Nbadan
03-02-2006, 04:50 AM
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"dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres,"
Last October, U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar -- a so-called Democrat from Laredo, Texas -- sponsored a bill called the "Border Law Enforcement Act of 2005" that would essentially deputize members of the Minutemen militia by giving them new titles, badges and guns.
There is a saying in Spanish,"dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres,"which basically means that you can tell a lot about a person by the company that they keep. Representative Cuellar sponsored the "Border Law Enforcement Act" with none other than the "Grand Dragon" of the anti-immigrant legislators - Rep. Tom Tancredo, Republican from Colorado. Cuellar's bill is also part of the draconian House-passed immigration reform bill HR 4437, which, among other wrong headed ideas, would further militarize the US/Mexico border, build a Berlin-style wall all along the border, and criminalize millions of immigrants and good Samaritans.
We all agree that our nation's immigration system is a complete disaster. No one knows this more than the millions of immigrants that bear its deadly consequences. Every day a human being dies at our nation's doorstep because our policymakers don't have the courage to create legal channels for migrant workers to contribute to our economy. They would rather turn a bind eye and allow suffering to continue along the border.
We can change this dreadful situation right now -- simply by creating legal means for migrant workers to participate in our economy. Let us not deceive ourselves anymore. And let us not allow any politician -- whether Latino or not -- to deceive us further. Building walls and giving away badges to untrained, gun-toting vigilantes is not the way. There is a better way to reform our disgraceful immigration system. Our economy needs workers and we need to create legal structures that honor their work and their human dignity.
Blue Latinos (http://www.bluelatinos.org/cuellar)
Part of the Henry Cuellar co-sponsored bill will jail South Texas Priests and Nuns who offer water, food or emergency shelter to immigrants traveling through Texas. I can't wait till they start throwing Catholic Priests in Jail for being good Samaritans - this is gonna be good.
On another note, it turns out that Henry Cuellar maybe a seriel Bush hugger. The Lonestar project (http://www.lonestarproject.net/test.html) has film of Henry Cuellar hugging Dubya before the 05 State of the Union address very similar to Cuellar's hug in 06.
http://www.lonestarproject.net/images/hcsotu.JPG
He does talk a little funny, not that there's anything wrong with that.
:hat
"dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres,"
Last October, U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar -- a so-called Democrat from Laredo, Texas -- sponsored a bill called the "Border Law Enforcement Act of 2005" that would essentially deputize members of the Minutemen militia by giving them new titles, badges and guns.
There is a saying in Spanish,"dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres,"which basically means that you can tell a lot about a person by the company that they keep. Representative Cuellar sponsored the "Border Law Enforcement Act" with none other than the "Grand Dragon" of the anti-immigrant legislators - Rep. Tom Tancredo, Republican from Colorado. Cuellar's bill is also part of the draconian House-passed immigration reform bill HR 4437, which, among other wrong headed ideas, would further militarize the US/Mexico border, build a Berlin-style wall all along the border, and criminalize millions of immigrants and good Samaritans.
We all agree that our nation's immigration system is a complete disaster. No one knows this more than the millions of immigrants that bear its deadly consequences. Every day a human being dies at our nation's doorstep because our policymakers don't have the courage to create legal channels for migrant workers to contribute to our economy. They would rather turn a bind eye and allow suffering to continue along the border.
We can change this dreadful situation right now -- simply by creating legal means for migrant workers to participate in our economy. Let us not deceive ourselves anymore. And let us not allow any politician -- whether Latino or not -- to deceive us further. Building walls and giving away badges to untrained, gun-toting vigilantes is not the way. There is a better way to reform our disgraceful immigration system. Our economy needs workers and we need to create legal structures that honor their work and their human dignity.
Blue Latinos (http://www.bluelatinos.org/cuellar)
Part of the Henry Cuellar co-sponsored bill will jail South Texas Priests and Nuns who offer water, food or emergency shelter to immigrants traveling through Texas. I can't wait till they start throwing Catholic Priests in Jail for being good Samaritans - this is gonna be good.
On another note, it turns out that Henry Cuellar maybe a seriel Bush hugger. The Lonestar project (http://www.lonestarproject.net/test.html) has film of Henry Cuellar hugging Dubya before the 05 State of the Union address very similar to Cuellar's hug in 06.
http://www.lonestarproject.net/images/hcsotu.JPG
He does talk a little funny, not that there's anything wrong with that.
:hat