February, 2004
The California Coalition for Immigration Reform (CCIR) produced a CD with excerpts of radical, racist speeches by fifteen Latino elected officials, professors, students and community activists, with additional comments by Congressman Tom Tancredo, L.A. Talk Show Host Larry Elder, former CA Governor Gray Davis ending with disturbing chants by MEChA students. [You may download each individual clip in mp3 format. A link is provided at the end of each individual transcript for your convenience].
These are the verbatim transcripts:
1) Armando Navarro, Prof. Ethnic Studies, UC Riverside at Latino Summit Response to Prop 187, UC Riverside, 1/1995 These are the critical years for us as a Latino community. We re in a state of transition. And that transformation is called the browning of America . Latinos are now becoming the majority. Because I know that time and history is on the side of the Chicano/Latino community. It is changing in the future and in the present the
By Victor Thorn
On April 16, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) introduced sweeping immigration reform legislation (S. 744) into Congress. Almost immediately, seven senators lent their names to cosponsor the bill, namely Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Robert Menéndez (D-N.J.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).
An April 17 column revealed that it would take congressmen almost three days of nonstop reading to navigate the monstrous 844-page bill. If Obamacare and the stimulus bill were any indicators, does anyone believe that elected officials will actually devote that much time to inspecting this legislation? More importantly, will they publicly reveal all the sordid and hidden details concerning special interest loopholes, waivers and exemptions?