On Apr 18, 2006, at 10:47 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
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> If anything, Marta, cracking down on Latino immigrants and making
> California whiter will make it easier for the state and federal
> governments to cut health care and other services. Many of them
> English-speaking Anglos don't vote with you and they sure don't
> demonstrate with you for the Big Welfare State. But many of the
> Latinos -- and occasional disaffected Japanese who come here for a
> lark :-> -- do and will (if you can't communicate with them verbally,
> just smile a big smile and cheer when they march).
>
Yes, I know many hispanics who are progressive. But even the Nation states that immigrants tend to be socially conservative. Marta