Tuesday
Feb162010
Conservatives Ready To Open The Door To Latinos, Says Former Bush Official
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 3:44PM
By Sofia Sanchez - University of New Mexico/Talk Radio News Service
American Principles Project (APP) Senior Fellow Alfonso Aguilar, the former Chief of the U.S. Office of Citizenship under George W. Bush, announced a new initiative from his organization to reach for the Latino vote and promote for immigration reform.
“This initiative sets to promote conservative values and ideals among the hispanic community, but also to integrate Latinos into fuller participation in the broader conservative movement,” said Aguilar Tuesday.
According to a statement released by APP, the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles dual mission is to first acquire greater Latino support for conservative causes and candidates, and to encourage the conservative movement to support polices that are welcoming of immigrants.
“The conservative movement has to open itself up to Latinos, and that means that they have to understand the values and aspirations and see that they are very similar to the values and aspirations of regular Americans,” said Aguilar. “Immigration is that issue that prevents the conservative movement from gaining sizable support from the Latino community.”
The APP also announced it’s readiness to champion comprehensive immigration reform and invest resources to support pro-immigration candidates within the conservative movement.
American Principles Project (APP) Senior Fellow Alfonso Aguilar, the former Chief of the U.S. Office of Citizenship under George W. Bush, announced a new initiative from his organization to reach for the Latino vote and promote for immigration reform.
“This initiative sets to promote conservative values and ideals among the hispanic community, but also to integrate Latinos into fuller participation in the broader conservative movement,” said Aguilar Tuesday.
According to a statement released by APP, the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles dual mission is to first acquire greater Latino support for conservative causes and candidates, and to encourage the conservative movement to support polices that are welcoming of immigrants.
“The conservative movement has to open itself up to Latinos, and that means that they have to understand the values and aspirations and see that they are very similar to the values and aspirations of regular Americans,” said Aguilar. “Immigration is that issue that prevents the conservative movement from gaining sizable support from the Latino community.”
The APP also announced it’s readiness to champion comprehensive immigration reform and invest resources to support pro-immigration candidates within the conservative movement.
Reader Comments (3)
Every patriotic American and legal resident can accomplish something to halt or recede the illegal immigration occupiers of our nation, which includes contacing ICE. We all know the astronomical costs in hospital treatment, education, prison and unrevealed government entitlement. Americans must stand together and demand all immigration laws be rigidly enforced. Our own impoverished, hopeless people remain in terrible poverty, will our politicians have been heavily influenced by open border lobbyists. We need a in-perpetuity E-Verify verification program to differentiate from illegal and illegal workers for each state internal use.Every worker who has been employed for 30 years or just hired--MUST--be identified in every company. In addition the 287 (g) federal program that has not been established by every state, county or city police department.
This program also-MUST--be established and paid for by the government to train local police to apprehend illegal foreign nationals. Including in the SAVE ACT law, is the rescinded NO-MATCH-LETTER, that identifies discrepancies in cross-references a possible bogus name that doesn't correspond with a Social Security number. The No Match letter must be resurrected, including Homeland Security Secretary Napolitiano who has compromised under handily slowed ICE audits and raids on businesses using illegal aliens. Our government has even been reckless in underfunding the Southern border fence, that as stated in The Secure Fence Act (Pub.L. 109-367) was enacted October 26, 2006 was meant to be constructed in as a two tier fence. Each one of these laws have been silently either underfunded or secretly smothered, so it became weak in enforcement.
Then how can Pelosi tell us, that our fence is secure, when Arizona-Tucson sector border officers explain that "Out of ten (10) illegal immigrants, only one (10 is caught." I think anybody who believes our country has just 12 million illegal people, will believe just about anything Washington reports. Could they be giving this number, as they hiding the truth as they are readying to his us with this non-nonsensical AMNESTY? Not only will it have millions streaming across the Canadian and Southern border, before the act is signed? While millions more will try and slip through the enforcement net, for a future AMNESTY. Were you aware that Bush set up a Social Security totalization treaty with Mexico, with loopholes so illegal aliens could access billions of dollars? Are you also aware that massive numbers of tourists and students have for decades were never expected to leave our shores.
Learn more at NUMBERSUSA & JUDICIAL WATCH for the truth. Incidentally--THOSE WHO ENTERED--LEGALLY THROUGH ELLIS ISLAND DEMANDED NOTHING! TODAY, ALTHOUGH ILLEGAL THEY ARE COMING HERE WITH A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE, DEMANDING RIGHTS THEY DON'T HAVE.
What excuse do politicians have to sell American jobs overseas, while importing discount labor. Enact amendment to the 1986 Simpson-Mazzoli bill, don't use propaganda to say the laws were broken--when never enforced. Tell your Washington and state Senators and Representatives what--YOU--want, and not--CONSPIRE--with the special interest lobbyists? Here's the Capitol Switchboard number 202-224-3121 ONE LANGUAGE, ONE FLAG AND DEPORT--ALL--ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. IT CAN BE DONE WITH THE NEW GENERATION OF E-VERIFY.
This proposal from Alfonso Aguilar and Grover Norquist is flawed in so many respects it's hard to know where to begin.
First, "comprehensive immigration reform" is code langauge for mass amnesty for illegal aliens, and is opposed by the vast majority of all voters -- not just Republicans. For example, Rasmussen polling shows that 70% support border enforcement and not legalization/amnesty.
Second, per the Heritage Foundation "comprehensive immigration reform" would impose a net burden of at least $2.6 TRILLION on American taxpayers (what the 2007 amnesty bill would have cost).
Third, exit polling from the 2008 election showed that immigration matters rank low on the list of Hispanic concerns.
Comprehensive immigration reform amnesty is bad public policy and even worse politics.
NO FORM OF ANY AMNESTY -- ENFORCE EXISTING LAWS
One more thing: as the supposed "one-time only" 1986 IRCA "comprehensive reform" amnesty proved, amnesties do not work and only lead to more illegal immigration.
It's time to finally and consistently enforce our existing immigration laws, as was promised 24 years ago.