A blurb in the Seattle Press-Intelligencer
informs us:
A community forum on immigration reform will be held today from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Town Hall Seattle... U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott and Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels are expected to attend. There will be a short time for the public to comment following the morning hearing... The event is sponsored by more than 30 organizations and is free to the public.
Sounds good! I'm all for immigration reform. However, based on other forums and on other factors, I got the feeling that something else was involved, and as it turns out I was right.
This
page tells us:
Immigrants from across the state will testify before US Senator Patty Murray in the first hearing on immigration held in Washington State. The hearing features testimonies from individuals from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. Beginning at noon, groups from across the state will participate in a series of workshops with those working to reform the immigration system. The closing plenary features a panel of interfaith leaders, as well as comments from US Congressman Jim McDermott. Sponsored by Hate Free Zone Washington, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, and King County Labor Council, AFL-CIO.
So, in other words, it's going to be about immigration "reform."
The hatefree press release is
here:
[...code words for amnesty and massive chain immigration deleted...]
In addition to Hate Free Zone Washington, NW Immigrant Rights Project and King County Labor Council, the hearing and workshops are sponsored by a diverse group of over 30 immigrant rights, peace and justice, labor and community organizations.
Oh my, the euphemisms are running strong in that last sentence. You can see a list of their partners
here. They tend to use the
phrase "undocumented" a lot.
The Northwest Immigrant Rights Project is mentioned
here, and there's even a
Beltway Sniper connection.
At the very likely risk of being called a hater, I'm going to call this forum a far-left attempt to confuse "reform" with "open the floodgates."
Immigration2005b · Sat, 06/25/2005 - 08:50 ·
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/227005_gangs03.html
They already have gang problems in Seattle.
It's amazing what some people are willing to ignore, the price some people are willing to pay. For what?
Posted by: eh at Jun 27, 2005 1:01 AM
It sounds like they want to set the terms of debate so that immigration restrictionist views will be demonized and ruled out from the start. Maybe it should called a three monkeys nonhearing or dishearing.
Posted by: John S Bolton at Jun 26, 2005 4:30 AM
You're hardly a hater, realist is more like it.
Posted by: NYgirl at Jun 25, 2005 3:20 PM