Congress Does Immigration

At a hearing on immigration before the US House of Representatives in February 2013 Julian Castro, the Mayor of San Antonio Texas testified. San Antonio is run by a city manger, as Cambridge MA is run. The Mayor is a figure head like Obama. Great at being head of state, and making speeches. No skills at being head of government. He is a Harvard Law School Graduate, Hispanic, pretty, educated, intelligent, articulate, and self absorbed. Julian Castro doesn't speak Spanish fluently. He has a twin brother Joaquin, who was elected to Congress. Julian reminded me of Jarrett Barrios a former State Rep in Massachusetts who is now President and CEO of the Massachusetts Red Cross. They both use the term "folks" to refer to ordinary civilians showing their disdain and perception of their own superiority. The smartest man in the room uses that term signifying his moral superiority too.

Castro openly supports a "path to citizenship" for illegal aliens ahead of law abiding immigrants who wait in line and obey the laws. He wants to reward people who violated US laws and to punish law abiding taxpayer and citizens. He violates his oath of office. Testifying before the US House Committee on Immigration he mentioned his mother working as a maid. But news reports say his mother Rosie went to college and got a master's degree. She now is a student affairs administrator at a community college. Rosie also made a mark in politics. She ran unsuccessfully for City Council in 1971 and was a civil rights activist. His father is a retired teacher. He is the typical recipient of special consideration in hiring and admissions. Poor white men and women are discriminated against because they are white. Children of wealthy alleged minority groups get extra advantages over poor people. Moreover in many jurisdictions in the US whites are a minority yet are discriminated against and punished for their minority status. It is more instances of rewarding people who suffered no harm, and punishing people who did no wrong.

In any case his mother sacrificed working so that her son could have a better life. He exploits her labors claiming victimhood status because of her suffering. I knew a student at Columbia University who would seek sympathy explaining he was depressed because his parents were Holocaust survivors. He married a women who sought sympathy because she was "cursed with beauty." They deserve each other. Do we deserve the Castro brothers? Mayor Castro expects special privileges and consideration not because of his suffering, but because of the benefits he received from his mother's labors. Is this convoluted or what? Is he an Affirmative Action Mayor like some other politicians? Perhaps. San Antonio is a south Texas city with many Mexicans and Mexican Americans living there. In two recent books about election fraud, (Injustice by J. Christian Adams; and Who's Counting? by John Fund and Hans von Spakovsky) the authors explain how easy it is to get voter registration cards, and to vote even if one is not a citizen. How many voters are illegal voters? There is little will to find out, and less to prosecute violations of the voting fraud statutes. Obama's Department of Justice Civil Rights Division working under Eric "Fast and Furious" Holder refuses to enforce the voting rights act in a race neutral manner.

Mayor Castro wants to repeat what was done previously to resolve the illegal alien crises. Under Reagan they were legalized. Castro wants to do it again. And it will keep happening because politicians have no spines. Did legalizing them stop the flow of illegal aliens streaming into the US? Did it end the line crashing of law abiding immigrants who wait in line and obey the laws of the US? Castro says he thinks that is the best thing for the nation as a whole. Rewarding people who violate laws, and punishing law abiding taxpayers, voters, immigrants. I don't think so. All this does is generate more disrespect for laws and the Constitution. Obama leads the way in undermining the rule of law. Castro is a new comer to the disease which is promoted at Harvard Law School and Harvard University.

One son of a diplomat testified that the US should issue green cards to anyone who wants to work in the US. They can decide later, he said, if they want to become citizens.

This is one more indication that the nation is run by criminals. They ignore inconvenient laws and repeal others meant to stop abuses.