from days past.........
"Attorney General Alberto Gonzales admitted that he doesn’t know if his grandparents came from Mexico to the United States legally or illegally, but that his family’s story is the “American dream.” "
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/17/gonzales-grandparents-illegal/ ***
December 1, 2004
Posted 1:10 AM Eastern
NewsWithViews.com
The National Council of La Raza, meaning "the race" (NCLR) and the National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP) have announced their endorsement for White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales to succeed current Attorney General John Ashcroft who announced his departure earlier this month. This nomination may run into some stumbling blocks. Alberto Gonzales served on the Board of Directors of one of La Raza's affiliates, the Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans (AAMA) in Houston.
Jesus Lopez, who immigrated legally to the United States, resents the agenda being pushed by groups like La Raza. He's also upset that a possible Attorney General like Gonzales would associate with what Lopez calls "racist organizations who want to take back the borders states through invasion, promote open borders, voting for illegal aliens, driver's licenses for illegal aliens and an official proclamation of sorts for their own culture." Lopez said he and his family had to wait their turn to legally enter the United States and they are proud to be Americans first and says organizations like La Raza don't want to promote harmony but are militant.
Opponents of Gonzales' find his affiliation with these groups troubling and encourage people to read the web sites of organizations like La Raza (search) and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) (search). They charge that these organizations are demanding national holidays based on Mexican cultural figures, public school instruction and all state and federal government services in Spanish as well as Spanish being recognized as at least "co-equal" with English - except in predominately Hispanic areas where they want Spanish to be the official language as well as "taking back the border states." www.newswithviews.com/NWVexclusive/exclusive60.htm