Republicans Using BAIT & SWITCH Policy to FOOL Latinos into Supporting Their Immigration Reform Plan!

The Republican Party is facing a self- imposed crisis. Their core base is comprised of extremists. They hate our President. They call him a Muslim. They call him a Kenyan. They call him a Socialist.  They don't acknowledge him as our President.

The political views of their constituents are extreme and often irrational – since many of them utilize the very programs they say they oppose. The say they want to privatize Medicare and Social Security.  They say they oppose Women’s Healthcare, including coverage of Birth Control products. They are Anti-Gay. They are PRO Assault Weapons and Large Ammo Clips. They are PRO War and Pro Torture. They watch Fox News and Glenn Beck. They are ANTI Comprehensive Immigration Reform and have frequently advocated Mass Deportation, Changing the 14^th Amendment (Birthright Citizenship), Demand English Only and advocate stringent Enforcement Measures, including ICE Raids, Detention in Private Prisons and sb1070 racial profiling laws  -- similar to Arizona’s sb1070. They demand that Latinos accept these Racial Profiling measures and call Latinos Un American if we don’t support them.

Actually, NONE of their views are new. They’ve been around for centuries. They are the views of the Rich, Non-Minority Elitists. These viewpoints have been around since the Civil War. They’ve been around since the Chinese Exclusion Act.  They’ve been around since “Operation Wetback.” They’ve been around since Roosevelt and Johnson passed Social Security and Medicare. They’ve been around since Jim Crow.
The vast majority of Americans don’t feel this way. This was proven in the Last Election. The majority of Americans voted for President Obama. The majority of Americans know our President is American. They support Social Security and Medicare as they are and support Universal Healthcare. They demand Peace in our World. They are ANTI Assault Weapons and Ammo Clips. They support Gay Rights and Women’s Rights. They demand the END of Racial Profiling and want Comprehensive Immigration Reform.

Republican Leaders are SAYING they need to change, so are their Think Tanks. However, WE MUST BE VERY LEARY OF THEIR INTENTIONS!

We Latinos have to be very careful right now. Are Republicans actually modifying their ideology? Or are they actually “Playing” us?  We can find the answer by going to the website for the Republican Party’s THINK TANK.

The Republican Party’s THINK TANK in Washington DC is called “The Heritage Foundation.”  The Mission of the Heritage Foundation is to: formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.”

The Heritage Foundation has a very clear directive regarding Immigration Reform. Their PRIMARY OBJECTIVE is the EXACT FORMULA of Marco Rubio’s Plan. They are opposed to Comprehensive Immigration Reform package and instead DEMAND a piece meal approach… ONE BILL AT A TIME. AND, it starts with Border Security which equals State “Racial Profiling” bills, ICE Raids and expanded eVerify.  It asks for STREAMLINING Immigration Reform for “Highly Skilled Workers.”  The only difference is, they demand MASS Deportation and don’t tip toe around any type of path for legal status, no matter how vague Rubio’s Bogus “Pathway to Legal Status” Plan is.

Let’s be Very Clear. Here is the Heritage Foundation’s recommendation for Immigration Reform. You can find it on their website:

Recommended Bills:	What they Really Mean:
NO LEGAL STATUS for Latinos EVER	Mass Deport. NO PATH to CITIZENSHIP EVER; change the 14th Amendment (No More Anchor Babies); English Only
Reform the legal immigration system	Increase the number of visas for "highly-skilled" workers from Northern European Countries.
Make immigration more responsive to the needs of the economy	Guest Worker Programs for Farm Workers and they will Never receive Citizenship or Legal Status (EVER)
Enhance border security efforts	Border Walls, Cameras, Border Security
Reinvigorate interior enforcement measures	e-Verify; ICE Raids; Racial Profiling; "Secure Communities" program; Detention Centers for Families
Recognize state and local authorities as responsible partners	Arpaio Suppression Sweeps, 287(g) programs; "Secure Communities" program

I ask for ALL LATINOS to go to the Heritage Foundation website and see their TRUE AGENDA for themselves.

There are NO PLANS for Comprehensive Immigration Reform. In fact, they will NOT SUPPORT IT. Instead, they are USING Marco Rubio as a Stooge! An Uncle Tom! He is presenting his Piece Meal Immigration bill as a HOAX! To Blind Side Us! To make it SEEM as if they are supporting Comprehensive Immigration Reform when they are NOT!

GO TO THEIR WEBSITE and see their True Agenda for Yourselves!
Their PLAN:

1.       BAIT & SWITCH: Pretend they support Comprehensive Immigration Reform when they actually are pushing a Piece Meal Mass Deportation and ICE Raid Worksite Enforcement Policy

2.       HINO Rubio and Cruz: Use Latino Incumbents to Push their Plans

GO TO HERITAGE FOUNDATION WEBSITE and see their plans!

Immigration Reform 2013: Obama's Plan vs Rubio's Plan

 

The President’s annual State of the Union address (SOTU) is scheduled on February 12, 2013. This speech is important because he will be outlining his key priorities for this fiscal year. Among his top priorities is Immigration reform. President Obama said he will present legislation in 2013.

Since 2006, Republicans have strongly opposed Immigration Reform. This year however, in lieu of their poor performance with Latino voters, Republicans are more inclined to support some form of Immigration reform. In fact, Marco Rubio has presented a proposal.  

President Obama has provided a high level view of his recommendations, so has Rubio. Let’s compare them:

OBAMA Plan: One Bill	Rubio: 6 Separate Bills	R Pass ?
PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP: PAY BACK TAXES, criminal background checks, learn English and paying a processing fee.	BILL1: PATHWAY TO Legal Status: PAY BACK TAXES, criminal background checks, learn English and paying a processing fee.. Then apply for Green Card & Potential Legal Status.	NO
Enhanced Border Security	Enhanced Border Security	YES
E-Verify: Enhanced enforcement on businesses that employ undocumented immigrants	BILL 3: E-Verify: Enhanced enforcement on businesses that employ undocumented immigrants	YES
Improving legal immigration: grants a green card to foreign students who earn advanced science and technology degrees in the U.S	BILL 4: Increase the number of visas for "highly-skilled" workers	YES
Pass the Dream Act: pathway to citizenship to undocumented youth seeking a higher education or military service	BILL 5: Pathway to Dream Legal Status	?
Guest Worker Program	BILL 6: Guest Worker Program, especially for guest farm workers	?
Improve Immigration Processing/Reduce Backlogs from Entering Countries and Backlogged Court Proceedings

The President supports One overall plan of Comprehensive Immigration Reform. Rubio says his plan will be introduced in six separate bills.  It is easy to see why. Rubio can brag that he is introducing Comprehensive Immigration Reform and many Republicans will jump on board, all the while proclaiming their support of Latinos.

Which bills will Republicans support first? It is obvious:
1. Enhance Border Security, 2. e-Verify, 3. Increase # of Visas for "highly-skilled" workers.

Enhanced Border Security is just more of the SAME RACIAL PROFILING BILLS that have antagonized Latinos for years. Sheriff Arpaio and Arizona are notorious for sb1070. John Tanton's K-K-Kris Kobach WROTE THE BILL, for Heaven's sake! Just because the bill indicates there is "No Racial Profiling Permitted," we all know that Arpaio allows his ski masked posse to terrorize Latino neighborhoods with their "Suppression Sweeps." It is obvious that Republicans DON'T GET IT! We Latinos will NEVER vote for them as long as Latinos are treated as 2nd Class Citizens and told we MUST endure this Racial Profiling just because "We Fit the Profile" of what they believe an "Illeegal" looks like.  Enhanced Border Security should NOT be used to sugar coat all of this racial profiling. We have 55 Million Latino Citizens in our Country. We will NOT vote for anyone who promotes these racial profiling bills.

Republicans will also embrace the enforcement of e-Verify. We have it now, but next they plan to make the rules more stringent, even though the database has numerous flaws.

The third measure they will immediately advance is their support for giving shortcuts to Immigrants they deem are "highly-skilled" workers. Read this to mean more Northern European immigrants with advanced degrees.

So now that we know which bills Republicans will support, which bills will they IGNORE? They will absolutely drag their feet on Rubio's version of Pathway to Legal Status. Rubio's version is a PIG IN A POKE. It's FAKE! First of all, Rubio's version does NOT include a Pathway to Citizenship for the 11M here. Instead, he says if you complete several steps and if you pass them all, then we MAY provide you some type of temporary Legal Status.  Then, if you are very good, we will give you several more rules to follow, pay more fines, then we just might let you get in line and apply for citizenship.

As far as the Dream Act goes, Republicans don't want the Dreamers to become citizens. Rubio's bill allows them (after several hoops jumped) to obtain legal status, but they will have to get in line and leave to become citizens.

The Guest Worker program is being supported, particularly for farmworkers. Both sides need the work and the cheap pay to continue.

One area Rubio nor the Republicans are touching is streamlining the Immigration process so we don't have 12 - 20 year backlogs for entry from Latino countries and so we don't have years long backlog in Immigration Courts for people who are trying to resolve their Visa issues.

The President is right. We do need One Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill passed, otherwise, we will be stuck with Rubio's Phony piece meal approach. If passed his way, expect many more racial profiling bills enacted, more Employer ICE Sweeps and more Broken Immigration Reform promises. 

If given a choice between Life and Death, I choose Life!

If given a choice between Life and Death, I choose Life.
With these deaths in the family, my nights have not been peaceful. I try to think positive thoughts at night, but over the past several days, my thoughts have been with the families of the dearly departed. I keep sensing their heartbreak and I worry for my own family. I love my husband, children and grandchildren so much. I can't imagine the depth of the heartbreak that my relatives are experiencing.
What is particularly disheartening is the fact that both died so young due, at least in part, to diabetes. My husband has diabetes. My sisters have diabetes. My mother (who passed) had diabetes. And I have to be careful so I do not become a diabetic.
The night before last I had an episode. There are so many people at work sick with that bad flu. So Monday, after work, I decided to make old fashioned  chicken soup to help my family avoid illness. Since I had to work overtime, I didn't start cooking until 5 and dinner wasn't ready until 8. I never eat after 7 due to my acid reflux. Yet, my family and I had a late supper. I suffered for it later.
At 2 am, I woke up gasping and choking. I couldn't breathe. My acid reflux caused the soup to come back up on me and it caught in my throat. Half asleep, I tried to catch my breath, but it wouldn't come. It couldn't come. I sat straight up. I managed to squeak out my husband's name. He shot up and grabbed me by my shoulders and shook me, calling my name, "Dee...Dee.!  What's wrong. What's wrong." It was dark. He couldn't see my face. But as he shook me, my breathe came back. I could breathe again. My throat was raw from choking for a breath. I was still wheezing. My husband said, "What happened." I just wheezed, "I'm ok. I'm ok."
I got up and went to the bathroom. I coughed up the phlegm in my throat and drank a glass of water. I went back to bed.
My husband asked, "Are you ok?" He was still worried.
I laid back down. My heart was pounding in my chest. My ears were ringing. My throat was sore and raw. I was so tired. I tried to sleep. My husband kept rubbing my arm, checking on me.
My heart kept pounding out of my chest all night and I was still tired in the morning.
I stayed home from work yesterday and today. I couldn't eat yesterday until late afternoon and I've barely eaten today, though I do feel much better now.
All the while this has been going on, my thoughts are with my two sisters who drove out to California for the funeral of my niece next week. They are taking on so much more on than I have. They have their own families, yet they are in California giving their shoulders and reaching their arms around our family in California. The suffering of their family over the passing of a beautiful, 18 year old child, it's so much for them to bear. My thoughts and prayers are with them. I wish I could hug them all as they grieve and find peace.
I am grateful for my family. I love my husband, my sons, my grandsons, my daughter in law, my sisters, brothers and my extended family. I want so much to protect them all from harm.
If given a choice between Life and Death, I do choose Life. I do choose Peace. I do choose Love.

Death Reminds Us of our Unalienable Rights to Life (Health), Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness!

When someone passes away in your family, you are reminded of what is important in life. The truth is, what is most important in our lives -- endowed by our Creator -- is our Family and our Unalienable Rights!
This past week, two people in my family passed away, my cousin who was my age, and my great niece who was only 18 years old.
My cousin Robert (62) had the awful flu that has been torturing people this winter. He waited before going to the doctor. The day Robert decided to go to the doctor, as he was getting dressed, he had a stroke. He died in the ambulance, on the way to the hospital. I spoke with his mother about him. She said this Christmas, Robert had just made amends with his two sons. Both of his sons are in their early 40s. They had been estranged from their father for twelve years, right after his divorce from their mother. 
Cousin Robert also called his mom two weeks ago to say he just received a promotion at work and would have more free time to visit her. Robert was a veteran and a businessman. He worked hard all of his life. He was finally going to settle down and focus more time on his family. Instead, he died.
My great niece Alexis (18) was a beautiful girl. She was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was only eleven years old. She and her mother worked closely with her doctors. Early in her diagnosis, she was hospitalized several times. However with diet, exercise and very strict discipline, they thought they had the disease under control. 
Alexis was very popular in school and looked like a model. She had long, beautiful hair, very pretty eyes and face, and only weighed about 110 pounds. On Friday night, she was curled up in her pajamas, watching TV and videos at home. Her mom was having dinner with friends. When she came home, Alexis was in a fetal position, very, very cold and in a coma. She called an ambulance and was rushed to the hospital. They worked on her all day Saturday. She died early Saturday evening.
These deaths have been devastating to the family. They were both too young to die and had so many hopes and dreams for the future.
When I think about their lives and deaths it makes me wonder why there are so many arguments in this world. Why are people so angry? Why are people so spoiled? Why can't we just live and let live? Why can't we have Peace? Why can't we treat each other as Equals? Why do we have to have Guns and Assault Weapons? Why can't we take care of our Sick and Elderly? It seems like these truths should be self evident. There should NOT be any racial profiling. There should NOT be any Mass Shootings. We should have Healthcare for All so that the CDC and Pharmaceuticals can focus on ridding our people of these diseases that kill us. This includes not only diabetes and the flu, but also mental illnesses.
Our Country, Our USA was founded on these principles, that We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all people are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life(Health), Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness -- these unalienable rights are for All of Us! ALL OF OUR FAMILIES!!

Abraham, Martin and Barack: President will use Two Bibles for Oath of Office

President Obama will use two bibles to be sworn into office on Inauguration Day this year -- The Lincoln bible, which he used in his 2009 inaugural, and Martin Luther King Jr's bible for the first time.

HINO Ted Cruz - Right Wing Tea Party Nut Job!

I've been reading a number of right wing websites proclaiming Ted Cruz as the next Tea Party champion. They believe that just because he has a Hispanic surname that Hispanics will support him

WRONG!

Cruz is a HINO -- Hispanic in Name Only. He supports sb1070, which is the racial profiling bill in AZ. He supports Mass Deportation. He supports every ANTI Latino bill. He is against Healthcare and Medicare. He is the worst of the worst. NO LATINO will EVER, EVER vote for him. So all of you far right wing extremists are just fooling yourselves when you believe he is your Saving Grace for Latinos. It is truly Sad that you believe that.

May You Have a Happy and Blessed New Year 2013!