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Latino Crusader
SoothSeeker has agreed with a column or two by this champion of Hispanic
immigrants. But he has gone overboard supporting some of his less moderate
views.
- Denver Post 8/10/03: [In Arizona], a posse of concerned citizens
has concocted the Arizona Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act, ... intent on
making the state inhospitable to illegal immigrants. But Arizona is
already home to a group of congressional representatives intent on letting
illegal immigrants legalize their status while rolling out the red carpet for
shipments of guest workers. Backers of both proposals insist they have
... overwhelming support.... How can people want fewer immigrants -- and
more -- at the same time? Easy: they want more legal
immigrants and fewer illegal ones.
- Denver Post 8/10/03: [The Arizona Taxpayer and Citizen
Protection Act] punishes illegal immigrants for the inability, or
unwillingness, of the United States to control its borders. The
intellectual audacity of such a blatantly false and illogical claim leaves me
speechless: the bill would punish them for entering the United States
illegally. To suggest it's our fault is like saying laws against
burglary punish burglars for the inability of homeowners to fortify their
homes sufficiently to thwart them.
- Denver Post 9/14/03: Bustamante is no radical.
Navarrette's point is that there are no grounds for conservatives (he calls us
"native-cons") to criticize Bustamante because he once belonged to MEChA, a
Latino campus group founded on the notion that most of the southwestern U.S.
belong to a fantasy nation they call Aztlan, which ought to become an
independent state. There is a fine line between that and advocating the
violent secession of several of the United States. But what Bustamante
refuses to do is to disavow the goals and philosophy of MEChA.
Apparently he doesn't want to offend people whose secret desire is to add some
of our nation to Mexico. That is not a trivial matter.
Modified: 09/14/2003
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Walter Cronkite
Maureen Dowd
Al Franken
Ellen Goodman
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Ruben Navarrette Jr.
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Anna Quindlen
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Chris Matthews
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