Ron Paul: Friend of Liberty, but not Mexicans.

I voted for Ron Paul and will vote for him again... I love Mexican-Americans and any other Americans that are here legally through immigration and love their family members that want to fill out the same paperwork someone in Africa, Canada, Australia, etc. has to fill out to get here. Equal opportunity abounds for ALL immigrants. Just because you live close to our borders, doesn't give you a leg up on the rest of the "races" out there and you aren't entitled to citizenship.Which, I might add, your focus on entitlement to Mexicans, contributes to the racism that you are concerned about, yet perpetuating yourself. Also, I have several friends from Mexico that have started businesses here in Texas and are slowly bringing family over one by one, legally, and they support Ron Paul 100%. If you'd like a crash course in the Constitution, civil liberties, protecting our country and any Ron Paul policies... I'd be more than happy to share why protecting borders and national defense isn't racially motivated.

Talk about double standard BS. César Chávez was also against illegal immigration because it undermined his union organizing efforts. He pretty much used the same tactics as the Minutemen on our border today, yet is revered by hispanic communities in every major city from California to Texas who have named major streets and libraries after him.

I think this was a bad article.. Seems to me that somebody over there at the Observer is anti Ron Paul.. Here is a short article that can clear up the hazed mention of Ron Paul's immigration views. http://americaswatchtower.com/...

I'm not sure what exactly is anti-Mexican per se about Ron Paul. On the one hand, he doesn't appear to be big on deportation. On the other, he doesn't support the DREAM act, which as people look at it now, because that doesn't fit in his strategy of eventually destroying the financial aid system for everybody. He's against a border fence and believes that Bilingualism in government is a state right, not a federal mandate. And if I remember correctly, he's very clear about borders on both sides of the country. We forget that many English-speaking immigrants come illegally from Europe. Ron Paul is the only one with a consistent immigration policy. Further, his positions on the drug war and countries self-policing would reverse a lot of the trends of the US messing with people in Mexico and throughout Latin America.

Many Mexican-Americans and other Latinos already know this and don't buy into the cries of the left that they are all the same.

The only issue I have with is with the "birthright citizenship" issue because it addresses a largely made up problem-- there aren't millions of "anchor babies" roaming the streets. My guess is that it will not be a priority in his administration.