Fl Rep Juan Zapata expalins why he is a "Immigrant advocate"

[JohnRhysMusician]

The problem with speeches like this is that if you are coming illegally you really don't care about the country you are just trying to milk it. My family traces back to the 1600's in the United States. They were not immigrants. They were moving within the British Empire and to anyone who says this is an immigrant nation you are mistaken, slaves and folks who moved within the Empire are NOT immigrants.

[LotusElise05]

Where the fuck does that guy in the rocking chair think he's at? Fucking recess?!?

[borderraven]

A "legal immigrant" is an alien who carries a passport, a visa, and obeys the laws, but the very second that "legal immigrant" violates the laws, that alien is not an "illegal immigrant"! He/She is an "illegal alien"! So, to use the word "immigrant(s)" as an all encompassing term to define all immigrants, only confuses the issue about illegal immigration -- But that's exactly the Communist propaganda La Raza "the Race" employs, to fool the media, and the gullible listener.

[WOLFMAN1469]

well yeah i agree with most of what he said less racism charged arguments would be nice because illegal immigrants come in all colors and im glad he knows the difference between legal documented immigrants and undocumented illegal immigrants, but as far as not treating illegal immigrants as terrorist "they arent terrorist theyre immigrants" well they are undocumented so you dont know who they are.

[fleiva30]

Juan Rivera is 1000000000000000000000000% RIGHT!!!!!

[cwp91206]

Here's something relevant and interesting. My playlist

Europeans in America

Keep this in mind when the Mexican Tan Klan tells you to go back to Europe. LOL!

[TuNoHablasPorMi]

This guys says we're the greatest nation on earth and that is why everyone wants to come here. He just doesn't get it. All these illegals are going to bankrupt the greatest nation on earth that he is talking about. What a Schmuck! And guess what? I'm a Hispanic as well!

[SoFlaPatriot]

Exactly. like when huckabee said we should all just be happy we still have a country people want to come to.. Our point exactly,... we want to keep it that way!

[eltrabukitochingon]

It's amusing to see how Hispanics can despise their own race, somehow feeling a sense of superiority just because they were lucky to be born in the United States. The fact that you guys are now legally in the US doesn't mean you always were, therefore, if you guys had a chance, why cant they too? You talk like you own the US, like you are entitled to everything that it represents, and it is sad, because rather than being united, Hispanics like you are the ones that encourage racism towards them.

[TuNoHablasPorMi]

I don't despise my own race. Hispanic is not a race and guess what, I wasn't born here and I was never illegal. I waited my time and earned the right to be an American. I didn't display my flag of birth above the American flag or make demands. My country is now the U.S. and I have no loyalty to any other country. Can you say that about those from Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, etc.? No. That's because they're only coming here for what they can get and their allegiance is not to the U.S.

[cjrezler]

@eltrabukitochingon Illegal is NOT a race, but a crime. Here's an analogy- Let's say a passenger ship sinks in the ocean miles from land. The lifeboats are filled and lowered and escape. Many people are left in the water dying. Have any clue why the people in the lifeboats won't come try and rescue them? Because they'll swamp the boat with their numbers and sink them all. Get it? Ponder that for awhile and get the hint. Does it make the people in the lifeboats bad people or racists? No!

[SuperAlexrios]

@cjrezler most likely you are not in te lifeboat right?

[SuperAlexrios]

@TuNoHablasPorMi and for sure  the way you talk you are a mtf Cuban

[texan176]

He should be stripped of his job and maybe his citizenship for treason.

He's a typical limo liberal. It's okay for YOU to have the illegals invade you area, schools, hospitals, and Home Depot parking lot so long as he can wear a suit and have a cushy govt. job that pays enough for him to live isolated from the commoners.

I bet he would not house even ONE illegal in his own home but wants you to foot the bill for millions of them.

[cwp91206]

Immigration is about OUR self-interest, not a Crusade to save the world's poor, suffering and desperate.

Oh, and self-interest is not a sin folks. Even if you're a First World country.

[SoFlaPatriot]

Republican Rep. and president of the Miami-Dade delegation Juan Carlos Zapata said, "This has been the worst year. It is the first year that they ( immigration enforcement bills) are presented together and that they are so strong." 2/17/08

[SoFlaPatriot]

These proposals represent an atmosphere that is highly anti-immigrant and anti-Hispanic in the Legislature and in Florida," Zapata said. Miami Herald 2/17/08

[TuNoHablasPorMi]

This is the thing that burns me the most! They need to stop lumping all anti-illegal immigration proposals with "Hispanics". I am "Hispanic" and I don't consider any of these proposals anti-me. They have to let it be what it is, "anti illegal" and leave the "Hispanic" connotation alone. Legal Hispanics are as upset about this invasion as everybody else.

[fleisch09]

I have a friend of mine who is of Hispanic descent, and for some odd reason, they like to treat her like an illegal. She speaks English, her first language is English, but when she and I were in High School, they had her do testing to see if she speaks English! Duh! See, that's what happens when illegal immigrants come here. They assume you're one of them if you look a certain way, or have a spanish surname.I think illegal immigration needs to stop, so they never do something like that again.

[SoFlaPatriot]

"The last thing WE wanted was to come up here and start drawing lines and making noise"said Rep. Juan Zapata, a Miami Republican and chairman of the Miami-Dade delegation. ``That's exactly what these people wanted-- the attantion.. It's an election year, and immigration is an easy issue to press on.'' Miami Herald 4/17/08

[cwp91206]

Yeah, it's all our fault for making this such a great country that everyone else wants to come here.

WE didn't "invite" illegal aliens. They came without our consent inviolation of our laws. Those who hire them are Outlaw Employers. They get the profits, we get the social costs.

Do you think Zapata would be so concerned if illegal immigration wasn't a Latino issue?

Shame on Zapata and his ilk for putting their ethnicity first.

[TuNoHablasPorMi]

cwp91206 you said: "Do you think Zapata would be so concerned if illegal immigration wasn't a Latino issue?"

Illegal immigration is not really a Latino issue. Did you hear about the bunch of Chinese they caught coming across the border last week? I agree that the majority are Latinos but it really isn't "a Latino issue". Mr. Zapata is trying to make it that but it really isn't. Mr. Zapata needs to crawl back under the rock he's been living in.

[cwp91206]

No?!?!?! Latinos, especially Mexicans, are by far the worst offenders of our immigration laws. They are the largest group of illegals than all the other illegal aliens combined. And it is Mexicans who come here whining about "stolen land," "taking it back," ethnically cleansing the rest of us, and arrogantly DEMANDING amnesty and entitlements they have NO right to.

You don't see other illegals acting as invading Fifth Columnists for their home governments they way Latinos do.

[cwp91206]

Immigration is about OUR self-interest. If you don't have the capital or skills to make this a better country, you don't belong. Immigration is not some misguided, foolish Crusade to save all the world's poor and desperate. America is like a life raft. If you put too many people in it, it sinks.

[RAPSUCKS1738]

Yea so lets ruin this country by letting millions of illegal immigrants in

[Researcher555]

Zapata is insulted because the word "terrorism" has been dragged into this debate? I'm insulted our representatives are not functioning on behalf of Americans. To state with conviction "these are immigrants not terrorists" would require Zapata to know who the terrorists are. He's either approaching this debated illogically, or we need to get out the water board. Mmmmm.

[masterR8ter]

Someone who border hops and is lucky enough to evade the BP is NOT an immigrant..This guy is such an idiot,but typical.

[VoteYourConsience]

NoIllegalAliens thnk you. This guy is totally confused. People like him are the reason of this illegal immigration problem

[VoteYourConsience]

lolol. Check out the big baby rocking on his seat lolol

[tellusmore]

First the guy sitting next to Zapata is totally wasted on meth. I question Zapata tear-jerking propaganda is, did his dad march in our streets chanting mexico waving another country's flag? Jobs citizens don't want is a created situation by corporate displacing citizens with illegal cheap labor and ppl that try to stay are alienated by language, race or forced out by lowered wages. Go to Cohen & Grigsby on Utube this is the tip of the iceberg. Zapata is not honest in this issue possibly bigoted

[apocalyptichybrid]

I was born here and luck had nothing to do with it Mr. Zapata. No US citizen started this mass wave of illegal aliens, it was the US government, Chamber of Commerce, Corporate America, and the Banking industry. The main enemies of the average citizen. Cheap wages, more free tax money, more people to give credit to so they can be owned, and to create another issue between the American people so the crooks can keep on stealing! These cocksuckers in the chairs are the CROOKS! Thanks for the vid.

[bbburton]

What a wonderful speech. Now, understand, if you come here illegally, you are not an immigrant, you are an illegal alien. If you are caught, you will be sent home. If you remain, and have children here, when caught you must take your children with you when you are returned to your country of origin.

[oldrebel]

Well said. I wish they would quit using the immigrant lie and call them what they are, illegals!

[TheCZMan]

Who is the guy who thinks he is in a rocking chair?

[NoillegalAliens]

He is Rep Rivera.

He in my opinion is also responsible for stymieing the anti illegal immigration bills that were proposed in Florida.

[TheCZMan]

Well, for sure, these chairs was a great investment because he looked like he had great fun rocking in it for 3 minutes.

[linwooddeaton]

Immigrant advocate? Yes.

Illegal invader advocate?. NO!.