Former Bush nominee and columnist Linda Chavez recently published an article in which she accuses Americans who stand in opposition to the Bush-McCain-Kennedy Amnesty Bill as racists. Alleging racism is the new tactic being used by the pro-amnesty crowd....It is disgusting and it will not work!

Let us refresh our memory...In 2001, Linda Chavez was nominated by President Bush for the Secretary of Labor. Her nomination fell apart when it was discovered that she had long-employed an illegal alien as a housekeeper. In her unofficial role, she now acts as a cheerleader for Bush and his desire to turn the U.S. into Mexico.

Last week, Townhall.com published an article by Linda Chavez (no relation to Hugo...we think) in which she attacked the American people, or at least the ones who cherish U.S. sovereignty. In her essay entitled “Latino Fear and Loathing,” she repeatedly refers to those of us who oppose the amnesty legislation as “xenophobes.”

Chavez said: “We need to quit pretending that the “No Amnesty” crowd is anything other than what it is: a tiny group of angry, frightened and prejudiced loudmouths backed by political opportunists who exploit them.”

Apparently, Chavez believes that 80 percent of the American public is a tiny group! However, she is right that we are angry and frightened. We are angry that foreign nationals who have invaded our country will now be rewarded for their transgressions. We are frightened at the possibility of adding between 40-100 million mostly illiterate new immigrants to this country, over the next 20 years. We may be prejudiced in that we prefer the American way of life as opposed to a Third World existence.

Chavez went on to wrongly compare this nation’s ever-growing illegal alien population with the European immigrants who came to America’s shores in the early 1900’s. She wrote: ‘What is said today of the Mexicans, Guatemalans, Salvadorans and others was once said of Germans, Swedes, the Irish, Italians, Poles, Jews, and others. The only difference is that in the past the xenophobes could speak freely, unconstrained by a veneer of political correctness.”

Chavez is simply trotting-out the same old tired argument that all immigrants are alike. While it is true that most immigrants face hardships and prejudice, that is where the comparison ends. The massive waves of European immigrants came here legally and most made assimilation a priority. The illegal aliens now invading this country from Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador are not observing our laws and make very little effort to even learn English.

While those European immigrants humbly waved American flags as they lined the streets of New York on July 4th, the illegal aliens defiantly wave Mexican flags on our streets as they demand their ‘rights.’ To compare the European immigrants of the early 20th century to the current lawless invaders, is an affront to the families of everyone who has legally immigrated to the United States.

Here are a few facts that Linda Chavez left out of her article:

-In 2005, over 380,000 anchor babies were born in the U.S. No less than 97 percent of the hospital delivery costs were paid by the American public.

-According to the Federation for American Immigration Reform, illegal aliens receive $43.7 billion annually in Medicaid and Medicare benefits.

-42 percent of students in California public schools do not speak English.

-K-12 expenses for illegal aliens cost U.S. taxpayers $7.4 billion annually.

-Over half of Los Angeles area gang members are illegal aliens.

-4,380 Americans are murdered annually by illegal aliens.

-29 percent (630,000) of this country’s prison population is comprised of illegal aliens. This currently costs the American public $1.6 billion annually.

Those of us who still believe that this country is worth saving and place U.S. citizenship ahead of cheap labor will continue to fight against the traitors who attempt to sell us out. We will continue to fight them whether they reside in the White House or simply write for it.

No amnesty...Not now not ever!