Jonathan Weisman/Washington Post misleads on Huckabee immigration stance

Jonathan Weisman of the Washington Post offers "For Republicans, Contest's Hallmark Is Immigration":

...And just days after he delivered a passionate defense of the humanity of undocumented children in a Republican debate, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee presented one of the most punitive immigration platforms seen in this campaign season, rejecting legislation to provide the children of illegal immigrants a path to citizenship if they finish high school, attend two years of college or join the military...

The "humanity of undocumented children"? Would deporting them to their home countries deprive them of their "humanity"? Does allowing them to remain here illegally boost their "humanity"? Weisman is implying that enforcing our laws against illegal activity deprives people of their "humanity", an outrageous claim.

And, of course, instead of trying to sell illegal immigration in that fashion, a real newspaper would follow the money, and it would lead back to the corrupt Mexican government and corrupt chicken processors and other low-wage employers.

Maybe we should look back in their archives and see if they tried to spin this in a similar fashion.

And, Huckabee's "punitive immigration platform" is anything but. Other than the trip back, the revolving door is punitive neither to the workers nor their employers. His plan is, however, unworkable, but don't expect the WaPo to ask him about that.

In the second part of that sentence, Weisman misleadinginly states that the bill Huck has now come out against (the DREAM Act) is for the "the children of illegal immigrants"; in fact, it's for those who are themselves illegal aliens irrespective of their parents' status(es).

In his first paragraph, Weisman says:

The imagery of the mailings is designed to pack a wallop: a Mexican flag fluttering above the Stars and Stripes, the Statue of Liberty presiding over a "Welcome Illegal Aliens" doormat, a Social Security card emblazoned with the name "Juan Doe," a U.S. passport proclaiming, "Only one candidate has a plan to STAMP out illegal immigration."

I don't know about the rest, but the first may be this picture. A Mexican flag was also raised over the U.S. Post Office in Maywood, CA. And, there was a recent incident where a vet cut down a Mexican flag that was flying over a U.S. flag in Reno, NV.

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The message is: invaders and their kids are more important than natives and their kids. They are better. I have a message for anybody who agrees with this: someday soon you will either get your wish and live amongst the invaders, or you will be hanging from a tree. Perhaps both.

Yes Tanstaafl that is part of the plan to make a third world nation out of the old one that had laws and duty.