NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD MEN AND WOMEN TO COME TO THE AID OF THEIR
COUNTRY

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Fed dollars proposed for La Raza

Plan would start with $5 million, then double funding

June 2, 2007

Tens of millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars soon could be flowing into
the National Council of La Raza, an organization that advocates for
civil rights for Hispanics and has connections to groups that advocate
the separation of several southwestern states from the rest of the
nation.

The proposal has been made by U.S. Rep. Ruben Hinojosa, and it would
give the organization that describes itself as "the largest national
Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States ¡V
[working] to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans" $5 million
annually starting in 2008, with the funding to double the next year
and then continue at that level "for each fiscal year thereafter."

As WND reported earlier, La Raza was condemned last year by Rep.
Charles Norwood, R-Ga., as a radical "pro-illegal immigration lobbying
organization that supports racist groups calling for the secession of
the western United States as a Hispanic-only homeland."

Norwood has called on La Raza to renounce its support of the
Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan ¡V which sees "The Race" as
part of an ethnic group that one day will reclaim Aztlan, the mythical
birthplace of the Aztecs. In Chicano folklore, Aztlan includes
California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and parts of Colorado and
Texas.

The new plan, H.R. 1999, was introduced in April and already has been
referred to a committee for action.

The attempt to divert federal funding is being publicized by several
groups, including Americans for Legal Immigration Political Action
Committee as well as The Federal Observer.

"Contact your HOUSE MEMBER to vote against this American largess for
organizations working for the benefit of foreign nations," the
websites said.

The legislation specifically authorizes money "for assistance for the
National Council of La Raza and the Raza Development Fund."

"This Act may be cited as the 'Hope Fund Act of 2007,'" the
legislation said. It calls for the money to be used for "community
development" as well as "affordable housing" for neighborhoods "of
Hispanic origin."

The organization's latest available financial report confirms that it
already gets $5 million a year in federal grants, and nearly another
$14 million a year in other grants, making up a majority of its $30
million annual budget. The future $10 million annual grants would
provide a substantial boost to its budget.

The legislation allows the money to be spent by the National Council
of La Raza or its development fund and leaves the door open for
funding "such other activities as may be determined by the Secretary
and the National Council of La Raza."

"Line[s] the pockets of Hispanic real estate companies and agents and
¡K line[s] their own pockets and cronies," one forum participant said
on the ALIPAC site. "The thought of paying taxes to fund this
pandering racist organization should enrage everyone!"

ALIPAC spokesman William Gheen told WND that it's happening across the
board these days.

"It is unethical for any group engaged in politics to be receiving
taxpayer funds," he said. "La Raza lobbies on issues and then lobbies
to receive more money."

He said the organization legally is allowed to lobby as long as only a
small part of its budget goes to that goal. "It would be interesting
to have a job where part of your job is to spend tax dollars and then
go lobby for more."

He said the Internal Revenue Service simply has not been following
such activities closely enough.

"People can file a complaint with the IRS, but it's another matter
whether they do anything," he said.

The open-ended allocation referencing future fiscal years could mean
that not only tens of millions ¡V but hundreds of millions ¡V of
taxpayer dollars would be allocated for the organization, he said.

Also, since La Raza has hundreds of affiliate groups around the
nation, the bottom line could escalate dramatically.

He said Americans probably wouldn't want their tax dollars to such
race-based groups.

One of the founders of the La Raza concept was Jose Angel Gutierrez, a
professor whose current projects include, "A Chicano Manual on How to
Handle Gringos," and "Chicano Leadership: Local Elected Officials in
Texas, 1950-2000."

He helped found the Mexican American Youth Organization and La Raza
Unida Party, and has told reporters that, "Our devil has pale skin and
blue eyes," and, "We're a new Mestizo nation."

La Raza itself confirms on its website that it will continue to
support on a case by case basis the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de
Aztlan, which it admits has "inappropriate rhetoric" that is
"extremist and inflammatory."

That organization has called for the restoration of Aztlan by
separating much or all of half a dozen southwestern states from the
United States. To that concept, Gutierrez responded that he shouldn't
need a passport, because he was just traveling across the land to
which he is indigenous.

WND reported just a day earlier that a campaign also has been set up
by a group including La Raza letting Spanish-speaking people lobby the
U.S. Senate directly, even coaching them what English words to use.

And it deceives congressional offices, with a high-tech process that
strips away the 800 number people actually call, and forwards to
Washington the callers' home numbers, leaving the impression the
multitude of calls are not part of an organized effort, WND has
learned.

The actual program is being run by the Coalition for Comprehensive
Immigration Reform, which calls itself "a campaign ¡K to achieve
passage of workable comprehensive immigration reform legislation that
serves our nation," and includes the National Council of La Raza as a
supporting member.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55976
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"Por La Raza todo. Fuera de La Raza nada"
("For The Race everything, for those outside The Race nothing")

-- Motto of MEChA, one of the nation's largest publically-funded
organizations with cells on high school and college campuses across the
USA
(Note: Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez says he "used to be" a member)
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¡§How Eisenhower solved illegal border crossings from Mexico¡¨
By John Dillin
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0706/p09s01-coop.html

Excerpt:

¡§General Eisenhower ... quoted a report in The New York Times,
highlighting one paragraph that said: ¡¥The rise in illegal
border-crossing
by Mexican 'wetbacks' to a current rate of more than
1,000,000 cases a year has been accompanied by a curious relaxation
in ethical standards extending all the way from the farmer-exploiters
of this contraband labor to the highest levels of the Federal
Government ..."

¡§Herbert Brownell Jr., Eisenhower's first attorney general, said the
president had a sense of urgency about illegal immigration when he took
office.

¡§America ¡¥was faced with a breakdown in law enforcement on a very large
scale,¡¦ Mr. Brownell said. ¡¥When I say large scale, I mean hundreds of
thousands were coming in from Mexico [every year] without restraint.¡¦"
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Just two of MANY American cops murdered by illegals:
www.DeputyDavidMarch.com
www.KrisEggle.org

"Unfortunately, the majority of illegal aliens who are here are engaged in
criminal activity. Identity theft, use of fraudulent Social Security
numbers and green cards, tax evasion, driving without licenses represent
some of the crimes that are engaged in by the majority of illegal aliens
on
a daily basis merely to maintain and hide their illegal status. In
addition, violent crime and drug distribution and possession is also
prevalent among illegal aliens. Over 25% of today's federal prison
population are illegal aliens. In some areas of the country, 12% of
felonies, 25% of burglaries and 34% of thefts are committed by illegal
aliens."

-- Testimony of District Attorney John M. Morganelli before the House
Subcommittee on Immigration, Border, Security and Claims [Note: 99% of
warrants for murder in Los Angeles, California -- the USA's 2nd
most-populous city -- are for illegal aliens]

"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate,
tireless minority keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of
men."
-- Samuel Adams

"¡§All great truths begin as heresies.¡¨

-- Former Democrat Governor of Colorado Richard Lamm, official of
Defend Colorado Now, a movement opposed to illegal immigration
and public services for illegal aliens