National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials

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Antonio Villaraigosa to attack Mitt Romney on immigration (racist dog whistle?) - 02/08/12

... Villaraigosa will be speaking to NALEO, a group that has a direct albeit minor link to the Mexican government. Don't expect to hear much about that either. UPDATE: Either I'm misreading this, or someone at ABC News is catching on to how fake Villaraigosa is (link): "We know that the reason we came here was because this was the place that embraced us. This was the place that said, 'If you work...

Rick Perry panders in vain to Mexican gov't-linked NALEO - 06/23/11

... Perry spoke to a different group, NALEO (link): Gov. Rick Perry received a tepid response when he addressed the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials on Thursday, joking about the pronunciation of a Hispanic appointee's last name and frequently staring blankly at the audience when they failed to respond to his conservative applause lines. In his defense, Hispanic...

Mexico-linked NALEO using religion to obtain political power (Census) - 12/15/09

... of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO) has started using the Bible to target religious Latinos with a different message: What would Jesus do? NALEO is handing out posters that illustrate the arrival of Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem. NALEO explains that the Gospel of Luke indicates that the reason Jesus was born in Bethlehem is because Joseph and Mary were fulfilling their civic duty by returning to...

Mesenbourg of Census pledges to count every illegal alien (NCLR, LULAC,NALEO, congressional apportionment) - 05/23/09

... Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) to talk about efforts to ensure a full count of Latinos in the 2010 Census. If you're sitting down, here's some of what Mesenburg said: "Our job is to count everyone that resides in the U.S.--count them once. So, certainly that’s our goal to count every individual, every resident whether they’re documented, undocumented, whether they are citizens or non-...

NCLCCL wants illegal aliens to boycott Census; Nativo Lopez, NALEO, others disagree (of course) - 04/23/09

... American Political Association and NALEO. The latter has an direct albeit minor link to the Mexican government, and they highlight their campaign with Univision to get Hispanics including illegal aliens to take part.

Mesa Police chief George Gascon to pay for DC trip out of own funds, refunds "immigration reform" group - 04/12/09

... Latin American Citizens, and NALEO. In 2000, she was a state president of the Mexican American Political Association (englishfirst.org/be/arizona/az203anti.htm). She was named SVREP's Arizona director in 2004: svrep.org/press_room/press_releases/04/az/lydia_012704.html

NALEO, LULAC, SEIU, Univision: ending raids for census not enough, immigration "reform" needed - 04/01/09

... link to the Mexican government (NALEO) and one whose treasurer is an extremist (LULAC) - want their race-based power and they want it now (link): Saying traditional census outreach will not be enough, Hispanic groups on Wednesday urged the Obama administration to follow through now on its pledge to pass immigration reform or risk an undercount of millions of people. The National Association of...

Census Bureau will report directly to Obama, bypass Commerce; to help count illegal aliens, non-citizens - 02/05/09

After complains from black and Hispanic groups, the Obama administration will be requiring the Census Bureau to report directly to the White House, bypassing Judd Gregg, the Republican who was appointed to head the Department of Commerce (link). This is clearly an attempt to make sure that as many illegal aliens and other non-citizens are counted in an attempt to obtain both money and power. Don'...

USCIS Task Force on New Americans releases "Building an Americanization Movement for the Twenty-first Century" - 12/21/08

... the Mexican government-linked NALEO. They even consulted with Michelle Waslin when she was with the National Council of La Raza (she's now with the NIF). Here's a 2006 quote from her: "while (a Lamar Alexander report relating to amnesty) doesn't overtly mention assimilation, it is very strong on the patriotism and traditional american [sic] values language in a way which is potentially dangerous...

"Latinos push for Cabinet posts": NCLR, MALDEF, NALEO trying to embed supporters in Obama administration - 11/07/08

... such as the NCLR, MALDEF, and NALEO. The second has an indirect link to the Mexican government, and the last has a direct link. 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...

White House listening to pork producers, La Raza, Mexico-linked NALEO, NRA... just not you - 06/21/07

The White House offers a PDF entitled "What They're Saying: Border Security And Immigration Reform Agreement" and subtitled 'Business And Agriculture Groups Say "It Is Critical That The Process Moves Forward"' (PDF) [1]. It's just a collection of quotes from press releases from those few groups that support the Bush/Senate massive illegal immigration amnesty, and it contains no accompaning text...

Univision conducts citizenship drive with Mexico-linked group (NALEO) - 05/11/07

... The initiator of the campaign (NALEO) has at least one link to the Mexican government, nominating the recipients of Mexico's Ohtli award. Granted, nominating award recipients isn't as big a link as others have, but it still helps indicate where they and Univision are coming from: During news shows, anchors pop questions from the civics test that applicants for citizenship are required to pass,...

Citizenship Promotion Act of 2007 (Barack Obama) - 03/09/07

... Mexican government via Ohtli award; NALEO) Mexican American Legal Defense Fund (MALDEF) (indirectly linked to Mexican government) Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (president linked to Mexican government) Immigrant Legal Resource Center [2] National Immigration Forum National Immigrant Justice Center Asian American Justice Center Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Legal...

Alfonso Aguilar/U.S. Office of Citizenship promotes "guest" workers (LULAC, NALEO connection) - 02/13/07

... of it. The other group is NALEO, the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. They collaborate with the government of Mexico on an award that generally speaking marks the recipient as assisting Mexico with their goal of sending their citizens to the U.S. illegally. They also appeared with LULAC and with MALDEF (a group that has at least an indirect link to the Mexican...

Jared Polis, Colorado Springs awarded by Mexican government (Ohtli award) - 12/02/06

... of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO). The awards are given by the Institute for Mexicans Abroad (Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior), which is led by Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez. The IME is part of the Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores, their state department. Earlier this CGG said: "The basic concept is that the Mexican nation goes beyond the borders that contain Mexico. You can feel...

"Clarification" letter sent to Hispanics (Tan Nguyen, MALDEF, NCLR, NALEO) - 10/25/06

... Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO). Why is the Secretary of State "in collaboration with" far-left groups, at least two of which have supported illegal immigration in the past? Isn't this in effect an endorsement of those group's agendas? The SoS didn't really need any others to be involved, but if they were going to enter into collaborations shouldn't they have also sought out more...

First Data Western Union and Latino Advocacy Organizations Call For Action on Immigration Reform - 10/19/06

"The Fastest Way To [profit from illegal immigration]" - 07/24/04

... and Appointed Educational Fund (NALEO) * Sal Gomez, board member, Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce * Raul Hinojosa, Ph.D, North American Integration...