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July 18, 2003
 “Immigrant
Workers Freedom Ride” Could Liberate Americans!
By
Joe Guzzardi
My dear friends, I have
such good news to share with you that I can
hardly contain myself.
So joyful are my tidings that I
implored Peter Brimelow to permit me to share them with
you early last week. [VDARE.COM
NOTE: Peter Brimelow is taking a well-deserved
vacation, and we’re rationing these bulletins to make
them last until he gets back.]
If I were locked in my room and told
I couldn’t come out until I had an idea that would give
the goal of common sense in immigration a huge boost, I
could never top the
“Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride.”
What better for our cause than
hordes of illegal aliens boarding buses all over the
United States and converging on Washington, D.C. with
their mile-long laundry list of
demands? Mexico is never shy about insisting on what
Mexicans want - right now!
So aliens, please - assemble in
large groups, protest loudly (en espanol, por favor)
and let the birdbrains in DC see just how many of you
there are to run rampant.
Whine and whimper about how, as
illegal aliens, you insist upon the right to apply for
citizenship, to “reunify” your families, and to have a
voice on the job
without regard to legal
status... rights that you claim are denied by your
“undocumented” status and our “outdated” laws.
The “Freedom Ride”---scheduled to
begin in
nine major metropolitan centers on September 20th and end in
New York after a stopover in Washington, is - get a
load of the gall-- “inspired
by the Freedom Riders of the Civil Rights Movement” of
the 1960s.
My heartiest “felicitaciones”
to those
aliens who will “come
out of the shadows” to participate in this circus.
For years, your
mouthpieces have told us that you dare not show your
faces in the light of day. I salute your courage!
I’m so enthusiastic
about what the “ride” means for us because,
historically, the more up front and in the headlines the
gripers are, the less success they have.
In 1994, the entire
political establishment opposed California’s
Proposition 187. But not content to leave well enough
alone, the Mexican advocacy groups organized large
demonstrations in downtown Los Angeles.
When Americans saw the
masses of illegal aliens
taking over the streets and waving Mexican flags,
they got off their duffs, voted “Yes” and propelled Prop
187 to a landslide victory.
Then, in 2000, the
Gonzales family were on television all day, every day
about little Elian. But it backfired. The clan quickly
became the butt of late night talk show jokes. Before
much longer, it was “Adios, Elian.”
Mexico is more successful when it operates in
stealth mode—you know, behind
your back. For example, in 2002, the Mexican foreign ministry and the Fox presidential office
split the cost 50-50 to hire
Zemi Communications, a public relations firm with
offices in New York and Washington. This was widely
reported in the
Mexican press and confirmed by Fox’s spokesman
Rodolfo Elizondo.
As a result of this
alliance, Zemi ghosted Op-eds promoting
amnesty written under the names of various
Mexican Consuls in major metropolitan areas.
Even though the opinion
pieces were
obviously identical, the major dailies published
them.
Another example of
Mexico under the radar: look how effective Mexicans are
in your local state legislature.
One day, you wake up to
learn that a
Latino legislator has introduced and pushed through a
bill that entitles every illegal alien to a driver’s
license and
in-state college tuition for his kids.
Too bad you never had a
chance to vote.
As the date for the
Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride
approaches, we’re going to have to suck it up some, for
sure. We’ll be subjected to the usual spate of
pro-amnesty
newspaper stories, more shallow and less compelling
than an
Archie comic book.
And we’ll have to
listen to the shop-worn tedious, predictable
lies shilled by the same
subversive groups and
commie symps that have been trying to poison
America for years.
But the Immigration
Freedom Ride is great for us because:
- U.S. citizens have
had a
belly full of the illegal alien invasion and all
of its disastrous consequences. A totally disgusted 9
million Americans are unemployed and another fed-up 9
million are under-employed. Allan Wall, my friend,
VDARE.COM colleague and expert in matters Mexican,
points out the very interesting numerical relationship
between unemployed Americans and illegal aliens in
America: both groups amount to 9-10 million. I predict
a lot of anti-illegal alien activism in response to the
“ride.”
- To compare a “freedom
ride” agitating for citizenship for criminals to the
1960s Civil Rights movement for Black Americans offends
the sensibilities of all fair-minded people. And it
exposes supporters of the “ride” like
U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters and the
California State Assembly and Senate as traitors.
I spoke with
Ezola Foster, a former Reform Party
Vice Presidential candidate and strong opponent of
illegal immigration. Asked about the "Freedom Ride" and
the supporting role played by prominent blacks, Foster
replied, "I'm incensed. How can these so-called
leaders get away with their hate speech? What we've got
is the law makers siding with the law breakers."
The “Freedom Ride” will
be an
all expenses paid two-week vacation for any aliens
with nothing better to do. But correct me if I’m wrong:
aren’t these guys supposed to be busy doing
jobs Americans
won’t do?
Here’s a closing
thought. We’re dealing with a very cocky, arrogant crowd.
But the “Freedom Riders” have been considerate enough to
tip us off that they will be at Flushing Meadows Park
in Queens, New York on Saturday, October 4th.
I have downloaded Juan
Mann’s handy, dandy column
“How to Report an Illegal Alien—Updated DHS Version.” My friends and I are planning to make a few phone calls
that October morning.
With any luck, the
“Freedom Riders” will arrive in Queens on one bus and
depart in an official U.S. government vehicle, headed due
south.
Joe Guzzardi [email
him], an instructor in English at the Lodi
Adult School, has been writing a weekly newspaper column
since 1988. This column is exclusive to VDARE.COM. |
