The EV Tribune: Getting it wrong

It’s not fear of immigration, it’s fury at those illegally invading our country

 The East Valley Tribune asks why people are so angry about immigration. In a nation built on immigrants, what is the problem?

The article, Why so angry about illegal immigration? stirs the pot by writing of a “backlash against foreigners who are perceived as a threat,” and further discusses ire vented on Arizona blogs and “a strong racist undercurrent running through the anti-immigration movement.”

Then they quote former president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza (The Race), ASU instructor Raul Yzaguirre, who points to the transformation of neighborhoods overwhelmed by immigrant Hispanics. At first, he said, small changes such as businesses moving in and putting up signs in Spanish are not seen as threatening. “But there comes a tipping point when the feelings about those changes turns into fear,” Yzagurre said.

It’s not fear, Mr. Yzaguirre. It is the fact that this nation is being inundated with lawbreakers, many of whom continue to break other laws once they have arrived illegally. The resentments are further exacerbated by the lack of an attempt at assimilation by Latino separatists and Reconquista, who believe the American Southwest is their land to reclaim.

The Tribune neglected to mention that Hillary Clinton has named Raul Yzaguirre, a supporter of amnesty and mass immigration, to lead her Hispanic outreach effort. He is the counterpart to John McCain’s Hispanic Outreach Director, Juan Hernandez–who says we are not separate nations, but merely a “region.”

Yzaguirre states, “That fear is then too often fueled by opportunistic politicians who exploit the situation for votes, rather then working to alleviate fears . That in turn only serves to fan the psychological flames and incite even more anger,” he said.

And in case you might not have guessed the “exploitive…opportunistic politician,” the next paragraph thoughtfully provides the name of Rep. Russell Pearce (R-Dist.18), who authored the state’s stringent employer sanctions law, which penalizes businesses that knowingly hire illegal aliens.

For good measure, they add Salvador Reza, an illegal alien organizer and protest leader to the mix. He operates the Macehualli Work Center for illegal laborers. Reza, hardly concealing threats, incites Hispanic street demonstrators, then says they were able to keep incidents from escalating, but added he’s unsure whether it will be possible in the future. “It’s getting very hard to tell people not to confront them,” he said. “We can’t control the anger anymore.”

The “them” Reza refers to is us–American citizens who have had their fill.

You can read more about Salvador Reza and his extremist views in the Sonoran News’ coverage here.