A few observations on immigration after a wild weekend in LA - and Tulsa!

A few observations on the immigration demonstrations held Sunday in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, to 5,000 at a support march for immigrant rights:

"We are saying that in this great and generous America, there ought to be a pathway to citizenship."

Such a pathway already exists. It is called the process of naturalization as adjudicated through U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. USCIS even has a web site that makes it super easy for anyone to legally find their way into the country.

Millions have chosen to break the law rather than follow the rules, and pandering politicians like Villaraigosa (and let's be fair, George W. Bush) would encourage more of this behavior by rewarding it.

Here's an interesting quote from the LA Times:

Lidia Vidal, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who also participated in last year's marches, said she was disappointed that more people did not turn out. She also expressed frustration that even though there were gains by the immigrant rights movement, reform legislation still had not passed.

"We marched, we voted and nothing," said Vidal, 34, who has two U.S.-born children and has been here 17 years. "I still don't have papers."

'We voted"? Does she mean she actually voted in the 2006 elections? If so, how? No, we are not naive enough to think that illegal votes are cast. We just wonder why the LA Times didn't think it worthy of comment. Is it that prevalent? If so, we have already lost California.

In the left-leaning International Herald Tribune of London, a typical quote we've come to expect:

Jefferson Azevedo, a Brazilian immigrant, said he did not consider any immigrant to be illegal.

"We all know this is Mexican land," he said. "They didn't cross the border. The border crossed them."

Sorry but courts, not law-breakers, get to interpret laws. Mr. Azevedo is using the language of the Reconquista movement.

History declares Mexico to have lost not only California in the Bear Flag rebellion of 1846, but other territories with the conclusion of the American-Mexican war in 1848. Since U.S. troops actually took possession of Mexico City to end that war, Mexico is fortunate that U.S. perception of Manifest Destiny did not include annexing their entire country. (Or maybe not so fortunate, but that's a whole 'nuther can of worms.)

The people of California voted themselves into the United States shortly afterward, and since one of the conclusions of the Civil War established firmly that no state gets to vote itself back out again, the only way the Reconquista can achieve its aim will be to instigate a new counter-war to drag California (and any other southwestern state) back into Mexico.

That doesn't sound like a wonderful thing.

Why is any of this relevant to you?

You need to wake up.

This morning one of the local newscasts had a report on an Hispanic male who, having been angered for some offense at a Tulsa taco stand, left for awhile but returned with an AK-47, spraying bullets left and right from the passenger window of an SUV. As of the moment police reportedly are searching for him and a Hispanic female driver. We'd include a link to this story but KFAQ has not posted one, nor can we find the report at any other traditional local news web site. Yet. (KFAQ's featured news story today is a pic of Anna Nicole Smith and the question, "What killed Anna Nicole?" What a relief to know that at least someone will carry this story for us!)

Back to the shooting report: What are the odds this Hispanic male is in the country illegally?

What business does he have with an AK-47?

Perhaps he merely believes that Mexico has a rightful claim to Oklahoma (the Mexican flag never flew over the Sooner state, which was part of the Louisiana Purchase from France. ), which means that the border moved, so why shouldn't he? Maybe he just likes to be prepared for trouble, even if he has to make it.

People, wake up.

Anna Nicole Smith is dead, may God rest her soul. None of us are in line for her millions, so can we move along now?

The invasion of the United States, however, is very much underway, and it most definitely affects you. It could even be some idiot with an AK-47 spraying bullets in a neighborhood that looks a lot like yours.

He does not need a "pathway to citizenship."

He needs his ticket punched for prison.