I finally found some video of the protest at Meg Whitman’s Santa Ana office. Kudos to the Dream Teamers for showing up and letting Whitman know what we think of her here in Santa Ana!
It is ironic that Whitman opened her Santa Ana office the same week that her latest scandal broke out – she fired a housekeeper taht worked for her for nine years and turned out to be undocumented. Click here to read about that.
Remember when Republican Assemblyman Van Tran flew a bunch of his Mexican-bashing Trannies to San Diego, to attack and ridicule Mexicans at the border? I do.
You can read about it by clicking here, where I have translated an article that appeared in a Viet newspaper.
To make matters worse, these haters used a U.S. military plane to take them to the border. That’s right. Taxpayers paid for this trip!
Now Tran wants Latinos to vote for him in his campaign against Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez. No thanks Tran! We have not forgotten your trip to the border…
Picture of Mexican-bashers Van Tran and Allan Mansoor courtesy of the L.A. Times
Republican congressional candidate Van Tran has been quite sneaky this year about his views on immigration. But he finally came clean during an interview with the O.C. Register that was published today. He “aid he supports Arizona’s right to attempt to crack down on illegal immigration.”
Tran flew to the border a few years ago with a host of his Trannies, to make fun of Mexico and the border situation. I was deeply offended considering that he and most of them are also immigrants, but unlike Mexicans these haters got a red carpet welcome to the United States, after the fall of Vietnam.
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, who Tran is challenging also was interviewed. Here is what she had to say about immigration:
Sanchez said the federal government should do a better job of controlling its borders and knowing who is coming in and out. She also said there should be more visas made available for immigrants coming here to work.
She said she would support a program for illegal immigrants to apply for citizenship if they learn English and pay a fine. “People should have the right to earn their way in,” she said.
Clearly she is much better on immigration than Tran.
No Latinos showed up to Van Tran’s grand opening on Labor Day
But will Sanchez prevail? Many Democrats aren’t so sure about that. I spoke to a number of Democratic elected officials and candidates yesterday, at the O.C. Labor Day event at the Santa Ana Zoo. Many expressed concern about Sanchez’s chances of reelection.
The problem is that an independent Latina, Cecilia Iglesias, was able to get on the ballot, after collecting 11,ooo signatures. One elected official said that the way she collected the signatures was interesting. At first she only was collecting a handful per day, then all of a sudden she was turning in thousands of signatures, he said. It looked like someone had paid to collect the signatures. Did Tran and the OC GOP pave the way for Iglesias by collecting signatures for her?
There are also rumors that Iglesias’ campaign materials are being walked by Tran’s volunteers.
And then there is the recent video that Iglesias posted, of Ronald Reagan talking about a suspect election in El Salvador, which our blogger Gabriel San Roman posted about here. Iglesias is from El Salvador. There are a lot of Latino Republicans of Salvadorean extraction.
Another Democratic insider told me that over the past few years she has consistently requested Republican ballots from the O.C. Voter Registrar, even though she is registered as a Decline to State voter.
I have not confirmed any of this, but it is worrisome. Tran is disgusting and corrupt. We must stop him from getting to Congress.
I have had my issues over the years with Sanchez, but we all need to set aside such trepidation and get behind her. Tran must be stopped!
On June 3, 2010, the Santa Ana 8 effectively shut down the ICE detention facility in Santa Ana to protest SB 1070, local 287(g) laws, and attacks on immigrants in the local community. They were charged with 5 misdemeanors, these were dropped but they were cited by the City of Santa Ana.
Now the Santa Ana 8 and their supporters are trying to raise funds to pay the citations. They are having a party to help the Santa Ana 8 with legal fees, as well to provide an opportunity for the community to come together and have some fun under the influence of alcohol.
There will be alcohol, food, great energy, and music!
Today at 7:30pm – 2:00am
Location: 417 Harwood, SanTana between Mcfadden and Main.
The Santa Ana 8 supporters are asking a $5 dollar donation.
If you can’t make it but would like to make a donation for “la causa,” please make your check payable to Girl Scout Troop 1906 and under the note section state: SA8.
Click here to RSVP on Facebook.
The 2010 Major League Baseball All Star Game arrives with much fanfare today in Anaheim, where Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz won the Home Run Derby yesterday.
I expect that some of Orange County’s wealthiest elite will be there, along with folks who bought season tickets and a lot of out of town visitors. There will also be protesters there.
Activists will be there today to protest next year’s MLB All Star Game, which is scheduled to be in Phoenix, Arizona, home of the dreadful SB 1070 racial profiling law.
MLB Commissioner Bud Selig predictably issued a statement indicating that MLB has no intention of moving the game elsewhere. However, many of his own players and managers disagree with that notion.
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Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez has finally decided to co-sponsor the Dream Act, according to Gustavo Arellano, at the OC Weekly, and the Don Palabraz blog.
Click here to see her name on the record at the Library of Congress as a co-sponsor.
Here is an excerpt from Arellano’s post:
I’ve received much criticism from local Democrats over the past year for my constant bashing of Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez for not co-sponsoring the DREAM Act, a bill before the House and Senate that would create a path toward amnesty for undocumented college students. Recently, the Orange County Dream Team ratcheted up their pressure on Loretta as well, calling her out at liberal shindigs this past weekend. Continue reading
¡Otro Mundo Es Posible! – Another World Is Possible!
Join Orange County Communities for Santa Ana’s May Day March. Meet at Sasscer Park on the corner of Ross/5th at 3pm, on May 1. Click here to RSVP.
Unite for Action, Equality and Human Rights – Platform:
IMMIGRATION
*Comprehensive Immigration Reform – full legalization
*DREAM Act – to create a pathway for undocumented students Continue reading
There was a big hulabulloo recently in regards to the Mexican Independence Day celebration in downtown Santa Ana that was scheduled to take place on September 11th of this year. The Orange County Register used its platform to stir the pot and throw red meat to the scores of bigots and racists that make up a good chunk of their readership by questioning whether or not the event should take place on the 9th annivesary of the terrorist attacks.
My question is: Where were the folks at the Register and the others so steadfastly opposed to this event being held on that day back in 2004, when it was held on September 11th of that year?
I think that it is quite clear that the Register and company are just jumping on to the bandwagon of hate and anger that we are seeing in our country. They are simply trying to seize upon this climate that we have seen created by right-wing extremists and their friends in the media like Glen Beck and Rush Limbaugh.
With this constant nasty vitriol being aimed at healthcare reform, immigration reform and anything President Obama supports it doesn’t take much to stir these folks up. Just knowing that a Black man is in the White House is usually enough to many of these folks blood boiling. Continue reading
Embattled Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is allegedly denying that ICE immigration raids are occuring in Santa Ana
A local insider has indicated that Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez is getting ready to issue a press release denying that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids are going on in Santa Ana. This despite numerous eyewitness accounts to the contrary.
A Sanchez staffer leaked the news about the release and indicated that Sanchez has talked to Homeland Security and ICE and they have denied the raids.
However, considering that Homeland Security allowed numerous party-crashers to invade a recent White House dinner, and they also allowed a known terrorist to fly to our country, with no bags, on Christmas, it is hard to take them at their word. That is particularly true given that the Director of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, insisted to the press that the “system worked” after the aforementioned terrorist failed to blow up a jet that was landing in Detroit. Continue reading
How many young people will be deported in Santa Ana if Congresswoman Sanchez doesn’t stop the ICE raids?
The recent Immigration and Customs Service (ICE) immigration raids in Santa Ana have come at a very bad time – just as U.S. Census workers are starting to conduct outreach to area immigrants.
Only one local politician can stop these raids. That would be Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, who serves on the Congressional Homeland Security Committee.
“In the 111th Congress, Rep. Sanchez is taking a leading role in securing America’s borders with Mexico and Canada. This Congress she has held and continues to hold hearings and briefings on the U.S. response to the drug related violence that has plagued most of the Mexican side of the border. She has appeared countless times on CNN, C-SPAN, FOX News, and MSNBC to discuss the importance of a coordinated and efficient U.S. response to the violence. She has also met with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to provide guidance on critical issues, including combating human, weapons, and drug trafficking and ensuring interagency cooperation on national security issues,” according to Sanchez’ website. Continue reading
How can the 2010 U.S. Census reach out to immigrants when ICE keeps raiding their communities?
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency could not be conducting immigration raids in Santa Ana at a worst time. Two such raids were spotted this weekend, and yet another today.
The 2010 U.S. Census is beginning in March, and will run throughout 2010. In fact the Santa Ana office of the Census is opening this week, on January 7.
In fact the City of Santa Ana is promoting the Census on their website. Why? Simple. If we don’t accurately count everyone in our city, we will pay for it. “The information the census collects helps to determine how more than $400 billion dollars of federal funding each year is spent on infrastructure and services,” according to the U.S. Census.
Simply put, we need everyone to participate in the Census – but these ICE raids are going to scare many residents in our city. They won’t want to talk to the Census takers. That is a disaster for Santa Ana! Continue reading