... International Union: Eliseo Medina, Gebe Martinez (former "journalist"), Josh Bernstein, Mary Kay Henry, Sylvia Ruiz
RELIGIOUS:
* Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society: Gideon Aranoff, Mark Hetfield
* Catholic leaders: Bishop Wester (Archidocese of Salt Lake City), Cardinal McCarrick (Washington Diocese), Kevin Appleby (US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Sister Ann Curtis (Sisters of Mercy)
* Leadership...
Gebe Martinez of the Politico informs us (link) that Sen. Mel Martinez (no relation) is initiating an unfocused push to get comprehensive immigration reform:
Ethno-boosting hack Gebe Martinez of the Politico offers "GOP must tone down rhetoric to woo Latinos" (link):
More than 10 million Hispanics voted last week, up from 7.6 million in 2004. If Hispanics were removed from the tallies, McCain would have had the winning edge in the battleground states of Indiana and New Mexico. Latinos also were a major factor in his losses in the former red states of...
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The ethnic boosting "reporter" Gebe Martinez of the Politico offers "Latinos push for Cabinet posts" (link). Here's the quota bit:
Weeks before Barack Obama won the presidency, he met privately in Washington with his former Democratic rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, and Latino political leaders who had fervently backed her bid.
The cards were laid upon the table,...
... by ethnocentric hack reporter Gebe Martinez as saying:
"You know who is in charge now? The Gestapo agents at [the Department of] Homeland Security. They are in charge... I think it is election season, and they have decided it did not work for us one way [with comprehensive reform], so let's try to exploit it politically another way" through harsh enforcement."
ICE is not happy:
A senior ICE...