña
Published March 01, 2011
Hundreds of Hispanics rallied at the Colorado capitol urging lawmakers to address their issues.
Hundreds of young men and women marched to Colorado's capitol building on Monday for Latina/Latino Advocacy Day. This is the fifth annual rally and lobbying effort by a number of activist groups in which Latino voters spend a day learning and discussing hot-button issues with lawmakers.
The rally began with a short march up the hill of the Capitol, as a large group carried signs and chanted: "Today we march, tomorrow we vote."
Maria Teresa Kumar, executive director for Washington D.C.-based Voto Latino, addressed the crowd.
"Colorado, your organizing has effectively created a firewall saying, 'We are not Arizona. We are Latinos, but we are Americans first and not in our backyard are we going to pass legislation that defunds us, that dehumanizes us and fundamentally does not recognize us as citizens,'" Kumar said to a roaring crowd.
Colorado's State Assembly has a number of hefty measures on its plate, including a Republican proposal to place more restrictions on illegal immigrants.
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"I always call Colorado a microcosm for what's happening in the rest of the country," Kumar told Fox News. "There's been a growth in the Latino population in Colorado, there's been growth throughout different states, but Colorado is more of a moderate independent state ...however legislators treat them, they're the ones that are going to be benefiting from the Latino vote at the end of the day."
In the Rocky Mountain State, Census data show that as the population here is becoming more diverse, the primary group that identifies themselves as Hispanic grew from 17 to 21 percent. And with that data, Colorado legislators are now beginning the task of re-drawing electoral district lines.
"Latinos very much look forward to being part of the discussion around redistricting," Julie Gonzáles, Director of Organizing for the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, or CIRC, tells Fox News. "This is not an issue of parties, this is not an issue of playing one side up against another. This is about making sure that all Coloradans have a voice in these efforts and that our state's maps get drawn in a way that make sure our Latino community voice is heard."
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03-01-2011, 01:13 PM #2
again latino this latino that! Why on earth are latinos so special, do we see 50 million to 60 million Americans of german descent make such a big deal of their german heritage?
what is going on America, who is trying to ethnically cleanse America?
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03-01-2011, 01:19 PM #3
is some latinos are here illegally THEY DO NOT HAVE A VOICE LIKE CITIZENS no matter how vocal and ethnically insane some get!
enough!
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03-01-2011, 04:19 PM #4
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If the latino community wants respect and recognition then they need to earn it. Stop supporting illegals from entering the country, stop supporting them when they are here, and start to stand behind law enforcement and help them do the job of removing illegals. If the latino community did that they would be elevated as a community who does uphold the laws of the land, does respect AMERICA and wants this nation to be great again and not a part of mexico. If you want to be mexican then go back to mexico, if you want to be AMERICAN then come here legally and become a citizen.
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03-01-2011, 04:42 PM #5
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Why are these latinos so special?
I am seeing the making of a perfect Kosovo in our not to distant future
I for one , Am sick to death of seeing them treated special
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03-01-2011, 04:52 PM #6Originally Posted by JustthefactsSupport our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & Amnesty by joining our E-mail Alerts at http://eepurl.com/cktGTn
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03-01-2011, 07:43 PM #7
"Colorado, your organizing has effectively created a firewall saying, 'We are not Arizona. We are Latinos, but we are Americans first and not in our backyard are we going to pass legislation that defunds us, that dehumanizes us and fundamentally does not recognize us as citizens,'" Kumar said to a roaring crowd".
They are Americans first? You could have fooled me. What legislation anywhere dehumanizes Latino citizens? Who isn't recognizing Latino citizens as being citizens? What does Arizona have to do with this? I don't know of any legislation there that does any of this either. Are they blurring the lines between Latino citizens and their illegal counterparts? Me thinks so!
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03-01-2011, 08:23 PM #8
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latino citizens?
I prefer being an AMERICAN CITIZEN
Screw them and their latino garbage
Get with the program or get out
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03-01-2011, 08:28 PM #9
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03-01-2011, 08:43 PM #10Originally Posted by Justthefacts
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