By Mario Conde
An immigration reform for the United States was the subject of discussion last week at the SDSU Calexico campus were pro-immigration groups highlighted the importance of this reform.
A forum on immigration took place last Wednesday sponsored by the Committee on Diversity and Equity and spoke in length about Rep. Luis Gutierrez’s bill proposal Immigration Reform for American Security and Prosperity. President Barack Obama said on his State of the Union Address that the United States needs to fix its “broken immigration system” and said this reform will secure the borders, make sure the laws are applied, and a welcome to those who can contribute with the economy and enrich the nation.
One of the speakers that evening was Enrique Morones founder of Border Angels, a non-profit organization created in 1986 with more than 1,000 volunteers who try to prevent unnecessary deaths of people who cross the border through the Imperial Valley desert and the mountain areas of San Diego. Border Angels have various stations around the desert were food, clothing, and water is provided to reduce the numbers of deaths at the border. Morones said that since operation Gatekeeper started in October 1994 more than 10,000 men, woman, and children have died tragically trying to cross the border. Those deaths have been caused due to the high temperatures and some are results of racial crimes, according to Morones.
Morones said that this immigration reform has to be passed by the spring or this proposal will not have a chance to pass during the administration of Barack Obama.
“Every day we don’t have an immigration reform someone dies trying to cross the border.” Morones said.
Morones said that the immigration reform needs to be a bi-partisan and criticized the Republican Party for going to the extreme right and holding a racist mentality. “It’s very sad to see the Republican Party going into the dark with racist stands with people like Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredo. Even John McCain has changed its position on the immigration reform.”
When asked if the lost of the super majority that Democrats had in Capitol Hill will affect the approval of the immigration reform Morones said that any approval of the reform will be a positive one.
The event also had photography exhibitions, music, and poetry reading. The event was part of the Migrant March advocating a human immigration reform.
Economy/Immigrant Hard Labor Now Missing?
January 2008 = Start of Deoportations/Everify Starvation of Millions of Good Hard working Immigrants, and their “Legal” children.
January 2008 = Start of the “Worst Recession in U.S. History.”
A wise 1840’s French Historian said:
“America is Great, because it is Good, when it ceases to be Good, it ceases to be Great.”
107 people have died in custody, many have been beaten, I believe many have died at the Border after being first robbed of all hard earned belongings, Vehicles, homes, cash, by Sheriffs Deputies, then dumped in the desert with out even a drop of water!
(In Arizona the Illgotton Booty from these Immigrants Belongings, has been used for Sheriffs Vacations, and Large Amusement Park Parties.)
Prior to 2001, the U.S. Border Patrol used to maintain water Stations in the U.S. Desert to help these immigrants form dying on their journey here!
To those saying “No Amnesty”, I hope your maker allows you a little?
To: Good and Brotherhood from sea, to shining sea.
A comprehensive immigration reform is a matter of when, not if. Read your history books: racism always loses in America. This is THE major civil rights battle of our time, and angry old white Billy Bob will never stop progress. And what a disgraceful creature that Rubio guy is in Florida; his anti-immigrant stand will ensure that he never gets elected to Congress in a predominantly Hispanic state. Rubio: what a shameful mistake of nature you are: a teabeggar!
Illegal aliens are criminals and parasites, one and all. Their very presence here and practically everything they do on U.S. soil is illegal. They need to be ferreted out, rounded up like cattle, punished for their numerous crimes, then booted back to whence they snuck in from with such extreme prejudice that they will never, ever think of violating our sovereignty again. Enough is enough.
Tell us please, Mr. Nichols–how many of the world’s billions who live in countries poorer than Mexico are we supposed to take? How many of half the population of Mexico that the Pew Hispanic Center study found wanted to come here? Not to mention the many Chinese, Arabs, and non Mexicans who come into the U.S. illegally through Mexico? Fact is, there is no way to accommodate everyone who wants to come to the U.S. and therefore, no way to guarantee that people won’t try to come here illegally.
And Cohen, there is no “civil” right or any right at all for someone who is NOT a citizen of the United States to immigrate to this country legally or illegally. By definition, CIVIL rights belong only to CITIZENS of a country. IN fact, the presence of illegal aliens in this country diminishes the CIVIL rights of citizens because the drawing of Congressional districts has been based on the Census which includes illegal aliens and therefore we end up with districts which have relatively few citizens or even legal residents while they have many illegal aliens.
By the way, Cohen, cracks about “angry old Billy Bob” clearly illustrate the very RACIST attitudes of those who believe that illegal aliens, especially Hispanic illegal aliens, are above the laws of this country. As an Arab-American, I strongly oppose illegal immigration and Amnesty. Now, I do I fit your stereotyping and racist ideas? (By the way, the richest man in Mexico, Carlos Slim Helu, is of ARAB descent. Hispanic is NOT a race.)
Our immigrations laws have nothing to do with racism.
We should allow only so many people in every year.
Americans want immigration numbers of the past.
350,000 new SCREENED immigrants a year. No more no less.
All illegal aliens should be deported. The American people have spoken.
Americans polled have stated NO AMNESTY EVER AGAIN.
Get out of here if you are illegal.
I’m constantly amazed that no matter how many times the invaders are reminded that there is a legal, lawful way to come to this country, they continue to “break and enter.” I’ll bet if we said, “OK, so you’re sorry for the indigent and want them to have a better life, then we’ll bring in all the people of Haiti. But that will mean we have no more room for those who sneak over our borders.” Boy! We’d sure find out just WHICH illegal they are aiding and abetting. Enrique Moron is working for Mexico and when we finally get someone who will send illegal packing, let’s be sure he’s with them. Mexico is the 11th wealthiest country in the world and they expect to live at our expense. We no longer believe our government when they say they will secure the border, so instead, we will fight amnest, or any path to citizenship for criminals. E-verify will become mandatory, birthright citizenship will be stopped and all benefits will cease. No one who sneaked in will ever be allowed to apply for citizenship. We’re full up! Go home and demand your own leaders take care of you. We’re broke!
If Morones supports amnesty, this means he holds a racist mentality because the vast majority of illegal aliens are his fellow Latinos.
David Nichols, either you are simply ignorant or you’re intentionally being deceptive with your comments. The United States had been deporting illegal aliens for many, many years before the current recession started. To try to create a cause and effect relationship between these two events is overly simplifying circumstances that have many issues influencing it.
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Morones is uneducated, a hate monger and a racist. I am able to say this because several years ago I had several conversations with him concerning the lies he continues to spout about the Aztec homeland being in or around Colorado.
Morones, though, is smart enough to understand the political tool of Spin. He takes a fact and raps it in a blanket of lies in a attempt to further his objective.
Over several converstions with him concerning his continued mis-statements of historical and current facts, and when he discovered that he could not sway my opinion of his conduct, he resorted to making actual threats against me; also, his organization should be investigated by Home Land Securtiy.
The issue of immigration reform is ripe and some adjustment should me tooled by the Congress; however, Morones’ stated to me that his objective is the removal of all WHITE citizens from the Americas-(his words to me) and the free migration of all Mexicans to El Norte.
In our converastions, he was so considerate to allow me, as a mixed-blood Dakota Sioux, to remain in his racially and ethniclly cleansed United States.
MORONES TALKING RACISM ?? HOW ABOUT LARAZA FOR THE RACE EVERYTHING OUTSIDE THE RACE NOTHING??OR M.E.C.H.A. OR L.U.L.A.C. CHICANOS POR LA CASA FREINDLY HOUSE ALL 1 RACE ORIENTED AMERICAN TAXPAYER SUPPORTTED ORGANIZATIONS??IMAGINE REAL BONEIFIED AMERICAN PAYING TAXPXPAYERS SUPPORTTING A 1 RACE ORGANIZATION AND NO AMERICANS COVERSED?? AN AMERICAN> MORONES TALK RACISM
The United States was a predominantly Anglo/European
nation. What was wrong with that? It is what it is.
Africa is predominantly Black, Norway is white as is
Sweden. Mexico is predominatly Brown.
Why was the U.S. racist for being predominantly white?
My family was in the minority status in the U.S. and I can
attest to the fact that the U.S. was a wonderful place
to live in! Now with the third world here IT SUCKS!
Third-world people have no class or manners. No one
was called a racist before except the KKK.
Mr. Nichols, I would contend that it is those who have encouraged people to come to the US illegally that have blood on their hands.
Mexican agent Moron-eze needs to fix his country rather than blaim ours for his country’s failings. Rather than focus on a few hundred dead border breakers, he should explain how it’s ok for thousands of American deaths from the hands of illegal Mexican aliens.
As usual from this racist, it’s all about the tribe, his tribe.
He is the David Duke of the reconquistas.
Shoot the illegal insurgents—the Mexican government has laws protecting it’s borders, so we most protect ours —
shoot the mouther fuckers!!!!!
It fits our needs perfectly the advantage of immigration reform on the country: Greater supply of unskilled workers, a younger workforce, and skilled workers in needed sectors. But there is also a disadvantage of immigration reform like Greater poverty, more educational cost, lower unskilled wage levels, and increased danger of terrorism. Thanks to the post!