Latinos right to confront do-nothing Harry Reid on immigration reform issue

Posted on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 10:10 PM

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I have to say I agree with Latinos for Reform that Latinos are wasting their time voting for Harry Reid and his ilk in the upcoming election.

All the Democrats have done for two years is the old bait and switch , pretending to care about comprehensive immigration reform yet doing nothing about it.

Sure we hear the rhetoric and we hear the impassioned calls, but when it comes to action Harry Reid and Barack Obama have been far worse than President Bush who at least helped get an immigration bill through the House and onto the floor of the senate.

All the Democrats have done is whistle past the graveyard of broken dreams of Latinos and other ethnic groups desperately seeking immigration reform and hope they don't notice.

Latinos For Reform are pushing it pretty far by saying don't vote in this election, but maybe it takes a fire eating proposal like that to get some action from the Democrats.

They had a supermajority in the Senate and House for two years and did nothing. They will be lucky to retain the senate and will likely lose the house which means no immigration reform for the next two years and God knows how long after that.

Worse they crafted a last second bill on the DREAM act,allowing children of illegal immigrants, brought to this country very young to stay here-- but they failed to pass it. T

alk about broken DREAMS.

Latinos need to wake up and accept that is the reality -- and that it could have been very different.

if Obama had spent half the time lavishing love on the Latino community as he did with Wall Street and the banks something historic might have been achieved.

It is now too little too late and Harry Reid is getting called on it.

Politico's Ben Smith talked to Robert de Posada,whose organization sponsored the ad who told him:

"We're saying what a lot of people are feeling. It's the only way for Hispanics to stand up and demand some attention,"

He's right you know.

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IrishTierney | Oct 20, 2010, 01:35 PM EDT

Good article Roberts. Latino's are wasting their time voting for Reid. Close the damn borders! There are enough illegal's in the USA. Learn the language of our land, ENGLISH! I could give a rat's ass what the Latino's are crying about. I need a job for myself first, before I bother worrying about them.

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joanmoody | Oct 20, 2010, 11:54 AM EDT

I live in Texas and am job hunting but my chances are slim and none because I don't speak Spanish even though I have a college degree and do various jobs to pay the bills. In some ways I agree with bronxjames.

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maloney | Oct 20, 2010, 10:40 AM EDT

The democRATs did do something. They kept the borders open so the illegals could come & go as they please. Close the borders & throw the dems on the other side of the fence.

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Monsoonman | Oct 20, 2010, 10:00 AM EDT

In the meantime: Why not enforce the existing laws and protect our borders, that would be a great start.

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bronxjames | Oct 20, 2010, 09:10 AM EDT

the latinos are angry? ask me if i really care.

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spiderman | Oct 20, 2010, 09:07 AM EDT

we big for there help but they dont do anything now they need to ask and ask for our help dont worry we have enough just have enough

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spiderman | Oct 20, 2010, 09:04 AM EDT

thats what happen sometime we need to think that someday we need them now its payday democrats we ask for your help and the word you said its not time to do it or we dont have apitite to do it now thats what we gonna say to you its not time and we dont have apetite to do it maybe next year good luck democrat we have enough do something not just run your mouth but do something

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coachpedro | Oct 20, 2010, 08:53 AM EDT

Indeed, if the democratic would like to do something the time was when They had a super-majority in the Senate and House. The huge problem now is that our Country need to have a Compressive Immigration Reform. Our system is broke and someone (Democratic or Republican) need to step forward and start to work on it. It is indeed to say that our economy can't wait for it anymore.

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