[Marxism] Under the influence of fascists?

[Brian Shannon <Brian_Shannon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A representative of California Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez suggests 
that the immigrant Schwarzenegger is inspired by the semi-fascist 
Minuteman Project. Last week, the Daily Show's Jon Stewart commented on 
the nuttiness of a Congressman who sympathized with the murder of 
federal judges by fascist individuals who were frustrated with the 
courts's rulings on abortion and the Terri Schiavo case.

from Brian Shannon
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Governor talks of closing Mexico border

By Herbert A. Sample -- Bee San Francisco Bureau
Published 2:15 am PDT Wednesday, April 20, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday told a group of 
newspaper executives that the United States should "close" its borders, 
calling existing enforcement against illegal immigration "lax."

A governor's spokeswoman, however, rushed to clarify his remarks, 
saying that Schwarzenegger actually meant that the borders should be 
made less penetrable, not literally sealed.

  "It's a federal issue," Schwarzenegger said during a 
question-and-answer period following a speech to the Newspaper 
Association of America. "And the only thing that I can say and add to 
this is really close the borders. Close the borders in California and 
all across, between Mexico and the United States."

The borders should be closed, the governor went on to say, "because I 
think it is just unfair to have all these people coming across" while 
border enforcement is "lax." Moreover, he added, the key is to "enforce 
the law."

Press secretary Margita Thompson told reporters afterward that to 
Schwarzenegger, "closing the border would mean not make it porous - 
secure the border."

"However, in other people's language, it may mean something completely 
different," she said. "So, therefore, what he means is that we need to 
secure the border."

The Republican governor was not available for follow-up questioning 
about his remarks before the newspaper association, a nonprofit 
industry group that was meeting at the Fairmont Hotel.

Sen. Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, who has negotiated with Schwarzenegger 
over a driver's license bill for illegal immigrants, said he didn't 
take the governor's comment literally.

"I would find it difficult to believe the governor meant that when 
California and its prosperity and so many industries rely on the 
immigrant work force," he said.

But Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez, D-Los Angeles, called on the 
governor to "ratchet down his rhetoric and retreat from this 
narrow-minded approach to immigration policy."

"Closing our borders to commerce and culture is an idea that comes from 
political extremists, not rational policymakers," Núñez added. "Even 
President Bush rejects the idea of a closed border with Mexico. We need 
an immigration policy that preserves our productive relationship with 
Mexico and respects the rule of law."

Núñez spokesman Steve Maviglio contended that Schwarzenegger may have 
been "inspired" by efforts of an Arizona group called the Minuteman 
Project that tried to halt illegal immigration at the border earlier 
this month.

"There's a significant bloc of votes in Congress, and significant 
activism, to close to the borders," Maviglio added. "So it wouldn't be 
out of school to think that he meant what he said."

Actually closing the border, Maviglio added, would devastate 
California's economy because Mexico is its prime trading partner.

Just before he won the October 2003 recall election, Schwarzenegger 
used similar language in an interview on Fox News.

Saying he wanted to work with other border governors on immigration 
issues, Schwarzenegger added, "I think if you talk to the federal 
government, we have to close the borders, make them tighter."

http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/12756464p-13607997c.html

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