Colorado unplugs online guide for illegal immigrants

DENVER - Colorado Gov. Bill Owens has removed an online pamphlet from the state Web site that offered advice in Spanish to illegal immigrants on living and working in Colorado.

Titled "AEnterese!" which means "Inform Yourself," the 50-page pamphlet was posted on the Colorado Department of Education Web site until Monday, when the governor's office had it removed after criticism from advocates for tighter borders.

The 2003 guide, which included a welcome message from Mr. Owens and the Mexican consul general, was intended to offer advice to legal immigrants, said Mr. Owens' spokesman, Sean Duffy...

The guide was copyrighted by two Colorado organizations, Salud Family Health Centers and Focus Points Family Resources Center. Neither organization could be reached for comment. The credits page also lists the Mexican consulate-general of Denver.

The guide, which was "made possible" by the First Data Western Union Foundation, also offers advice on how to send money back to Mexico by electronic transfer by using companies "such as Western Union." A sample budget for "Jose and Ana Maria" budgets $200 per month to "family in Mexico."

[...seven examples of the guide trying to help illegal aliens get services like health care, education, etc...]

Let me briefly compose myself here.

The VDare article on this is here.

For more on First Data/Western Union, see "The Fastest Way To [profit from illegal immigration]".

UPDATE: Thinking about this some more, one wonders if some laws have been broken. And, one wonders if they've been broken in such a way that charges could be made to stick and an enterprising DA would be willing to bring them.

For instance, should non-profit organizations be working with a foreign government? Should those non-profits and foundations be providing information that can be used to break our laws? Would they need to explicitly harbor or assist a specific illegal alien, or is providing information enough?

And, what of the Western Union Foundation's non-profit foundation status? Have they crossed the line by inserting what seems to be an ad for the corporation which presumably founded them?

Would, for instance, the Ford Foundation underwrite a driving pamphlet for the Third World in which all the cars were Fords? Wouldn't other car makers try to get the Ford Foundation stripped of their non-profit status or force them to pay a fine?

If anyone knows a lawyer who's familiar with foundation or non-profit laws, please ask them.

Immigration2005a · Wed, 02/02/2005 - 09:43 · · Importance: 1