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May 30, 2003
 Darkest
Before The Dawn: The Treason Lobby’s Temporary Triumphs
By
Joe Guzzardi
Subversive California
Latino Caucus legislators Marco Firebaugh,
Gilbert Cedillo, Manolo Diaz and Fabian Nunez -
traitors all - have a nifty deal going with
their influence in the California State
Assembly.
Firebaugh, et al have introduced
pro-illegal alien bills that would be overwhelmingly
defeated in a general election.
But these bills will never appear on
a ballot – because of the venal special interest
political system in the Golden State.
Without any direct input from the
voters, this
Latino Caucus legislation has either been signed into
law by Governor
Gray Davis or is on the way to his desk.
Californians get the fiscal and
societal costs. But our voice has been silenced.
Here is the sickening line-up:
- Marco Firebaugh: Assembly Bill
540 granting
in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens. Signed by
Davis and now law.
- Manolo Diaz: A.B. 522 –would
require California state agencies to accept as valid
identification the matricula consular card
issued by Mexico.
-
Fabian Nunez: A.B. 25—would
require California state and local agencies to
accept as valid identification cards issued by any
foreign government.
The arguments made by the authors of
the bills are so lame that I am almost embarrassed to
present them to you - almost!
* Firebaugh on why illegal aliens
should qualify for in-state tuition:
“Many of the students that would benefit under this measure are children of parents who have been granted
amnesty by the federal government and are waiting for their own applications for citizenship to be accepted
by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The majority of these students consider California their
home and are expected to become citizens. [
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You haven’t experienced tedium until you’ve read 25 consecutive stories about how badly “Juan” wants to
study neurosurgery, how “American” he really is and how, according to some open-borders
goodie-two shoes hack, “our investment in
these youngsters will be paid back many times over when they get their college degree.”
As for Firebaugh’s assessment of the “youngsters” immigration status, VDARE.COM’s Juan Mann says,
“No one can know. It is all a maze.”
* Cedillo on why
illegal aliens should qualify for
driver’s licenses:
“Trained, tested, and insured drivers enhance public
safety. Ensuring that all California drivers have access
to vehicle liability insurance will reduce insurance
costs for all motorists. Operating a motor is a vital key
to participating in the state's economy. Existing license
requirements have "created an unfair and unjust crisis
that curtails economic growth and productivity."
But taking and passing a written test in
Spanish doesn’t mean that a driver can understand road signs.
Nor is having access to insurance the same as going out to buy it. And issuing a license because
it may make it easier to get to work doesn’t mean that you have a job.
And since the driver’s license remains the U.S. de facto national identification card,
why under any circumstances would we want to give it to illegal aliens?
- Diaz on why the Mexican matricula consular card should be
accepted statewide:
"the
matricula consular can be an important tool for
immigrants who have no other form of identification. It
can encourage Mexican nationals to report crimes and
cooperate with police. Immigrants may be less reluctant
to report crimes if they have identification cards.
"Many
are unable to cooperate because they fear being
immediately detained for lacking proper identification.
Police and sheriffs waste valuable resources trying to
identify and process foreign nationals who are detained
and lack proper forms.
I asked Los Angeles Country Deputy
District Attorney
Jan Maurizi if Diaz was correct that Mexicans might
be more likely to report crimes and cooperate with the
police if they had matricula consular cards. She said:
There is
not a shred of evidence to support Diaz’s theory.”
* Nunez on Latin American and Asian
identification cards:
“This bill will allow consular cards to be used to
facilitate any transactions requiring individuals to establish their identity,
especially in this security- heightened post 9/11 environment.
If I read Nunez correctly: The best
thing for the U.S. to do post-9/11 is to allow foreign
nationals to use identification cards issued by their
countries - in the name of our safety?
I don’t think so.
Nunez should read the Center for
Immigration Studies Backgrounder by Marti Dinerstein,
“Americas Identity Crisis: Widespread Document Fraud
Threatens National Security.” Dinerstein found that
“Production and distribution of false documents has
become a large and sophisticated industry. A wide variety
of documents are involved, ranging from baptismal
certificates to INS-issued documents.”
Nunez’s bill would open up new horizons for document forgers. Would-be terrorists could purchase any type of
bogus documents
ranging from American passports to ID cards from Paraguay.
To verify if Californians are getting a raw deal with the host of pro-illegal alien legislation, I spoke with
first-term California Assemblyman Alan Nakanishi.
Nakanishi, the former Lodi Mayor, voted “No” on A.B. 25 and A.B. 522. (He wasn’t in the Assembly when A.B.
540 and A.B. 60 were voted on.)
Nakanishi has a unique perspective. As a
first-generation American
from modest circumstances, Nakanishi worked his way through college
picking pears and grapes in the San Joaquin
Valley.
Nakanishi earned his M.D. and became a major in the U.S. Army. Eventually, Doctor Nakanishi volunteered his
skills conducting medical clinics in Baja and Monterey,
Mexico.
Said Nakanishi: “There is no question that. given its constituency, the Latino Caucus feels free to do
whatever it wants. Sometimes the discussions get heated, but they know they’ll prevail.”
“And,” continued Nakanishi, “these bills aren’t the end of it. The talk now is making
Cal Grants available to
illegal immigrants.”
The biggest problem, concluded Nakanishi, is that “people just aren’t very aware.”
But there’s hope. On May 22, Colorado Governor Bill Owens signed into law H.B. 1224, the Colorado
Secure and Verifiable Identity Document Act that
prohibits the use
of the Mexican matricula consular card and other non-secure IDs.
This is a major triumph for Colorado - which not that long ago was traveling down the same path as California.
The tireless efforts of U.S. Congressman Tom Tancredo, Director of
Friends of Immigration Law Enforcement
Craig Nelsen and Fred Elbel
of the Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform
thwarted the Mexican government’s efforts.
Maybe Californians--and Americans
generally--should remember that it’s always darkest
before the dawn.
Joe Guzzardi [email
him], an instructor in English at the Lodi
Adult School, has been writing a weekly newspaper column
since 1988. This column is exclusive to VDARE.COM. |
