Rep. Rohrabacher Suggests White People Will ‘Lose Our Freedom’ If DREAM Act Passes

In their efforts to bring down the DREAM Act, which would give children of undocumented immigrants who complete college or volunteer for the military a path to citizenship, conservatives have been smearing the bill as “backdoor amnesty” for undocumented immigrants and claiming it creates a loophole for terrorists. Unfortunately, many of their attacks have also taken on racial undertones. Yesterday, Fox News host Glenn Beck told a caller on his radio show that the bill would disenfranchise white people, saying, “if you’re white or you’re an American citizen or a white American citizen, you’re pretty much toast.” Beck suggested his caller steal a Mexican ID card in to receive the supposedly preferential treatment minorities will receive under DREAM.

While clearly bigoted, Beck’s comments appeared to have the joking tone of a self-described “rodeo clown.” But Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) was not joking when he took to the House floor Wednesday to warn that voting for “the Affirmative Action Amnesty Act,” as he dubbed DREAM, will “relegate the position of non-minority American citizens to behind those who are now in this country illegally.”

Appearing on Radio America with Greg Corombus yesterday, Rohrabacher expanded on the dangers to white people of DREAM, explaining that the “real zinger” is that it puts minorities “ahead of every American child who’s not a minority.” “[T]hey can get into college before our kids,” Rohrabacher said on behalf of white people everywhere, warning ominously at the end of the interview that “if Americans aren’t alerted to this, we’re going to lose our freedom”:

Of course, the DREAM Act is not amnesty, nor is it affirmative action, and it is certainly not a measure to oppress white people. The bill extends conditional legal status for five years to young people who are upstanding citizens and in this country illegally by not fault of their own. It will also help enforce immigration laws, reduce the deficit, and strengthen the military, but that doesn’t seem to matter to Rohrabacher or Beck.

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http://thinkprogress.org/2010/12/10/...-white-people/

that republican bastard ! You know, his district has a lot of Asians. I can't imagine how the Asians will react to his comments

I think he's just scared because he knows what we are capable of. Look how far we have gone with no help. Now imagine the possibilities we will have when we become citizens. We will most likely be taking his job. Clearly a position that he is not worthy of.

I Am White!!!!!!

To be fair with this asshat, he only mentioned "minority" and we know that white people would be the minority in 20+ years, the year most dreamers would be legalized. lol.

In all seriousness though, if dream act doesn't pass on the 111th congress we would have to face alot more bullshit like this in the new congress next year.

It amazes me how some people can be so selfish and ignorant. Passing the DA is stud best thing for us and this country!

just keep making those phone calls and faxes

I am white Mexican

white in my heart, brown in my skin

i'm a banana