Guest Voz: Raul Reyes -- Rep. Steve King’s bill to deny birthright citizenship is unconstitutional

Guest Voz: Raul Reyes -- Rep. Steve King’s bill to deny birthright citizenship is unconstitutional
Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) kicked off the new session of Congress by introducing a bill that takes aim at the 14th Amendment.  King is against birthright citizenship – the automatic granting of citizenship to all persons born in the U.S. – for the children of undocumented immigrants.  He wants to change a section of the Immigration and Nationality Act, to limit the classes of people defined as citizens.
King’s bill is nothing more than divisive, ignorant pandering.  It defies legal precedent, and would do nothing to solve our illegal immigration problem. Instead it scapegoats kids, tramples on American values, and reinforces the image of the GOP as hostile to immigrants and Hispanics.
The language of the 14th Amendment is clear: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”  For over a century, the Supreme Court has interpreted this to mean that anyone born here is a citizen; in Kim Wong Ark v. U.S. (1898), the court found that the U.S.-born son of Chinese immigrants was indeed an American. So although King may not like the 14th Amendment, he cannot legislate around it.  The Constitution is the law of the land.

“The current practice of extending U.S. citizenship to hundreds of thousands of ‘anchor babies’ must end,” King says in a press release, “because it creates a magnet for illegal immigration into our country.”  Actually, his reasoning stems from a fallacy.  The offensive term “anchor baby” is based on the notion that a U.S.-born child can protect an undocumented family from deportation.  In fact, having a citizen child does not protect undocumented parents.  In the last two years, over 200,000 undocumented parents with citizen children have been deported.  Being a high-profile case is no help, either.  Undocumented immigrant Elvira Arellano gained national attention when she took sanctuary in a Chicago church.  Despite being the mother of an American-born son, she was deported anyway.
While King claims that citizenship is a “magnet” for illegal immigration, he offers no evidence to support this claim.  He can’t, because there isn’t any.  The “magnet” for undocumented immigrants is jobs, which is why illegal immigration is currently at net zero.  What’s more, if birthright citizenship were curtailed, it would increase the size of the undocumented population by creating a new class of people who are “illegal by birth.”  Not only is that a less-than-desirable outcome, it goes against the fundamental American principle that all men are created equal.
Then again, King has compared undocumented immigrants to dogs and livestock.  He has stated that he can tell who is undocumented by their shoes.  During the 2012 election, he opined that the GOP shouldn’t even try for Latino votes, because the Democrats would be giving Hispanics “a great big check.”  All this from a congressman who sits on the House Judiciary Committee – and on a subcommittee handling immigration policy and enforcement.
King’s posturing makes it harder for the GOP to connect with Latinos.  But there are more moderate, constructive voices in the party.  Just last Friday, prominent Republicans met in Miami to strategize on Hispanic outreach.  Still, their work will be stymied by outspoken extremists like King.  He does not represent the views of mainstream Republicans.  He is not presenting a legitimate immigration policy option.  He is holding the GOP back at a time when it is trying to figure out how to go forward.
King’s attack on the children of undocumented immigrants is cynical, mean-spirited, and pointless.  He offers no solution on immigration, only inaccurate rhetoric.  And if Republicans do not rein him in, he may well undo the GOP’s effort to remake their party for the future.

Fulfilling the DREAM with SERVICE!

WASHINGTON -- A group of young undocumented immigrants ramped up a push this week for the ability to join the military, with about 20 visiting recruiting offices on Thursday to ask about enlistment.
Undocumented immigrants are barred from enlisting. But these young people all came to the United States as children and are now trying to gain legal status. Under a recent directive called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals they are allowed to work -- now they want President Barack Obama to allow that work to be in the military.
The first groups visited recruiting offices in New York and Hanford, Calif., on Thursday, and others will do the same in other cities in the coming weeks, organized by advocacy groups Dream Action Coalition and Let Us Serve.
"For myself, I live in New York City and after 9/11, it was very personal for me," said César Vargas, 28, executive director of the Dream Action Coalition and one of the undocumented immigrants who visited the New York recruiting office. "For me, it was really about serving my country and to really send a message to a lot of people who oppose the Dream Act or immigration, for them to see who we are, that we are as American as they are."
Michelle Rodriguez, 26, is also hoping to enlist. She came to the United States from Mexico 21 years ago, and is now earning her bachelor's degree with hopes of attending nursing school. She decided after the Sept. 11 attacks that she wanted to join the military, and her goal is toy become a nurse in the Marines. It would be possible to serve in the military with a U-Visa, she said, but she wants to join as soon as she can.
"It would mean fulfilling one of my dreams. It's one of my dreams to be able to serve," she said. "I think I have what it takes to be a Marine."

Super Woman Hillary Kicked Some GOP Bxxx Today! Hillary 2016!

Will Our Medical Inventors Develop a Solution?

I have a recommendation for all of our Technology Gurus. Invent this:

Abortion Solution.
Let's look at Abortion.
A female wants an Abortion.
Why does she want an Abortion:
1. She was raped
2. She is under-aged.
3. She has no means of support
4. She is Ill and will Die if she has the Baby
5. She is broke. She has no husband. She has no way to support the Baby.

Solution:
New Innovation: Develop a means for the fetus to be removed from the mother, incubated in an outside, artificial womb, then, when born, the child is put up for adoption.

In this way, the Mother is removed from the dilemma.
The child is born.
A child-less couple is able to Adopt the child.

I challenge all Medical Inventors to develop this Solution.

I don't believe this is too far fetched.
We may be close to a Solution.

Maybe we should ask our Medical Inventors to Develop this Solution.

Marco Rubio's Immigration Plan demands Latino’s continue to be the Working Underclass, Second Class citizens

There are discussions across all the Cable News Channels about passing Immigration Reform. The President has said passing Comprehensive Immigration Reform is at the top of his agenda this year. Republicans are saying they are amenable to passing some form of Immigration Reform as a means to obtain the Latino Vote especially since they did so poorly with the Latino Vote during the 2013 Presidential Election.

Yesterday, on ABC This Week, Rick Santorum said the Republican Party is “ready to do something about Immigration.” However, he said, Republicans are NOT willing to allow a Pathway to Citizenship for the 11M here. Instead, he said (sounding like Marco Rubio) Republicans are ready to target specific areas of Immigration, especially “the rule of law” and “fortifying our borders.” In other words, he was talking about Walls, ICE Raids, Deportations and Racial Profiling Laws. They also want to “ease restrictions” for those with advanced degrees.

It is clear that Santorum, Rubio and most Republican politicians don’t have a clue as to why Latinos are not voting for them nor why we want Immigration Reform.  The answer is very simple. Latinos are not voting for Republicans because over the last several years, as a result of their Border Enforcement and Rule of Law measures, racial profiling laws like Arizona’s sb1070 have been passed. They have been passed in several states. Because of Enforcement Laws like sb1070, all 55 Million Latino U.S. Citizens have been targets of racial profiling and harassment by law enforcement. Sheriff Arpaio and his ski-masked volunteer posse are key examples of this abuse. Any Latino driving or walking in Maricopa County knows this. Ask anyone in the town of Guadalupe, Arizona about Arpaio and his “suppression sweeps.”

What those who are pushing these racial profiling laws don’t understand is, the vast majority of the 55M Latino US Citizens are like my family. We are NOT NEW IMMIGRANTS. We have lived here for over 200 years.  In fact, by ethnicity, our ethnicity is 50% Native to Northern America. We ARE Native Americans.  Yet, those pushing the “Rule of Law” Racial Profiling laws say -- Latino Citizens should “accept” this racial profiling because “we fit the profile.” How ludicrous. That’s like saying “teens and twenty somethings” should accept Profiling any time a school shooting occurs. Or when a serial killing occurs or a Wife Murder occurs, all White Males in their 40s and 50s should be profiled, just because “they fit the profile.” Would this be acceptable? Of course not! And neither should racial profiling against Latino Citizens or sleepy little Latino neighborhoods like Guadalupe, Arizona.

All 55M Latino US Citizens in America want to be treated equal to all other Americans. Through our own hard work, we want to have the ability to achieve the American Dream. It is that simple.  

We Latinos will never vote for a party that insists upon these racial profiling laws – or – as they term them “Rule of Law” and “Border Enforcement” measures. Those that support these heinous laws say they are not racial profiling laws and even put these words in their bills saying they are NOT racial profiling, but there is NO DOUBT that these laws are intended and enacted as racial profiling laws specifically targeting Latinos.
Another troubling aspect of Rubio’s Immigration Plan is his refusal to include a pathway to citizenship for the 11M here. Instead, his Plan allows a Legal Status only. As reported in the Wall St. Journal:

Rubio would grant temporary legal status to those who passed background checks, underwent fingerprinting, demonstrated English skills, and could prove having an extended residence in the country. These newly legalized immigrants could apply for permanent residency leading to citizenship but would not receive any expedited consideration. They would have to apply through the same channels as aspiring immigrants outside the nation’s borders.

This has caused some concern among Latino advocates who worry that some immigrants would have to wait years or even decades to convert their temporary status to permanent legal status. But Rubio has assured potential critics that he does not want to create a worker underclass akin to what exists in France and Germany.

“I don’t have a solution for that question right now,” Rubio told reporters and editors at The New York Times. He has proposed accelerating the process for granting green cards to legal immigrants.

It is clear. In Rubio’s plan, Latino’s continue to be the Working Underclass, Second Class citizens, here only to do the jobs Anglo Americans don’t want to do. His Plan calls for easing restrictions for the Elitist Northern Europeans with Advanced Degrees. Yet, there is NOTHING in his plan asking for Citizenship status for the Latinos who have been working on their hands and knees, harvesting fruits and vegetables for the American Dinner Table.

We Latinos want ONE THING:  We want to be treated equal to all other Americans. Through our own hard work, we want to have the ability to achieve the American Dream. It’s that simple.  

Our President Obama is Inaugurated by Justice Roberts! VP Joe Biden by Latina Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor

President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden were sworn in today (officially yesterday) by Chief Justice Roberts and Latina Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor in front of a hundred thousand cheering Americans!
It was a glorious ceremony.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic member of the high court, administered the oath of office to Vice President Biden before Obama was sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts.
Richard Blanco, the son of Cuban exiles, was the first Latino inaugural poet. Actress Eva Longoria led a Latino tribute to Obama that featured top Hispanic entertainers Sunday night.
"It all shows the power of Latinos in the country and how they're finally being recognized as movers and shakers," said Mryna Orozco, 22, an inauguration attendee from Kansas City, Mo.

Ted Cruz is NOT Hispanic and is ANTI-Comprehensive Immigration Reform

I don’t know why anyone considers Ted Cruz a Hispanic. Cruz is Canadian, born in the Canadian city of Calgary, Alberta, on Dec. 22, 1970. His mother is of Irish descent. His father, Rafael, though from Cuba, was a friend of Castro and fought along-side him until he came to America in 1957.
Cruz’ father did not become a US Citizen until 2005 when Cruz began his quest to run for office. Cruz did not even acknowledge his so-called Hispanic heritage until he ran for Senate.

The Tea Party says about Cruz, “We have a new messiah, it seems. Another polished orator with a made-for-TV smile and a Harvard law degree. A success story born of humble beginnings and exotic demographic... A young, sudden star who, barely a week after winning a Republican primary runoff for U.S. Senate (his first election!) is being mentioned as a presidential contender in 2016."

The Tea Party and Republicans characterize Cruz as a Latino, a Minority. Many TRUE Latinos say HE IS NOT! Look at him. Look at his Dad. Look at his family. Cruz USES his surname as a banner to boast of his so called Hispanic heritage. It is A LIE, wrapped in deceit. This Canadian is USING his last name to PRETEND he is Hispanic to advance his own personal political aspirations. It is clear, Cruz is a HINO = Hispanic in Name Only!

Regarding Immigration, he is ANTI-Latino! Here are Cruz’s VIEWS on Immigration:

No path to citizenship for the 11M here; No Dream Act

Give police more power to ask about immigration status (Racial Profiling) and supports sb1070

Boots on the ground, plus a WALL

Triple the size of the Border Patrol

Strengthen border security and increase enforcement; Detention; Deportation