Hypocrisy Continues...
Sep. 12th, 2011 08:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
disneydream06Apparently the Closet doesn't exist just for "gay" Republicans.....
Anti-Immigrant Governor Susana Martinez Reveals Her Illegal Roots
by Judy M.
New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez, the nation’s first Latina governor, has fought hard to repeal a law in her state that gives undocumented immigrants driver’s licenses.
The driver’s license issue was huge during the gubernatorial campaign. The New Mexican reports she pledged to introduce a bill to revoke the licenses of undocumented New Mexicans. In July, she said the state had randomly recalled 10,000 foreign nationals to “re-verify their New Mexico residency.”
Martinez’s Grandparents Were Undocumented Aliens
But in an interview with KLUZ-TV, the Univision affiliate in Albuquerque, the Republican governor said her paternal grandparents came into the country illegally.
And she still wants to punish all illegal immigrants?
From Chrome.com:
“I know they arrived without documents, especially my father’s father,” the Republican said Wednesday in an interview in Spanish with KLUZ-TV, the Albuquerque Univision affiliate.
Martinez has long acknowledged her Mexican heritage. But when asked previously about reports that her grandfather was an illegal immigrant, her office has said Martinez was unsure of his status since he abandoned the family when her father was young.
Her comments Wednesday appeared to be the first time she has answered the question definitively. The Santa Fe New Mexican reported in July that the 1930 U.S. Census Bureau record lists Martinez’s paternal grandparents’ citizenship status as “AL” for “alien,” a status that refers to “all foreign-born persons neither naturalized nor having first papers.” However, Martinez was not directly quoted in the story addressing her grandparents’ immigration status.
Martinez’s Grandfather A Threat Against Public Safety?
In her interview with KLUZ, the reporter asked if her grandfather would be considered “a threat against public safety,” a charge that Martinez has made against undocumented immigrants in her state.
Martinez said that times were different when her grandparents entered the United States. Back, then, she said, people crossed the border freely. Now, she said, especially after Sept. 11, “we have to make sure people don’t get a license using fake papers.”
However, The Associated Press spoke to experts who focus on Mexican-American history. Guadalupe San Miguel Jr., a University of Houston history professor, told the AP the laws in the 1920s, when Martinez’s grandparents came to the U.S., weren’t much different than they are now.
Is Martinez Ashamed Of Her Grandparents?
Martinez says repeatedly that she doesn’t support the DREAM act. But now she should know better than anyone that we have no control over the actions of our parents or grandparents.
You would think that learning that her grandparents entered the U.S. illegally would make a difference, right? After all, she wouldn’t be here, much less Governor of New Mexico, if her grandparents had not entered the United States as undocumented aliens.
Pretty ironic and pretty sad, yes? Is the New Mexico governor that ashamed of her heritage? And what would her grandparents say?
Anti-Immigrant Governor Susana Martinez Reveals Her Illegal Roots
by Judy M.
New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez, the nation’s first Latina governor, has fought hard to repeal a law in her state that gives undocumented immigrants driver’s licenses.
The driver’s license issue was huge during the gubernatorial campaign. The New Mexican reports she pledged to introduce a bill to revoke the licenses of undocumented New Mexicans. In July, she said the state had randomly recalled 10,000 foreign nationals to “re-verify their New Mexico residency.”
Martinez’s Grandparents Were Undocumented Aliens
But in an interview with KLUZ-TV, the Univision affiliate in Albuquerque, the Republican governor said her paternal grandparents came into the country illegally.
And she still wants to punish all illegal immigrants?
From Chrome.com:
“I know they arrived without documents, especially my father’s father,” the Republican said Wednesday in an interview in Spanish with KLUZ-TV, the Albuquerque Univision affiliate.
Martinez has long acknowledged her Mexican heritage. But when asked previously about reports that her grandfather was an illegal immigrant, her office has said Martinez was unsure of his status since he abandoned the family when her father was young.
Her comments Wednesday appeared to be the first time she has answered the question definitively. The Santa Fe New Mexican reported in July that the 1930 U.S. Census Bureau record lists Martinez’s paternal grandparents’ citizenship status as “AL” for “alien,” a status that refers to “all foreign-born persons neither naturalized nor having first papers.” However, Martinez was not directly quoted in the story addressing her grandparents’ immigration status.
Martinez’s Grandfather A Threat Against Public Safety?
In her interview with KLUZ, the reporter asked if her grandfather would be considered “a threat against public safety,” a charge that Martinez has made against undocumented immigrants in her state.
Martinez said that times were different when her grandparents entered the United States. Back, then, she said, people crossed the border freely. Now, she said, especially after Sept. 11, “we have to make sure people don’t get a license using fake papers.”
However, The Associated Press spoke to experts who focus on Mexican-American history. Guadalupe San Miguel Jr., a University of Houston history professor, told the AP the laws in the 1920s, when Martinez’s grandparents came to the U.S., weren’t much different than they are now.
Is Martinez Ashamed Of Her Grandparents?
Martinez says repeatedly that she doesn’t support the DREAM act. But now she should know better than anyone that we have no control over the actions of our parents or grandparents.
You would think that learning that her grandparents entered the U.S. illegally would make a difference, right? After all, she wouldn’t be here, much less Governor of New Mexico, if her grandparents had not entered the United States as undocumented aliens.
Pretty ironic and pretty sad, yes? Is the New Mexico governor that ashamed of her heritage? And what would her grandparents say?
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Date: 2011-09-12 04:34 pm (UTC)As the Governor said, Times are different now. Aside from people like Pancho Villa, we didn't have the Major drugs/weapons issues that we have now. If the situation in Mexico were more stable (and in the rest of the world), this would be a non-issue.
What part of "ILLEGAL" does "Judy M." not understand. People who do things illegally in this country are supposed to be punished for what they did. If I steal something and get caught, I go to jail. If I am speeding on the freeway and get caught, I get a ticket and/or go to jail - depending on the situation. If I illegally cross the border into Mexico, I end up in a Mexican prison for a few months at the very least. LAWS MATTER. Unless the Law is changed so everyone can just wander in here for no matter what reason, people can't sneak across the border into this country. I'm sure there are many people who want to pick and choose which Laws they want to enforce. When this happens, it makes a mockery of the entire U.S. Justice system...which is not hard to do in many areas. Laws need to be enforced consistantly or not at all.
And....
What I think that "Judy M.'s" use of the word "Ashamed" is inappropriate. The Governor's comments in the article do not indicate "shame" in the least...only the Reality of the current situation.
Nice try.
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Date: 2011-09-12 10:03 pm (UTC)If it's illegal it should be illegal, and somebody should be sent packing. At least according to some.