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PHOENIX- The Arizona Hispanic Republicans released the following statement condemning the passage of the SB1070.
"Arizona Hispanic Republicans believe that it is unfortunate for Jan Brewer to support Pearce's bill. The greatest leaders in our nation had courage, and we believe that Brewer made her decision in an effort to save her political career. Jan Brewer's decision will mark today as the day in which Hispanic Americans will follow the footsteps of the Great Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Pearce and Brewer do not see the unintended consequences of their actions, and it appears that they were willing to make decisions that affect us at the cost of trampling on our Constitutional Rights.

We believe this party was founded by Abraham Lincoln, a man who was instrumental in doing away with evils towards people of color. We must never forget the price Abraham paid with his own life, and for that we at least owe a fight to bring this party back to our true roots. Later, the Republican Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. picked up Abe's mantle and helped fight the injustice of racism. Republicans in that era fought to free blacks from slavery, which gave people of color freedoms and citizenship.

It is unfortunate that our own members of the Republican Party believe that we have to trample on our Constitution in order to "enforce our laws." We believe that Pearce is easing the requirements for "probable cause" and his attempt in expanding our government. What Pearce's bill proves is that he does not have the answer for illegal immigration within the confines of the American Constitution, and in fact he is not solving the problem by creating more problems.

We believe United States Hispanic citizens have a right to be safe in their person from illegal searches and seizures, and we believe Pearce's efforts are violating that. SB 1070 is a direct slap in the face to Hispanic Americans who have fought and died for several American wars because this new law can be abused by authorities to pull us over with mere "reasonable suspicion".

That said, and even though we are taking a stance against Jan Brewer and Russell Pearce's law, we are ultimately holding President Obama accountable. Obama promised Hispanics that he would pass immigration reform within 90 days of his Presidency. Had Obama carried out his promises to Hispanics last year, the Hispanic community would not be experiencing the crisis we are experiencing right now. There has been recent criticism over our Senator John McCain because John McCain probably feels he cannot win the primary elections due to his previous stances on championing immigration reform and the consistent untrue attacks by Hayworth. It is understandable on why McCain believes he is in the fight of his life. For the record, Senator McCain has taken action in the past while Obama has not. McCain's valuable experience contributed to Americans winning the Iraq war. The problem is this: There are more Latinos registered as Democrats in the State of Arizona that cannot vote for McCain in the primary elections and McCain wants to win. How can these hypocritical democrat leaders lay blame to the McCain when at the very least McCain has action to back his words? Why aren't Democrat leaders holding Obama's feet to the fire? Hispanics are more aligned with Republican values because of our social conservative values and our belief in the Creator; and if Hispanics want to make a real change to help change the face of our Party to bring it back to the Party of Abraham Lincoln, then I call upon all Latinos (Democrat and Independent) to register themselves as Republicans in order to bring it back to those roots.

Hispanic families are agonizing over this issue. Russell Pearce has not articulated a proactive approach to what will happen to American born children and their welfare as they are ripped apart from their parents. In fact, Russell Pearce believes that children born of illegal immigrants should not be declared as citizens.

Arizona Hispanic Republicans will not vote for Jan Brewer this year because we are holding her accountable for supporting a bill that violates the Constitution and our Civil Rights. I have sounded the alarm to all Republicans in this state that the passing of this bill is political suicide.

The State of Arizona already has a blemish because we were the last state of the Union to recognize Martin Luther King as an official holiday. Arizona Hispanic Republicans will write an open letter to our RNC Chair, Michael Steele, as he continues to consider where to hold our next 2011 GOP convention. We will caution our RNC Chair to consider the consequences of that because then it could be perceived as rewarding the state that implemented strong anti-Hispanic laws that has rattled our community and our Civil Rights."
http://www.kvoa.com/news/arizona-his...igration-bill/
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It is understandable on why McCain believes he is in the fight of his life. For the record, Senator McCain has taken action in the past while Obama has not. McCain's valuable experience contributed to Americans winning the Iraq war. The problem is this: There are more Latinos registered as Democrats in the State of Arizona that cannot vote for McCain in the primary elections and McCain wants to win. How can these hypocritical democrat leaders lay blame to the McCain when at the very least McCain has action to back his words?
Biggest piece of shit I've heard in a long time.

Then again this is coming from self-hating "Hispanic Republicans" so the bar is set pretty low.
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Wtf... Did the guy start drinking while he was writing some where in the middle there?

I find it kinda sad that there are still such a thing as a Latino Republican. I mean, its understandable if they are running for office and are republican, but just a regular citizen latino republican.... I mean ur just a fucking idiot, I'm sorry, I don't care what anyone says. In this day and age being Latino republican who's not involved in politics in anyway is just plain stupid. The person is either out of touch with politics or just someone who plain doesn't care about the rest of our race. Thats right, I said it. And anyone can try to argue it but at the end of the day there is nothing republicans stand for that out weights what they are against. And what they are against is called immigrants.

PS. Has anyone ever seen Gangs of New York? See some similarities? It's like history is constantly repeating itself.
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Wtf... Did the guy start drinking while he was writing some where in the middle there?

I find it kinda sad that there are still such a thing as a Latino Republican. I mean, its understandable if they are running for office and are republican, but just a regular citizen latino republican.... I mean ur just a fucking idiot, I'm sorry, I don't care what anyone says. In this day and age being Latino republican who's not involved in politics in anyway is just plain stupid. The person is either out of touch with politics or just someone who plain doesn't care about the rest of our race. Thats right, I said it. And anyone can try to argue it but at the end of the day there is nothing republicans stand for that out weights what they are against. And what they are against is called immigrants.

PS. Has anyone ever seen Gangs of New York? See some similarities? It's like history is constantly repeating itself.


Exactly, I totally agree w/ what you said! I don’t understand that either... or how there are Dreamie Republicans for that matter. The other day I saw a video that had this Hispanic looking Tea Bagger (with a thick accent) saying how they should mass deport illegal’s and how they should legalize a few "forigners" and make sure they can never become citizens. I was like WTF?

Sadly a lot of Hispanic republicans that are anti-immigration seem to be self hating of their own race. My mom's co-worker 3rd gen Mexican American was hella racist against illegals and a hardcore republican. =[

I know that if I ever become legal and a citizen I will remember the hardships that I went through as an Illegal and will support people who fought for us, and never be a bigot, or a self hating douche.
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