Cecilia Munoz

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The National Council of La Raza has someone on the inside: their former senior vice president, Cecilia Munoz, was named Barack Obama's White House director of intergovernmental affairs. To understand what she'll be pushing, see the NCLR link. To see Munoz' passive-aggressive victimization shtick, see the video linked from here.

Last modified Jan 19, 2009

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DHS sued to release 287g reform documents (Judicial Watch, FOIA) - 9/28/2009

... of Intergovernmental Affairs Cecilia Munoz, among other government officials. All of those could be quite interesting.

Obama at Hispanic Prayer Breakfast: same old immigration speech (+sounds like McCain) - 6/19/2009

... Others in attendance included Cecilia Munoz, Ed Rendell, and Janet Napolitano; the event was organized by Rev. Luis Cortes of Esperanza USA. Obama simply reiterated his commitment to comprehensive immigration reform as he's done several times before, and he uttered the same old canards about that amnesty scheme. Despite the fact that he keeps saying the same thing over and over, expect the M...

Cecilia Munoz rallies troops at Reform Immigration for America confab (+Deepak Bhargava) - 6/05/2009

... National Council of La Raza VP Cecilia Munoz appeared at today's meeting of the new Reform Immigration for America group. From the tweets of Kyle de Beausset of citizenorange.com comes this probably mostly accurate recount (first tweet first, starting at twitter.com/kyledeb/status/2044772411): * Obama nominated a Latina so he's done right? Crowd: No! * (Sonia Sotomayor) is brilliant, Pr...

2006: Grover Norquist supported amnesty with U.S. CofC, far-left ACLU, NCLR, SEIU, NIF, USCCB, AFL-CIO - 4/09/2009

... Executive Vice President, SEIU * Cecilia Munoz, Vice President of the Office of Research, Advocacy and Legislation, National Council of La Raza * Anthony Romero, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union Note that Munoz is now part of the Obama administration.

Obama will bring back amnesty this fall (immigration "reform"). What you can do about it. - 4/08/2009

... behind the plan. According to Cecilia Munoz - a former National Council of La Raza hack now with the administration - it will be framed as "policy reform that controls immigration and makes it an orderly system"; see safe legal orderly for others saying something similar. Preston also misleads about the immigration system being "widely acknowledged to be broken"; see system is...

Obama sought advice from Cecilia Munoz, urged her to join his administration (Deb Price/Detroit News puffball piece) - 3/16/2009

... turns to Mich. native" about Cecilia Munoz, a former official with the far-left, illegal immigration-supporting, extremist-funding National Council of La Raza (link). The article is a complete, Soviet-level puff piece and completely fails to note the questionable activities of her former organization. And, bearing in mind that what people say might not fully reflect reality especially in art...

Cecilia Munoz gets lobbyist waiver to work in Obama administration - 3/11/2009

... Office of the First Lady, and Cecilia Munoz, director of intergovernmental affairs in the executive office of the president... Before joining the administration, Frye served as general counsel at the National Partnership for Women & Families, where she directed the group’s workplace fairness program. The White House blog said Frye, an expert on employment law, had worked with federal ag...

NDN admits: Census padding with non-citizens to gain race-based power ("Latinos" meet in DC; redistricting) - 1/19/2009

... of intergovernmental affairs, Cecilia Munoz, formerly a vice president of the National Council de la Raza. And: In remarks read by Tina Tchen, who will be the White House director of public liaison, Mr. Obama said to Latinos, "You showed how powerful you are on Nov. 4" and that the appointments are "a measure of my commitment" of forming a government that reflects the nation&#...

Obama makes NCLR's Cecilia Munoz director of intergovernmental affairs - 11/27/2008

... inside": their senior vice president Cecilia Munoz has been named as the White House director of intergovernmental affairs. At least in the current administration, that office "serves as the President's liaison to state, local, and tribal governments" (whitehouse.gov/government/off-descrp.html). Expect her to get up to some far-left mischief in order to support her race, but w...

"Latinos push for Cabinet posts": NCLR, MALDEF, NALEO trying to embed supporters in Obama administration - 11/07/2008

... wait for a reliable source. ...Cecilia Munoz, vice president of National Council of La Raza, said, “It’s a foregone conclusion that we should be at the table for policy debates and in a position of authority, " because Hispanics are affected by major issues facing all voters. Latinos will be prominent in an Obama administration "just as we would be in any administration moving forw...

Hispanic Caucus has excellent advice for Obama: Hillary as Veep, immigration reform in 1st hundred days - 6/11/2008

... his immigration record," [Cecilia Munoz, the senior vice president of research, advocacy and legislation with the National Council of La Raza] said.

NPR: Get My Vote (National Public Radio, Cecilia Munoz, NCLR) - 3/13/2008

... their pole position video is from Cecilia Munoz of the extremist-funding and -awarding National Council of La Raza (link). I left a comment, reprinted in the extended entry below. Why did they choose her as their keystone video, rather one from someone who supports our immigration laws? I have absolutely no idea. No, none at all. If someone would like to raise the issue about the allocation of th...

Possible Democratic Party immigration "reform" charade: "offer legalization" to become "require" - 2/29/2008

... party. [1] CCIR is headed by Cecilia Munoz of the National Council of La Raza. They've suggesting going easy on illegal aliens suspected of identity theft, they gave an award to a virulent racist, they fund extremists, and more. At least two members of the CCIR have indirect links to the Mexican government (ICIRR and MALDEF) and one has allegedly collaborated with that government (CHIRLA). A...

Peter Prengaman, Travis Loller spin "reconquista" - 9/07/2007

Peter Prengaman and Travis Loller of the Associated Press offer "Anti-Immigration Forces Warn of Plot" (original AP title). It discusses those that favor some form of "reconquista" and those who oppose them and tries to downplay the influence that those favoring "reconquista" have. On the other hand, it's good to see the AP at least acknowledging that such sentim...

National Council of La Raza won't denounce Elvira Arellano (Ruben Navarrette) - 8/26/2007

Even Ruben Navarrette - someone brazen enough to write a column defending his friend and Mexico's propagandist Rob Allyn - doesn't support the case of Elvira Arellano.

Judi Hasson/MSNBC: how to hire (most likely illegal) day labor - 8/10/2007

Judi Hasson of MSNBC Money offers "Dirt-cheap day labor". On the first page, she lists all the downsides of hiring day laborers, which she acknowledges are probably here illegally, even refering to the "underground economy".

LULAC, National Council of La Raza, "liberals", and the Fairness Doctrine - 7/24/2007

When the left-wing support for free speech meets racial power groups like the League of United Latin American Citizens and the National Council of La Raza, watch out. Consider: The nation's largest Hispanic advocacy group says it must come up with a strategy to combat "a wave of hate" its leaders say came from talk radio's efforts to sink the Senate's immigration bill. ...

Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform ready to push amnesty - 3/13/2007

... pro-immigration community," said Cecilia Munoz, senior vice president of the National Council of La Raza, in a statement.

Alliance for Immigration Reform 2007 - 1/17/2007

From this we learn of yet another coalition in favor of massive immigration, this one calling itself the "Alliance for Immigration Reform 2007". Its members include: * R. Bruce Josten, executive vice president, U.S.

Michelle Mittelstadt: "Voters weren't on the fence about illegal immigration" - 11/09/2006

Michelle Mittelstadt of the Houston Chronicle offers a slice of wishful thinking that the new Democratic Congress will lead to "sweeping immigration changes": ..."I do see a light at the end of the tunnel," Rep.

Carolyn Lochhead/S.F. Chronicle omits details of NYT poll - 9/23/2006

Carolyn Lochhead, of the San Francisco Chronicle's Washington Bureau, offers "Political tide turning on illegal immigration".

Charlie Norwood might apologize to National Council of The Race. If... - 9/23/2006

On Wednesday, Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-GA) released a press release with the following: The ability of state and local police to fight criminal illegal aliens will be undermined by legal intimidation if a mass lobbying campaign by the radical National Council of La Raza (NCLR) succeeds in blocking passage of a critical House immigration reform bill this week, according to U.S. Rep.

Is the National Council of La Raza a mainstream group? - 6/02/2006

The National Council of La Raza is considered a mainstream group despite their name literally - and in effect - meaning National Council of The Race. Their spokesmen have been featured on national TV shows and at any one time you can find dozens of news articles offering their viewpoint. And, they're also a financial contributor to a Chicano separatist LAUSD charter school in Los Angeles.

CASA of Maryland worried Sensenbrenner bill will shut their day laborer centers - 1/04/2006

... something to fear. Too, too bad. Cecilia Munoz, vice president of policy for the National Council of La Raza, the country's largest Hispanic advocacy group, called the bill "shortsighted and harmful." "The whole point of day-labor centers is to organize and make orderly a process which people in communities have complained about," she said. "So by banning it e...

National Council of La Raza: illegal aliens are its "constituents" - 9/20/2005

... advise our constituents," Cecilia Munoz, vice president of policy for the National Council of La Raza, the largest U.S.-based Hispanic advocacy group, said Monday.

Arresting illegal aliens at Air Force base puts New York Times in tizzy - 7/16/2005

Forty or so illegal aliens were recently arrested in a sting at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina. Previous coverage starts in "Why the left is untrustworthy and weak on national security, Part #43823294". Now, to drive that point home, comes the NYT with "Immigration Sting Puts 2 U.S.

She's a team player! - 1/19/2005

From Condi Rice's testimony: Rice said immigration reform would be an important issue for Bush, both for economic and security reasons.

"The Fastest Way To [profit from illegal immigration]" - 7/24/2004

FirstData is the parent company of Western Union, and they're now a major processor of credit card transactions in addition to their original business of money transfer. As described here, they've also decided to attempt to unseat U.S. Rep.

Yes, please Cecilia, do take a deep breath - 6/30/2004

John Kerry is not completely insane. At least in the political sense: Democrat John Kerry said he opposes state laws that give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, a position that puts him at odds with the Hispanic activists he is courting in the presidential race. Immigrant advocates have been pushing for the laws, saying they help undocumented workers get around safely.

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