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A Hispanic cleric criticizes Romney's stance on illegals
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ıf we come to u.s. wıth no problem we stop beıng ın gangs and robbıng people please
open your borders to all mexıcans. very much pretty here. most of us are catholıcs but ıf you get rıd of borders we wıll be open to all relıgıons and even go on mıssıons ıf supported by mıssıonary funds. please gov romney no borders best polıcy.
They don't deserve to be able to drive or go to school in this country as long as they are here illegally. They shouldn't have any constitutional rights at all if they are here illeagally. I also believe that English should be the OFFICIAL language of the U.S. Illeagl immigrants DO NOT belong in this country. I know this country was founded by immigrants.
Reading between the lines, this cleric must receive a lot of contributions from illegal members of his flock. Perhaps he missed the biblical theology lectures about seeking filthy lucre or obeying civic laws (rendering unto Ceasar)?
I remember conversing with Tony Yapias a few years ago when he has the Hispanic affairs director about him not knowing the character of every illegal immigrant coming into the country, and how could he support them in such a blanket manner.
It's been about 5 years now and just in Utah we've had several children raped, dozens of people murdered or maimed and countless others robbed or otherwise affected by illegal aliens. It seems that every day there is another shooting or stabbing along the Wasatch front, usually tied to illegals/gangs.
Mr Romney is a breath of fresh air, do it the way it's suppose to be done and evryone wins, Go Mitt!
Someone take down the signs on 2nd East for the love of the nation and the law.
Bleh.
I want to know where all of these people live who think respect for laws is conditional because I want to back my truck up and just take whatever I want from their house and bank accounts because laws don't matter to them.
Please post all of your addresses and times you will be home so I can stop by and you can actually help load up the stuff I want!
I'm sick of the Hyphenated Americans. Either you are American or you aren't. Enforce the laws all the way around and Yes, that means with the employers for you whiners who think enforcement is a one-way street.
Deport them all. come here legally. fine/lockup the employers and government officials who turn a blind eye to this issue! Do it now!
To John: I like your analogy to the traffic ticket, because overstaying your visa is about the equivalent to driving 10 mph over the speed limit. So, let's (1) banish people to a foreign country--one where they haven't lived for years, where they have no family/friends/connections anymore--and (2) forbid them from re-entering the U.S. for 10 years. That sounds like proportional punishment to me. Like doing 10 years for a speeding ticket.
If you broke the law to come here your not welcome... GO HOME!
The days of Bush, Rove, and Lionel Sosa courting Latino voters is over and the 9% of the voters in the US who are Latino are now less important than the 65% of voters who think stronger enforcement is in order.
Get used to it because EVERY candidate for president (both parties) is going to have to take a stand on illegal aliens.
Those of you who think using the word 'illegal' is racist and xenophobic should come to AZ and take a look at what has happened. Maricopa County was once a nice place to live; now much of it looks like a third world slum because of the 'cheap labor' living there. How would you like it if you bought a house in a decent middle-class neighborhood and then had to watch that neighborhood decline rapidly because of a 'drop house?'
Jay, if you think the criminals should be kicked out, please realize that ILLEGAL aliens, by definition, are criminals.
Seal the borders and come here legally, learn the language, get a job and pay your taxes.
Nevertheless we urge everyone to learn at least enough Spanish to talk with them, be friendly, and persuade them to learn English.
Comprend�?
Okay now, you like the illegals from Mexico? Go to Mexico and see what their country is like. Then go to the illegals meetings here and here them talk about "reconquering" much of the U.S.
Sure, I guess I want my country to go to pot like Mexico has.
It is a disdain and disrespect borne of an inferior value system and also an enmity toward the United States.
This enmity falsely claims, for example, that several of the western United States (including California and Utah) actually belong to Mexico ("Aztlan"), and advocates an invasion and conquest of these states. This is why, at the massive demonstrations which took place last year in the streets of Salt Lake City, I myself witnessed shouts -- off news-media cameras, of course -- among the illegal Mexican trespassers and legal residents of Mexican extraction (who by and large have an utter disloyalty to this country), of "Viva la Reconquista!"
you have a society in serious decline.
May God have mercy on your far-right souls.
Why do you think your beloved President and governing officals are doing nothing about this?
Because they wouldn't be able to pull off what Fascist Germany pulled off and they know it.
But if you want to whine about it and it temporarily takes your mind off the time when your power was stripped from you as a child - good!
This hispanic leader is selective in what he wants to hear and how he wants to interpret it. If I were to go to Mexico by sneaking across the border I would be in jail, period, no talk about legality or wanting to do something to better myself.
Duplicity is his message. If a hispanic voter, who is here legally, is going to vote against someone because they are talking about enforcing our borders and sending illegals back to their native country, then they are not informed and intelligent voters. They are voting based on race, pure and simple.
Easy target, uh?
I think those favoring sanctuary for only Mexicans and not including the rest of Latin America and a few hundred million Indians, and not so few hundred million Chinese and every Sudanese living south of Kosti are a bunch of racist, anti-Christian, uncompassionate individuals. Also, we should keep our promise to those 25 million Filipinos (of the 80 million total) who are still holding out hope that they will become the 51st state. Truly we should open our borders to the whole world where people are oppressed and live in poverty. We can accomplish this by merely sending several tens of thousands of Queen Marys to provide transportation for them. Let's put this plan in place ASAP. Write to Senator Kennedy and get him started on it in the next session of Congress. Or instead of spending $1200 on Christmas this year, send $1200 to Save the Children, Doctors without Borders or some other international relief agency.
Why should Hispanic US Resident's worrie? ICE is not after them. ICE is after the Illegals. God Bless the USA and ICE.
I have a plan.
1. Pull the military home from all foreign countries and waters.
2. Stage our troops and naval forces in our home ports and bases and prepare for a major offensive close to home. Place a carrier group off San Diego and one in the Gulf of Mexico.
3. Pres Bush sends Pres Calderon an ultimatum with a diplomatic contingent demanding that the Mexican Government and the Mexican people surrender to the United States.
4. All of the Mexican Federal Police are fired and replaced by US MP's until new "clean" police can be trained and hired.
5. Launch investigations and hold trials for those of the previous governement (including federal policemen) who broke Mexican law.
In one day the United States could have access to all of Mexico's natural resources and the "illegal" question goes away.
And who would stand in our way? Cuba?
Then Canada would be next...
To say that the United States doesn't have the right to determine who enters and who can say is like telling the homeowner that he can't stop anyone he wishes from entering his home, or he can't ask visitors to leave. Nations have that same right. The United States presently has about twenty million party crashers that need to leave.
I see what you mean by Spanish Conjugation. There is no possible way to conjugate the verb comprender and come up with comprend�.
Next time, try leaving off the accent and it would make more sense.
To the other Lee - I'm sorry that the invasion of millions of Hispanic illegals is making people question your status. If the legal Hispanic community would be more vocal about their opposition to illegal immigraion, instead of turning it into some sort of racial/civil rights cause, it would help.
Unfortunately, many legal Hispanics have close or distant relatives who are illegal, and tend to want to support them.
All we could ask for is for the Attorney General to show as much enthusiasm for going after illegals, as he has shown towards prosecuting polygamists.
Instead he gets up in front of a group of illegals and tells them he can't arrest them and then jumps around shouting "s�, se puede" multiple times. In an inteview with Mundo Hispano, he indicated that he feels more aligned with the culture of Mexico than the United States.
We should show some mercy and MAKE LAWS and RULES
that are FAIR to all of God's children.
Remember: Red and Yellow, Black and White and Brown,
THEY ARE ALL PRECIOUS IN HIS SIGHT!! Jesus Loves them ALL. Young and Old!!
My ancestors came here from Scandinavian Countries. They got meager jobs AND they all learned English. When they learned English they found better paying jobs. It took less than 6 months to learn English because they wanted to be citizens of the USA. English was spoken in their homes. Their children learned English as a first language and the Scandinavian languages second. They wanted a NEW life. If the �Mexican-Americans� would become legal citizens of the USA and not attempt to take back Northern Mexico, I am sure they would be as welcome as my ancestors. I don�t see Canada allowing USA citizens across their border so they can have free heath care. They have a VERY high tax base in Canada to provide �free� medical care. I pay taxes here and so should all the workers. I pay for medical care with my wages. If I don�t have enough money, I go without or I WORK harder and longer.
I Think that Mitt Romney is a highly intelligent man and he would do very well as President of the USA.
Good luck Mr Romney. Our country needs you.
Side NoteTo: The Real Lee @9:35a
The children of polygamists are not doing anything illegal. Their parents are citizens and if they break the law we have the ability to send them to a correctional facility.
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