Juan Hernandez

A U.S.-Mexico dual citizen who's a former cabinet-level official with the Mexican government, working alongside Vicente Fox. During the 2008 election served as Hispanic outreach director for the John McCain campaign to become president of the U.S. He's also a Senior Fellow of the "Comprehensive Immigration Reform Initiative" at the McCain-linked Reform Institute. Created a non-profit, Organization for Hispanic Advancement, works with We Care America, and author of The New American Pioneers: Why Are We Afraid of Mexican Immigrants?.

Strong supporter of not just comprehensive immigration reform but also a "free flow of people" between the U.S. and Mexico. Clearly has divided loyalties, if he has much loyalty beyond financial to the U.S. at all. Wrote a book with the assistance of Dick Morris; the latter was also hired by Fox. See the links here for videos of his appearances on cable TV shows and more.

If someone had really pressed McCain on this issue, he would not have been the nominee. Unfortunately, those who asked him about it could only come up with weak questions that McCain was able to easily deflect (here, here, and here). While the mainstream media almost completely ignored the issue (rather than paying attention to it and lying about it), at least Newsweek made a slight attempt at interviewing Hernandez.

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Juan Hernandez to lobby Obama for immigration amnesty (still with Reform Institute) - 1/25/2009

Juan Hernandez - former Mexican cabinet-level official who later worked with the John McCain campaign doing outreach to (U.S.) Hispanics - was interviewed by the Al Dia (owned by the Dallas Morning News) and said he'll be staying in Washington DC to lobby the Barack Obama campaign to pass comprehensive immigration reform, aka an amnesty. Hernandez is still a Senior Fellow of the "Compreh...

Juan Hernandez: McCain wishes he could have pushed my agenda (and, Ruben Navarrette is soft on divided loyalties) - 12/07/2008

... McCain's Hispanic outreach director Juan Hernandez, a dual citizen (U.S.-Mexico) with clearly divided loyalties who's a former cabinet-level official with the Mexican government. In Navarrette's creative re-telling of McCain's loss (link), he could have won if McCain's advisors had only let him be himself. I.e., by supporting Hernandez' agenda. "I remember a co...

Newsweek at least tries to ask about Juan Hernandez (John McCain) - 7/19/2008

... their Hispanic outreach director Juan Hernandez - a former cabinet-level official with the Mexican government - is even harder than hunting snipes. Many have tried, all have failed. The latest are Jessica Ramirez and Holly Bailey from Newsweek (link).

Questions for Matt Yglesias - 6/21/2008

Recently, Matt Yglesias of The Atlantic (matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com) has been posting a daily thread soliciting questions that he'll answer from his visitors ("requests"). I've posted a few comments to those threads without an answer, but that just means I'll keep trying. To be frank, the reason I do that is in the hope that one of these days Matthew Yglesias will let...

John McCain still skates on Juan Hernandez issue, again (Matt Lewis) - 6/04/2008

... his Hispanic outreach director Juan Hernandez, a former cabinet level official with the Mexican government who worked directly with Vicente Fox.

John McCain vows: no foreign agents on campaign team (Juan Hernandez?) - 5/16/2008

The John McCain campaign is requiring all their staff members, volunteers, and vendors to disclose lobbying links and the like: No person working for the Campaign may be a registered lobbyist or foreign agent, or receive compensation for any such activity. I'm going to guess that "foreign agent" is meant in the legalistic sense, i.e., someone would have to be registered with the Dep...

McCain campaign dodges Juan Hernandez question; denies Heath Shuler charge - 3/28/2008

Speaking on a conference call today, Steve Schmidt and Jill Hazelbaker of the John McCain campaign denied the recent claim (link) from Rep.

John McCain's Juan Hernandez almost gets MSM attention (Eunice Moscoso, WashTimes, Marc Ambinder) - 2/15/2008

John McCain's director of Hispanic outreach is a dual U.S.-Mexican citizen who until 2002 worked directly with Vicente Fox as part of his cabinet.

Matt Corley/Think Progress misleads about Juan Hernandez (McCain's Mexico-linked staff member) - 1/31/2008

... left/Democrats deal with the issue of Juan Hernandez, the John McCain staff member who's a former cabinet-level official with the Mexican government.

John McCain asked about Juan Hernandez, doesn't denounce his views - 1/27/2008

... his Hispanic outreach director Juan Hernandez, a dual citizen who's also a former official with the Mexican government.

Ask John McCain about his Hispanic outreach director, Juan Hernandez (former Mexican government official) - 1/25/2008

... Hispanic outreach director [1] is Juan Hernandez, a U.S.-Mexico dual citizen and former Mexican government official who said the following in 2001 about Mexican immigrants to the U.S.: "I want the third generation, the seventh generation, I want them all to think 'Mexico first.'" He also said [2]: "We must not only have a free flow of goods and services, but also start...

ACLU, LULAC, ACORN, SVREP endorsed Dallas April 1 illegal immigration march - 4/02/2007

On Sunday, April 1, the "Rally for the New American Family" was held in Dallas to support "comprehensive immigration reform", aka a massive amnesty for illegal aliens. Last year's event (the one where George P.

STRIVE Act: MALDEF, Juan Hernandez, ANLA support; Chertoff kinda - 3/24/2007

Without refering to Flake-Gutierrez specifically, DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff reiterated his support for "guest" worker scheme: "[The new laws should] bring them out, register them ... and make sure as a condition that they pay their debt to society for having broken the law... What I'm talking about is a common sense policy... We have to be tough. We have to be humane.

Jeff Flake, Luis Guitierrez STRIVE amnesty: America's new favorite comedy duo? - 3/22/2007

[UPDATE: Send a free FAX about this here. Links to our full coverage about this below] Could Reps. Jeff Flake and Luis Guitierrez be the Abbott and Costello of a new generation?

FoxNews: "Illegal Alien Influx May Compromise Security" - 3/16/2005

... lives. We do need them," said Juan Hernandez, a dual national and Texas resident who formerly represented Mexicans north of the border in the Mexican cabinet. And did he ever.

Bush now self-parody - 1/27/2005

From yesterday's press conference: ...QUESTION: Mr. President, the Senate Republicans recently listed their priorities, and immigration reform wasn't on it. Do you think this means it's dead for this year? BUSH: No, I don't. QUESTION: And why are you having so much trouble with your own party... BUSH: No, I appreciate that question. It'll be one of my priorities. I beli...

Is the Onion based in Minneapolis? - 8/26/2004

And, did one of their stories get loose and end up in a Minneapolis indie paper? The article "Mexicans Anticipate Consulate: Proposed center would be boon to immigrant community" would be funny if it weren't so sad.

"Bush Bill Would Aid Mexico's Meddling in U.S." - 2/19/2004

From Mark Krikorian in Newsday: There has been much well-deserved criticism of President George W. Bush's proposed amnesty and guestworker plan. But its possible effect on America's sovereignty has seldom been mentioned, even though that may be the most harmful in the long term. Although the president's proposal is not specific to Mexico, it would benefit that nation the most.

Winning friends and influencing people - 8/13/2003

What do you think of these statements? "By populating the United States with millions of Canadians who are tied economically, politically and linguistically to Canada, we are able to exert enormous influence and pressure on U.S. policy and its dealings with Canada." "By populating the United States with millions of French who are tied economically, politically and linguistically to...

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