Mitt Romney wants to do to the Irish what he wants to do to the Latino undocumented immigrants – Send them all back via self deportation
Monday, July 2nd, 2012Remember those E-3 visas for the Irish in Massachusetts? We know that Sen. Scott Brown took out the provisions for the Irish 
undocumented immigrants, while Senator Charles E. Schumer chose to keep the provisions in the E-3 visa bill.
Guess who primarily blocked the issue for the Irish the same way they try to block it for Mexican-Americans, the Asians and the rest of the undocumented living here in the United States?
Tea Party Republicans are primarily held responsible for blocking the E-3 visa bill for the Irish and this affects many of them who are living in the shadows of society in New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and etc.
The immigration issue is not just a “Latin” thing … it affects the Irish, the Canadians, the Europeans and the rest of the undocumented immigrants who are here from other parts of the world. We need to handle the immigration issue in a reasonable manner, and Mitt Romney is for sending all of them back via Kris Kobach’s self deportation idea that doesn’t stand a chance. In fact, Romney was endorsed by Kris Kobach who is the legal architect behind most of these anti-immigrant ideas. Bottom line: Romney is not for reasonable legal immigration reform.
We all want the immigration issue to be fixed via a LEGAL IMMIGRATION REFORM method, and it can be accomplished if the communities affected by the immigration issue will vote in immigrant-friendly politicians. Mitt Romney is not immigrant-friendly — hell, he doesn’t have an ounce of compassion for children of the undocumented when he promised to veto the DREAM Act.
It is imperative the people of Massachusetts remembers Mitt Romney’s stance against the undocumented immigrants — and that includes the Irish in the northeastern part of the United States. Mitt Romney is in bed with Kris Kobach, Pete Wilson, Joe Arpaio and several isolationist and restrictionist Republicans. He cannot be trusted on the immigration issue.
Viva los San Patricios!
The Tequila Party is fighting for legal immigration that affects the entire global community.
From the National Tequila Party Movement Irish undocumented executive director below:
As a proud Irish American, living in the United States, it saddens me greatly to hear the violent and heartless rhetoric espoused by those running for the opportunity to be the leader of one of the greatest nation in the world. A nation, mind you, built on immigrants. This country was built on the blood, sweat, tears and bones of those that came here looking for a better life, for themselves and their families.
We are a nation of immigrants, and our history has not always such a proud one. From the time when the first Europeans landed on these shores, it has been a battle for dominance and resources against the First-Americans and at the newly arrived immigrants. The immigrants that arrived here first, then tried to deny the same opportunity to the immigrants that came later, or to immigrants that they looked down upon already, whether for reasons of culture or religion.
Whatever nativist group sprung up, the Know-Nothings, the Klu Klux Klan, and now their ideological descendants; FAIR, Numbers USA, and ALIPAC, are trying the same old methods to destroy, deter and demean the new group of immigrants. However, our neighbors to the South have been here for quite some time and their history and culture permeates the United State in place names, surnames, food and music. Remarkably, most of Hispanics have been for hundreds of years and are an integral part of the United States.
When we draw parallels between the Immigrant Irish of the Potato Famine years and the new immigrants from south of the border, we see an amazing similarity in how they are perceived and in the war against them conducted by the nativists. Both groups are portrayed as sub-human by these hate groups. Both groups have had religion used against them, both face strict immigration restrictions on the numbers allowed in, both were considered lower in intelligence and ability than the dominant population, both demonized for the ills and troubles affecting the current population. Denied jobs, rights, education, accused of being unwilling or unable to learn the dominant language or culture, they are relegated to menial labor and poor working conditions.
But, and there is a big BUT here, they survived and most importantly, they succeeded. In law, in politics, in religion, in education and in government, they have given us some of our greatest leaders, humanitarians and scientists. And during all this, the nativist hatred and chatter has sometimes grown loud and strong and sometimes been silenced and relegated to where it belongs – in the outhouse.
The lessons in history surrounding this issue is this: the nativists have always, ultimately, lost. It was true for the past and will be true again for the future. If the only rhetoric one has, in promoting themselves as a potential leader, is a desire to trample rights so dearly treasured, deny access to those less fortunate, and demonizes an entire race or religion, then that person is not and never will be fit to be a leader.
The future is now. The things we do now, will decide how we are viewed by history. If we give in to those that would advocate violence, deny basic human necessities and think this is what the American people want, we have lost. I have more faith in America than this. I believe that the truth and what is right will ultimately prevail, it might be a rough road, but both the Irish and the Latino populations have both been down this road before, and what does not destroy us, only made us stronger. The nativists would do well to remember that fact.
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