Republicans? Don’t you love ’em?

by Tribune Web Editor
Thursday, October 14th, 2010

Republicans? Don’t you love ’em? Maybe not, but it is funny how often right-wing Republicans get caught not just with their pants down or their fingers in the till but employing domestic staff who can’t work legally in the United States. Republicans love to bang on about illegals – usually racist code for Hispanics or, as they disparagingly call them, “wetbacks” crossing the Mexican border. Meg Whitman, the Republican running to replace Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor in California, employed Nicky Diaz Santillan as her housekeeper for nine years, despite her legal status – or lack of it – being drawn to her attention by the authorities in 2003. In her campaign Whitman has repeatedly called – apparently with a straight face – for tougher sanctions against employers who hire illegal workers.

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  • Zel

    Very, VERY biased and misleading story … is this truly supposed to be authentic “journalism?” First, Meg Whitman used a valid, licensed agency which touted that all potential employees’ credentials, references, etc. had been verified. Whitman did what she was supposed to have done. Second, no one I’ve ever met has ever used the term “wet back.” In fact, the only people I’ve observed who are entirely focused on the amount of melanin or pigmentation of one’s skin have been Liberals. It is not an issue of anyone’s ethnicity or nationality which is the pertinent variable regarding our current problem of unlawful immigration, it is the status of being “ILLEGAL.” ILLEGAL means “against the law” and THAT is indeed the issue. It matters not whether someone entering the country illegally is Scottish, Russian, German, Hispanic, etc. but only that they do so in the proper & legal fashion. It is typical that the Liberals & those of any degree of a Leftward lean in the USA are misrepresenting the true facts and turning this into a farcical event of bleeding hearts & emotionalism while ignoring the RULE OF LAW – which any Civil Society must recognize & adhere to. Many of us (Conservatives) wish for and work diligently to help improve the lives of the downtrodden (actually, Conservatives donate more money to charity, volunteer more time & even give more blood than Liberals) but are aware of The Rule of Law as well as our FEDERAL LAW ALREADY ON THE BOOKS and that any person, anywhere at any time will be wont of better conditions of life and claim such to perpetrate unlawful activities of an enormous variety as a rationale.
    I am extremely disappointed at the bias & narrow-mindedness of the above article.