Reconquista Latino Congreso meeting in Los Angeles this week
October 8th, 2007This just in. You can listen to the Latino Congreso LIVE here at this link
You may want to have a barf bucket handy when you do.
This Latino Congreso is associated with The William Velasquez “Institute”. Here is the mission statement on their web site:
The William C. Velásquez Institute (WCVI) is a tax-exempt, non-profit, non-partisan public policy analysis organization chartered in 1985. The purpose of WCVI is to: conduct research aimed at improving the level of political and economic participation in Latino and other underrepresented communities; To provide information to Latino leaders relevant to the needs of their constituents; To inform the Latino leadership and public about the impact of public policies on Latinos; To inform the Latino leadership and public about political opinions and behavior of Latinos.
Biography of William Velasquez
William C. Velásquez: 1944-1988
William C. Velásquez was the founder of the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project in 1974. He envisioned a time when Latinos would play an important role in the American Democratic process. His legacy began in Texas.
Velásquez was one of the founding members of the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO); a Chicano youth organization aimed at social action. His role in MAYO led to becoming Texas’ first statewide Coordinator of El Movimiento Social de la Raza Unida, the precursor of La Ram Unida Party.
His involvement with Latino organizations was extensive. In 1968 as Boycott Coordinator for the United Farm Workers (UFW), he organized strikes at the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. After leaving the UFW he became the founder and director of the Mexican American Unity Council in San Antonio, Texas. In 1970 he was named Field Director of the Southwest Council of La Raza.
From 1972 to July 1974, he concentrated his efforts on building the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project (SVREP). Little notice was taken when Velasquez opened the doors to SVREP in 1974, seated on a folding chair; behind a small desk calling from a borrowed rotary telephone to spur Mexican Americans into politics.
He enlisted the aid of Community organizers, together they launched hundreds of voter registIaIion and get-the-vote-out (GOTV) campaigns throughout the southwest. The legacy of Velásquez is apparent-since its inception, SVREP has cultivated 50,000 community leaders, successfully litigated 85 voting rights law suits and has conducted 2,300 non-partisan,voter registration and GOTV campaigns. Consequently, voter registration has grown over the years from 2.4 million registered Latinos in 1974 to 7 million nationwide in 1998.
But his vision involved more than just getting Latinos to the ballot box, Velásquez sought to bring into the democratic process an active and informed Latino electorate.
Charted in 1984, the Southwest Voter Research Institute was established to seek the opinions of the Latino electorate and to make those findings known. He felt Latino leaders should be held accountable to their constituencies. As part of the institute, he set out to collect and distribute information on public policy issues ranging from income and poverty to U.S. and Latin America relations.
In 1995 President Bill Clinton awarded Velásquez The Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor any civilian can receive - and only the second Latino ever to earn that honor.
In 1997, the Southwest Voter Research Institute was changed to the William C Velásquez Institute (WCVI) as a way to honor and perpetuate Velásquez’ vision and legacy.
Some history of his associations:
The Raza Unida Party (RUP) was first established as a third political party in Crystal City, Texas, in January, 1970. As an alternative to the two-party system in Texas, Raza Unida sought social, economic, and political self-determination for Chicanos, other minorities, and the disenfranchised through local and, later, state politics. At its start, the party organized around county, local, and school district elections in south Texas; winning city council elections in Cotulla, Carrizo Springs, and Crystal City in April 1970. Also victorious in Crystal City were party founder José Angel Gutiérrez and two other candidates running on the RUP ticket for school board positions.
You will remember Jose Angel Gutierrez from this famous quote of his:
“We have an aging white America. . . . They are dying. . . . They are ******** in their pants with fear! I love it!” “We have got to eliminate the gringo, and what I mean by that is if the worst comes to the worst, we have got to kill him.”
More on this quote and Reconquista in general can be found here - an excellent site I stumbled upon.
Excerpts:
Mexicans and many Mexican-Americans have never accepted the loss of their land, inhabited long before the gringos (white Europeans) arrived. Chicano groups like MEchA (Chicano Student Movement Of Aztlan) want to reconquer seven states in the Southwestern United States called Aztlan, the mythical home of the Aztecs. They include: California, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, plus parts of Colorado, Nevada and Utah.
The road to success is based on infiltration (illegal aliens from Mexico) and demographic dominance (like-minded Chicanos being elected to political office by a region overwhelmingly of Mexican origin). What would exist is a de facto alien nation, with loyalty to their Mexican homeland. Efforts would be made to establish a separate government or to rejoin Mexico. Note that Mexico has granted dual citizenship to Mexican immigrants with U.S. citizenship as well as to their children. Kind of speeds the process along. No repatriation needed.
Chicano Studies programs in many colleges advance the cause by indoctrinating young Chicano students to hate white America and to participate in driving them from the Southwestern U.S., all paid for by the American taxpayer. These students then go on to win political office (example - Cruz Bustamante, Lt. Governor of California and former member of MEchA). And the momentum builds.
Anything to achieve their goal is utilized. Non-assimilation is preached. Keep your” Mexicaness”. And the new immigrants are doing just that. Bi-lingual education is demanded. Demonstrations, intimidation of officeholders and lawsuits are filed to defeat proposed laws like Proposition 187 (denies public benefits to illegal aliens).
Vicente Fox, President of Mexico, is a major participant in Reconquista, the invasion of America. His efforts toward making the dream a reality include dual citizenship for Mexican-Americans. guidelines to illegals heading for America, a new temporary worker program, driver’s licenses for illegals and the legalization of millions of undocumented Mexican workers in America. He also supports a European Union type of arrangement between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, including open borders. That would be a definite gain for Mexico and the soon-to-be predominately Mexican, Southwestern United States. Yes, Spanish would be the primary language and support for Mexico (remember dual citizenship) would make that area a part of Mexico or, at least, an autonomous region, uncooperative with the U.S. national government.
Fox, while speaking in Chicago on June 16, 2004, revealed his vision of the territorial boundaries of Mexico when he said: “We are Mexicans that live in our territories and we are Mexicans that live in other territories [America - primarily the Southwestern United States]. In reality, we are 120 million people [100 million in Mexico and the rest in America] that live together and are working to construct a nation.” [1]
Fox’s predecessor, Ernesto Zedillo, proclaimed on July 27, 1997 that:”I have proudly affirmed that the Mexican nation extends beyond the territory enclosed by its borders [again the Southwestern United States] and that Mexican migrants are an important- a very important - part of it.” [2]
This blunt statement in 1995 from Jose Angel Gutierrez, Professor of Political Science, University of Texas, Arlington, founder of La Raza Unida Party: “This [the Southwestern U.S.] is our homeland. We cannot - we will not - we must not be made to be illegal in our own homeland. We are not immigrants that came from another country to another country. We are migrants, free to travel the length and breath of the Americas because we belong here. We are millions. We just have to survive, We have an aging white America. They are not making babies, They are dying. It’s a matter of time. The explosion is in our population.” [5]
So these are the roots of Latino Congreso. Reconquista! Blasphemous Traitors!
Here are some of the “resolutions” adopted by the Latino Congreso during their meeting this week in Los Angeles: (make sure you visit the link for all the ridiculous “whereas” statements preceding these)
Resolution 6.11 - Fair, Humane and Rational Immigration Reform
1. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the that organizations represented by delegates of the 2007 National Latino Congreso call upon Congress to enact immigration reform consistent with the principles articulated in the Unity Blueprint for Immigration Reform; and
2. FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the that organizations represented by delegates of the 2007 National Latino Congreso call upon Congress to consider as an interim initiative more narrowly crafted proposals including a version of AgJOBS which allows immediate permanent resident status instead of multiple year obligations of service to a particular employer, a version of the DREAM Act without the military service option, and reduction of backlogs for family and employment based green cards; and
3. FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the that organizations represented by delegates of the 2007 National Latino Congreso call on the U.S. Congress and the Bush administration to focus their energy and talent on the articulation and prompt passage of immigration policy reforms that smartly, with full respect for civil rights and liberties, protect the security interest of the US, upholds the rule of law, and sets as a keystone the enormous social, economic, cultural and political contributions that immigrant communities make to their local neighborhoods and the nation as a whole; and
4. FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the that organizations represented by delegates of the 2007 National Latino Congreso call upon Congress to create a national immigrant integration program, in cooperation with state and local governments and private institutions, designed to lead and assist local communities in the healthy management of demographic changes brought about by immigration. One task of such a program should be to support immigrant communities in their learning process about the new country, including effective strategies to learn the English language, and establish local and state offices of immigrant affairs to address the specific needs of the new immigrant communities; and
5. FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that in order to best protect the national security of the United States and the rights and interests of U.S. workers, the organizations represented by delegates of the 2007 National Latino Congreso call upon Congress to recognize that a legalization program for undocumented immigrants should include unambiguous eligibility standards satisfied by realistic evidentiary burdens, afford applicants full access to judicial review in the event application for legalization are unlawfully denied, should include the spouses and children of program beneficiaries; and
6. FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the that organizations represented by delegates of the 2007 National Latino Congreso support a substantial increase in funding for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service and U.S. consulates to effect a massive reduction in all back logged immigration-related applications and modification of existing quotas with the goal that no application or petition for immigration benefits filed by eligible applicant would take more than 6 months to adjudicate; and
7. FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that in order to fully protect U.S. workers and reduce the unlawful exploitation of immigrant workers, the organizations represented by delegates of the 2007 National Latino Congreso support revisions to the U.S. laws so that documented and undocumented immigrants have full and complete access to protective labor and health and safety laws and that penalties be increased for employers who illegally exploit workers based upon their immigration status,[ says nothing about punishing the employers for HIRING the illegals you will notice] and that discrepancies of information related to social security numbers and names should not result in employment dismissals or sanctions to employers who employ such individuals; nor should the Social Security Administration be used as an enforcement instrument by the DHS for enforce employer sanctions; and
8. FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the that organizations represented by delegates of the 2007 National Latino Congreso oppose efforts to limit the ability of the judiciary to review and correct unlawful decisions regarding immigrants; we oppose the further militarization and criminalization of the U.S/Mexico border, and we support enhanced national security measures at seaports and U.S. Consulates that process applications for visas to enter the United States; and
9. FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the that organizations represented by delegates of the 2007 National Latino Congreso oppose legislation that fails to offer a comprehensive legalization program that would legalize the status of the majority of undocumented immigrant presently living in the United States, while adopting interior enforcement programs that will drive immigrants deeper underground, increase fear and exploitability, increase rather than decrease the size of the undocumented population, and result in widespread violations of human rights, all adverse to the national security of the United Stats and the rights and well-being of U.S. workers and their families; and
10. FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the that organizations represented by delegates of the 2007 National Latino Congreso unequivocally oppose local and state immigration restriction ordinance attempts, especially those deputizing local law enforcement agencies to enforce immigration law. We all should make it a priority to work in partnership with a broad coalition at all levels from all communities against such attempts, and maintain and build coalitions not just to defeat such ordinance attempts but to advocate for local legislation that addresses the needs of the communities, to encourage naturalization, to register new voters, and to educate communities about elected officials and candidates stands on this and other issues; and
11. FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the that organizations represented by delegates of the 2007 National Latino Congreso urge Congress to investigate and prohibit any and all activities of private groups and individuals to intimidate, threaten, coerce and otherwise attempt to enforce immigration laws, and should investigate well-documented cooperation among vigilante, militia, neo-fascist and population control groups to vilify and/or incite violence against immigrants regardless of status; and [ that means YOU the American citizen who is against illegal immigration and reconquista of our southwest - they label patriots as “vigilantes” to engender a hateful image of anyone who seeks to uphold our laws against illegal immigration ]
12. FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the that organizations represented by delegates of the 2007 National Latino Congreso urge Congress should reject any and all proposals that would significantly delay or prevent immigrants eligible for legal status under current or future laws from acquiring green cards and naturalization and should otherwise reject proposals that would establish apartheid and/or indentured servitude like programs that relegate certain immigrants to permanent second class status; and
13. FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the that organizations represented by delegates of the 2007 National Latino Congreso urge Congress should reject any and all proposals similar to H.R. 4437 and S.2611 in their current form unless and until amended consistent with the principles and purposes in this resolution. We particularly object to measures that criminalize immigrants and militarize border communities, undermining civil and human rights. We support policies that seek to manage international migration into the U.S. in a way that is legal, secure and respects human rights; and [ and allows us to complete our Latino invasion by 2008 ]
14. FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the that organizations represented by delegates of the 2007 National Latino Congreso urge Latino and other eligible voters should reject candidates of either party who propose policies or adopt campaign tactics that vilify immigrants, divide communities, break up families and/or incite fears of or violence against immigrants or other targets of nativist scapegoating and fear-mongering; and
15. FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the that organizations represented by delegates of the 2007 National Latino Congreso urge that America declare a moratorium on deportations until Omnibus Immigration Reform acceptable to our constituencies is passed in the U.S. Congress; and [ the ARROGANCE!!!]
16. FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the that organizations represented by delegates of the 2007 National Latino Congreso unequivocally oppose legislation that would create or implement any form of national identification card or any further tightening or restrictions on the issuance of government identification already in existence; and [ because they know it will eliminate a lot of illegal immigration upon which their reconquista depends ]
17. FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the that organizations represented by delegates of the 2007 National Latino Congreso unequivocally oppose the creation of any form of centralized state or federal employment eligibility database(s) or clearinghouse system; or the use of information provided to the Social Security Administration for immigration enforcement purposes; and [ they don’t want our information system to become more efficient because they know that will hurt their reconquista efforts to invade the southwest and the country with Latinos]
18. FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the that organizations represented by delegates of the 2007 National Latino Congreso urge support all forms of civic activity of a non-violent character pursued by the organizations comprising the National Latino Congreso and/or other allies and coalitions that advocate in favor of immigrants and migrants in the broad sweep of endeavors to realize fair, humane, and rational immigration reform; and
19. FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the organizations represented by delegates of the 2007 National Latino Congreso call for increased unity of Latinos with African-Americans on immigration rights, civil rights, and other social justice issues.
Ok I just have to comment on the last resolution. Their REPEATED attempts to align with Black Civil Rights is an INSULT to Black Americans. These illegal alien Latinos come here WILLINGLY and they KNOW THE DEAL and that deal is - you work for peanuts because you are here illegally. This is the ONLY reason they find jobs - because the scumbag employers want cheap illegal labor. So they have NO RIGHT to turn around and say DISCRIMINATION when they have come here willingly to be exploited. They don’t like being exploited then they need to GO HOME. Very simple! Get your home country to take care of you. It is NOT OUR PROBLEM that you decide to come here illegally because your country SUCKS!
