Set an Example

Well, well – isn't this interesting about Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. It appears that Bush's chihuahua has a little secret. Maybe he and his family should set an example as to how illegal immigrants should be handled by voluntarily going back to Mexico.

BLITZER: Give us your — tell our viewers who aren’t familiar your personal story, how you got to where you are, your grandparents, your parents. They struggled, they came here. I don’t know if they came here legally or illegally. But give us the story.

GONZALES: Well, three of my grandparents were born in Mexico. They came to Texas. My parents — both my parents were born in Texas extremely poor. My mother…

BLITZER: When they came to Texas, were they legally documented, were they un-legally documented?

GONZALES: You know what? It’s unclear. It’s unclear. And I’ve looked at this issue, I’ve talked to my parents about it and it’s just not clear.

Now does anyone really believe that he doesn't know if the grandparents were here illegally?

Gonzales must now have some trouble brewing with the racist, extremist Rethuglicans in the US House. They apparently think that 140 years of Constitutional law can be thrown out by submitting an amendment to an immigration bill that would end birthright citizenship guaranteed by the 14th Amendment. It states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.” This amendment provides any child lucky enough to be born in the United States (hmmm-just like Alberto's parents) with American citizenship.
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