Well then i guess this might get interesting after their children begin to vote.

from:  feetin2worlds

Despite the U.S. Latino population’s diversity and widespread presence, certain Hispanic groups have traditionally been associated with specific U.S cities - Mexicans in L.A. and Chicago, Cubans in Miami, Puerto Ricans in New York.

But New York’s Hispanic face is rapidly changing. By 2024, a new study says, New York’s largest Hispanic group will be Mexicans, with Dominicans in second place. [feetin2worlds]

Tom Bevan and John McIntyre, RealClearPolitics.com - Read Full Post at bush-talks-republicans-latinos-and-illegal-immigration

We also asked the President how big of a problem the illegal immigration debate poses for the Republican Party, particularly in light of the election results in Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Florida.

“If you’re labeled ‘anti’-people as a party, you will lose votes,” the President said flatly. “Parties have got to be positive. Parties have got to be hopeful places. And the immigration debate in certain states caused us to be labeled ‘anti.’”

The President suggested that Republicans were failing to reach a threshold of trust with Latino voters that allowed the party’s message to resonate fully. “Caring about people is an integral part of getting people to believe in you. A guy says, ‘they don’t care about me, they don’t respect my heritage’ - you can’t get their vote no matter what your philosophy is,” the President said.

By MARVIN D. NATHAN and MARTIN B. COMINSKY

The Houston Chronicle made some important discoveries with its recent series by Susan Carroll on the failure of law enforcement officials to deport or keep in jail illegal immigrants who commit crimes.

Certainly the Chronicle’s investigation pointed out shortcomings in our legal and immigration systems that need to be fixed. The release of any criminal who goes on to commit more crimes, whether he or she is in this country legally or not, can be called a miscarriage of justice.

What concerns us at the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is despite Carroll’s attempts to reach readers with the results of research that “found that recent immigrants are far less likely than their U.S.-born counterparts to commit crimes and end up in prison,” anti-immigrant bigots seized on parts of her series to insult, stereotype, and even advocate violence against immigrants and others they perceived to be immigrants, especially Hispanics.

Here are some examples of the comments from Chronicle blogs:

• “This is a no-brainer to me. Start with the jails and get all those people deported, then construction companies, garbage companies, landscape companies, restaurants and must I go on?”
• “All of our grandchildren’s children are going to live in a third world country.”
• “We the taxpayers are footing the bill for these society leeches.The people from Katrina were bad enough. Our crime rate is still high.”
• “I got a great idea — just shoot them on the spot if they commit a serious crime in Texas.”
These comments should offend all of us, and must be challenged. One only need look at the Holocaust to see the results of relentless, pervasive bigotry. The Nazis began their campaign with words and pictures against Jews, Slavs, political dissidents, Gypsies, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals and the mentally.

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By Gerry Storm read more: from [BP]
Quote” The fact is the “Immigration Debate” is essentially a question of great human magnitude concerning the living conditions in Mexico. It is fueled by the promise of improvements in these conditions by migrating northward. If there was equal promise in both countries there would be no need to immigrate and thus no immigration problems at the border.” -

This sadistic murder happened only a few miles south of Farmingville, Long Island’s Ground Zero for anti-immigration xenophobes. It was the scene of the highly publicized near-death beating of two Mexican day-laborers, in 2001. It is also the town where, in 2003, the home of a Latino family was burnt down while they were sleeping.

Some people are asking where this hatred is coming from. Well, let’s start here: Long Island is America’s most segregated suburb. Its clear there’s a culture of exclusion cultivated by skin-color bigotry, here. - read more

when you cant talk about Immigration without insulting someone , that really shows your character and your real intentions.  Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell Is a Racist Pig? More…

EU immigration rules are barbaric

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accused Europe on Tuesday of taking a page from Washington by adopting a barbaric immigration policy, in stark contrast to moves by South American nations to enable passport-free travel across most of the continent.

New European Union rules on expelling [illegal immigrants] amount to a virtual “wall in the Atlantic,” Chavez said at a summit of the Mercosur trade bloc, which passed a resolution condemning the EU measure. More…

Because terrorism is not that important anymore as looking for hardworking immigrant settlers.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered the single-family, two-story home in the 10000 block of South Normandie Avenue about 6:30 a.m. and found the Central and South American immigrants crowded into the house, with trash and rotting food piled 2 to 3 feet high in each room, agency spokeswoman Virginia Kice said. The immigrants told agents that they had been staying there since Friday.[latino-talk.com]

Isaac R. Baichu, an adjudicator for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services in Garden City [Immigration Agent], has been charged with coercing oral sex from a 22-year-old Colombian immigrant in exchange for a green card. The woman recorded their entire exchange on her cell phone:

“I want sex,” he said on the recording. “One or two times. That’s all. You get your green card. You won’t have to see me anymore.”

The agent arrested last week, Isaac Baichu, 46, himself an immigrant from Guyana, handled some 8,000 green card applications during his three years as an adjudicator in the Garden City, New York, office of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

He pleaded not guilty to felony and misdemeanor charges of coercing the young woman to perform oral sex, and of promising to help her secure immigration papers in exchange for further sexual favors. If convicted, he will face up to seven years in prison.