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Wed Sep 09, 2009 at 21:31:21 PM EST
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It is sad that most of our social networks and media blitzes are about how disrespectful Joe Wilson was rather than how centrist and inappropriate Barack Obama is with his assertion that all human beings don't deserve equal access to health care. He has to repeat himself while using the hateful discourse of 'illegal.' That's just low. I wish Joe Wilson was right and Obama was lying about the fact that undocumented immigrants would not be covered. But Obama is a liar. Just not in the way that Joe Wilson meant it. Once upon a time, he used to be a proponent of single-payer health care -- "Everybody in, nobody out." And now that seems to be out the window. Sorry 'illegals' and everyone else who can't provide proper documentation. And this list also includes citizens: I am effectively an "illegal immigrant," since I do not have gov't papers. Yes, this is because I am trans and a woman. (via @)
I am also who Obama called an 'illegal' today. But my family is here legally. Denying me access to health care, would put my health care needs squarely on their shoulders. How is that any change from the status quo? All this makes me think that if the President had pursued immigration reform before health care, we probably wouldn't be seeing this hateful fear-mongering heckling. Yet, President Obama has continued to pursue the same failed immigration enforcement policies of the Bush-era like 287g that is ripping apart communities of color. Anything less than single-payer universal health care is a dismal failure when it comes to providing everyone with equal access to health care. Anything without a public option is not close to tolerable. I wish people were as outraged at Obama's centrist and hateful otherization of human beings as they are at Joe Wilson being an idiot.
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Tue Apr 28, 2009 at 22:30:02 PM EST
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(...because enough can't be said for the hogwash coming out of the Blame Immigrants First crowd - promoted by Manuel)
It didn't take long for the bright lights of the conservative revolution to connect swine flu to undocumented immigrants. One problem with these theories (and some of them are nuttier even than I would have thought): most undocumented migrants are trapped in the U.S. and have been for some time. They know they can leave, but if they do, most won't be able to come back. So they stay put. Fewer people are coming to the U.S. now because there are fewer jobs available in this recession. The people Beck, Dobbs, and Savage need to take a closer look at are students on Spring Break, the frequent-flying business crowd, or vacationing pensioners. These are the people crossing the border now, when swine flu is being spread. Or these pundits could support immigration reform that would enable the government to better keep track of the migrants already here and those entering in the future. They could encourage President Obama to work closely with the government of Mexico to contain the spread of the flu and protect the citizens of both countries. They could acknowledge the reliance of the global economy on the movement of goods, ideas, and people. But conspiracy theories make for better ratings in crazybaseland than clear-headed policy, and undocumented migrants are easier targets than jet-setting business travelers or college students. Also. Cross posted at change.org.
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Tue Apr 28, 2009 at 14:20:14 PM EST
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By The Sanctuary Founding Editors:
 The moment that the news of the "Swine Flu" or "North American Influenza" hit the wires, it was easy to predict what the anti-immigrant faction would have to say about it. People like Michael Savage, Neil Boortz, Michelle Malkin, Glenn Beck, Pat Buchanan, and groups like CIS, FAIR, and NumbersUSA are so locked into their views that their voices are unnecessary in a dialogue that actually preferences truth-which by nature requires flexibility and bravery. The stances of those who most vocally oppose immigration today are so predictable that one could paint a face on a septic-tainted soccer ball and paste up word balloons and rest well, knowing that The Nativist Lobby point of view on any immigration-related topic will end in "deport them all" and "seal the borders" if not "round them up" and other tired ideas. And nobody reading now needs a reminder of how throughout time, both Latin America as well as all immigrants have been slurred and painted with the brush of disease by those resistant to changing demographics.
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Sat Apr 18, 2009 at 19:17:35 PM EST
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Former Congressperson, Tom Tancredo, was not allowed to speak at a recent event in University of North Carolina hosted by the Youth for Western Civilization [Read: Youth Against Multiculturalism and Diversity].
Protestors shutdown the event through their non-violent chanting. Someone threw a brick through a window. And just for that, all hell broke lose or so the media spins. Our resident anti-immigrant demagogue William Gheen was quick to compare it to the persecution of Jews.
That's really a case of the pot calling the kettle black given that his organization--ALIPAC--has ties to right wing hate groups according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Setback for free speech? Boo-hoo. Get over it.
At least Tancredo and his cronies do not have to worry about being invaded and detained by ICE whenever they practice their hate free speech.
This is also the same Tom Tancredo that asked ICE to arrest and detain college immigration advocates when they were testifying for the DREAM Act in 2007. Apparently, ‘free speech’ is only convenient when the speech in question is in agreement to one’s own sentiments and belief systems.
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Sat Dec 27, 2008 at 23:28:41 PM EST
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Fitting that Professor Samuel P. Huntington should die as a mixed race African-American man readies to become president of the country that Huntington claimed for himself and "his kind." And, although Barack Obama, graduated from Harvard Law School, I am sure that Prof. Huntington of Harvard University, never made the acquaintance of the young Obama.
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Sat Dec 27, 2008 at 15:09:21 PM EST
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There is much that is odious in Samuel Huntington but the worst is a relentless racism that is targeted at almost anyone who is “non-Western” and includes Muslims, Chinese, Africans and most pointedly Hispanics. Huntington reserves a great deal of his vituperation against Latinos. His disdain for Hispanic culture is almost pathological but then again so are his positions on other issues. Huntington, for example, provided the theoretical basis for carpet-bombing Vietnam – it will urbanize the peasants who support the Viet Cong. As well he promoted the idea that the best kind of government for developing countries was the monolithic authoritarian single party state exemplified in the pitiful Mexican dictatorship that was the PRI’s 90 year rule. Not one to fade away, Huntington provided much of the neo-con garbage that justified the West’s war with Islam. But his most lasting contribution will be a specious defense of anti-Hispanic Nativism.
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Sat Nov 01, 2008 at 11:10:37 AM EST
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Originally posted on Citizen Orange.
Two days ago, on October 30, the London Times reported that Barack Obama's Kenyan aunt, Zeituni Onyango, was living in public housing in Boston. This Saturday morning, the Associated Press reported that Onyango is an unauthorized migrant.
Nativist bloggers are already foaming at the mouth. Michelle Malkin has highlighted a typical nativist comment, capital letters and all:
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Fri Sep 26, 2008 at 13:29:47 PM EST
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If you haven't seen it yet, go check out Nezua's documentary of the DNC. It exemplifies why we more need more latin@ bloggers producing good work at events like this.
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Mon Sep 15, 2008 at 06:44:23 AM EST
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Originally posted on Citizen Orange.
I've been following the happenings in Prince William County for sometime now through the work of the documentary film-makers Annabel Park and Eric Byler at 9500Liberty and through the pro-migrant blog Anti-BVBL, run by Alanna Almeda.
Anyone that's interested in pro-migrant blogging or in new media should be following the goings on in Prince William County, where new media has intensified the debate about U.S. migration policy at the local level.
For a some time it seemed as if the nativist movement, lead by Greg Letiecq through his blog Black Velvet Bruce Li, and his extremist Help Save Manassas, had the upper hand. But there's has been backlash. The good and decent people of Prince William County are standing up to Letiecq's hate.
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Fri Sep 05, 2008 at 18:32:12 PM EST
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This was originally posted on Citizen Orange.
I've come to expect figures like William Gheen of ALIPAC to completely strip an entire subset of people from their humanity with their words. It becomes grating to my ears when an elected official does so. Even more so when they dehumanize the very people they were elected to represent.
Watch the video above to see Republican incumbent Virgil Goode (VA-5th District) debate Democrat challenger Tom Perriello on the "anchor baby situation". I've transcribed a great deal of the video below.
There is so much wrong with what Goode says, but I'm going to try and cut to the heart of it.
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Mon Aug 25, 2008 at 12:47:21 PM EST
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Nativists beware! At this moment, migrant bloggers from across the nation are invading the Democrat National Convention in Denver, Colorado.
They bring crime and disease with them. Thinking freely is their crime, and they are spreading the infectious diseases of truth and justice. These migrants are taking jobs and traffic away from other bloggers. They are parasites taking advantage of free services like wireless internet connections. They should all be locked up in Denver's, "Gitmo on the Platte" and deported back to their home states.
Oh man, I could keep this parody of nativist speak going, but it wouldn't do justice to what my esteemed blogmigos are in the midst of accomplishing.
Liza Sabater, of Culture Kitchen, has been able to put a remarkable team of bloggers together to cover the DNC through her connections with Kenneth Cole's Awearness Blog. Kai Chang of Zuky and Nezua of The Unapologetic Mexican are part of the team. Maegan La Mala of Vivir Latino, and Kety Esquivel of Cross Left, will also be making apperances.
I would be remiss if I didn't mentioned that my esteemeed and respected friend, XP of Para Justicia Y Libertad, was able to find his way to Denver through his connections with Scholars and Rogues.
If these names seem familiar to you, look no further than The Sanctuary's Who We Are page to refresh your memory. The Sanctuarysphere has invaded the Democrat National Convention.
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Sat Aug 02, 2008 at 21:59:53 PM EST
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The Nativist ideologue, Peter Brimelow, insists that he is not a racist but rather is merely looking to engage this nation in a dialogue as to its direction. The issue, he argues, is whether the complexion of this country, both figuratively and literally, should be changed by the growth of non-whites who are not Anglo-Saxon Protestants? The terms of this "debate," as well as the persons entitled to debate this issue, per Brimelow and his nativist bretheren, are highly instructive as to the nativist mindset and more particularly as to Brimelow's true purpose. We are to assume that this is simply a dry policy issue, not unlike farm support subsidies. Why, so the unstated refrain goes, do liberals get so enraged over the mere invitation to such a debate? Instead of engaging us, so the narrative proceeds, does the immigrant lobby attack us as racists, xenophobes or extremist right-wingers? All we want, so Brimelow would conclude, is a fair and open debate -- no holds barred.
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Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 07:07:10 AM EST
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The AP carried this article over the weekend about what appears to be the racially-motivated killing of a Latino migrant by a group of teenagers in rural Pennsylvania:
MICHAEL RUBINKAM —
SHENANDOAH, Pa. (AP) — Luis Ramirez came to the U.S. from Mexico six years ago to look for work, landing in this town in Pennsylvania's coal region. Here, he found steady employment, fathered two children and, his fiancee said, occasionally endured harassment by white residents. Now he is headed back to Mexico in a coffin. The 25-year-old illegal immigrant was beaten over the weekend after an argument with a group of youths, including at least some players on the town's beloved high school football team, police said. Despite witness reports that the attackers yelled ethnic slurs, authorities say the beating wasn't racially motivated.
[Continued over at the DMI blog.]
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Sun Jul 13, 2008 at 18:04:11 PM EST
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Cross-posted at Citizen Orange.
I'm here in San Diego where Barack Obama just spoke at the annual National Council of La Raza (NCLR) conference. NCLR flew out me here and provided with me accommodations at the luxurious San Diego Marriot Hotel & Marina. I was given the opportunity after I helped publicize NCLR's latest We Can Stop the Hate video using Digg and StumbleUpon, among other new media tools. I didn't do it to advance myself in an particular way. I just thought the video provided the most succinct description of the link between leading "anti-illegal immigration" groups and white supremacy. I wanted as many people to see it as possible.
In fact, when NCLR invited me here, I did everything I could to get them to bring one of my blogmig@s along with me, or in my stead. I identify as white and there should be a latin@ blogger here covering this conference. I hear Todd Beeton of MyDD, and Lucas O'Connor of Calitics are here liveblogging Obama's speech, as well. They probably weren't hand picked by NCLR like I was, but if you don't see a problem with three white male bloggers covering a National Council of La Raza conference, I'll leave that for a post that I'll write when all of this is done. For now, we'll get back to Obama's appearance here.
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Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 15:28:42 PM EST
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Originally posted on Citizen Orange.
 "I think Obama would be a disaster, and there's a lot of
reasons," said [Leroy]
Pollard, explaining the rumors he had heard about the candidate from
friends he goes camping with. "I understand he's from Africa, and that
the first thing he's going to do if he gets into office is bring his
family over here, illegally. He's got that racist [pastor] who
practically raised him, and then there's the Muslim thing. He's just
not presidential material, if you ask me."
Welcome to the Intolerant States of America. Liberal elitists will
read the words of Leroy Pollard, a resident of Flag City,
U.S.A.,
and feign disgust. This arrogance betrays the truth that we are all
part of Leroy Pollard, and Leroy Pollard is part of us. The first
person I ran into who believed the myths about Barack Obama was not a
resident of a small town like Flag City, U.S.A., but a wealthy
investment banker, and the parent of a Harvard graduate.
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 13:34:00 PM EST
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As if we needed more evidence that John Tanton, founder of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and NumbersUSA, is a racist extremist, Peter Brimelow has put together an anthology of his favorite racist writers for the latest issue of Tanton's magazine The Social Contract. Eristic Ragemail has previously pointed out that the so-called grass-roots anti-immigrant organizations are in actuality a creature of a select cabal of extremist nutwings. If anybody had any doubt about Tanton's racist proclivities, this should put them to rest. (Peter Brimelow makes no bones of his racism, defending it as a bulwark against "political correctness.") John Tanton, founder of the Federation for American Immigration Reform and a dozen other nativist organizations, still proclaims agnosticism on the inferiority of non-whites, despite statements clearly belying such racism. The whole of the latest issue of The Social Contract exclusively features writings from the extremist website VDare with the unbowed racist, Steve Sailer featured prominently. Take this gem from a recent Sailer article, (one of a racist multitude) "there's a much simpler explanation for why white kids spend no more time on their homework than black and Hispanic kids, yet score vastly higher on achievement tests: because they are, ... smarter." Next time the media runs a quote from FAIR or NumbersUSA, invite them to peruse this issue of John Tanton's publication: The The Social Contract loves VDare and its stable of racists.
P.S. All this racist crap is paid for by you, the taxpayer. VDare is a so-called "non-profit" corporation.
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Mon Jun 23, 2008 at 21:30:44 PM EST
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The Federation for American Immigration Reform ('"FAIR") received a good deal of negative publicity after it was disclosed that it had received most of its start-up money from nonprofit Pioneer Fund foundation. The Pioneer Fund has a long history of promoting eugenics and giving funding to researchers who champion white supremacist causes. As well, the Pioneer Fund has provided money to a variety of anti-immigrant causes. The Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League have both condemned FAIR and the Pioneer Fund as promoting racist hate views. Most critically for the present discussion is the role of eugenics and immigration
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