California: First Illegal Alien Appointed To State Post

[PorkChopSandwiches]

California has been moving to this point for some time now. For the first time in its history, the Golden State has named an illegal alien to a statewide post, which ironically enough after the college scandal last week, that helps to increase college access for students from low-income or underserved communities.

Lizbeth Mateo, a 33-year-old attorney and immigrants rights activist, was appointed to serve by the Senate Rules Committee on Wednesday.

I can't tell you the irony of the Senate appointing someone who is illegally in the country to a position that uses taxpayer money to then use tax payer money again to educate people, including illegal aliens at taxpayer expense.

The appointment came just one day after President Donald Trump's visit to San Diego, where he attacked the state's immigration approach.

"While Donald Trump fixates on walls, California will continue to concentrate on opportunities," Senate President pro Tem Kevin de León said in a news release. "Ms. Mateo is a courageous, determined and intelligent young woman who at great personal risk has dedicated herself to fight for those seeking their rightful place in this country."

Yahoo News reports:
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In announcing the decision, Senate President pro tempore Kevin de León appeared to recognize the move as an act of defiance in the face of the Trump administration's current immigration crackdown.

Mateo said she welcomed the opportunity, telling the newspaper that "while undocumented students have become more visible in our state, they remain under-represented in places where decisions that affect them are being made."

The attorney was born in Oaxaca, Mexico, and came to the U.S. with her parents when she was just 14 years old. She went on to develop a passion for law and became the first person in her family to graduate from college, receiving her degree from Santa Clara University law school in 2016 and passing the California bar last year, according to her legal firm's website. She was officially sworn in by De León on June 29, 2017.

California became the first state in the U.S. to allow undocumented immigrants to practice law in 2014, with New York following in its footsteps not long after.

[DemonGeminiX]

You are quickly becoming vassals of Mexico.

[Griffin]

[PorkChopSandwiches]

You are quickly becoming vassals of Mexico.

Its a "non-violent" invasion

[fricnjay]

I support this.

[RBP]

I really don't understand how this all works at all. It makes no sense.

[Griffin]

Just a bunch of dipshits thumbing their nose at Trump.
Apparently they've never heard the adage of "Cutting off the nose to spite the face".

[KevinD]

Un-fing-believable.

[Muddy]

Im going to be mayor of Finland soon.. All I need to do is sneak over there one night..

[lost in melb.]

She's a dreamer, right? Came here as a child. Clearly she has some documentation or status to allow her to practice.

Devoting her time to helping underprivileged people, including citizens, obtain education. Is this right? What makes you assume she wants to flood the country with illegal immigrants.

I understand the principles at issue here. I just can't understand why you'd target this woman in particular? In any other sensible Western democracy she would have been granted citizenship ages ago. The political blockade that allows criminals and resource-wasters to flood the country also seems tied to preventing decent people from having a path to legitimate citizenship.

You need to work this out.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

She's a dreamer, right? Came here as a child. Clearly she has some documentation or status to allow her to practice.

Devoting her time to helping underprivileged people, including citizens, obtain education. Is this right? What makes you assume she wants to flood the country with illegal immigrants.

I understand the principles at issue here. I just can't understand why you'd target this woman in particular? In any other sensible Western democracy she would have been granted citizenship ages ago. The political blockade that allows criminals and resource-wasters to flood the country also seems tied to preventing decent people from having a path to legitimate citizenship.

You need to work this out.

A) She is NOT a citizen

B) It's funny hearing an Aussie lecture us on how to deal with immigration, especially people trying to enter/having entered the country illegally

[lost in melb.]

A) She is NOT a citizen

B) It's funny hearing an Aussie lecture us on how to deal with immigration, especially people trying to enter/having entered the country illegally

Oh, mate...I'm not lecturing. But as an outsider I can see something that perhaps you can't - and that is the preposterousness and utter hypocrisy of the situation. Even just recently they fired, reluctantly, a bunch of undocumented workers from Trump estates. I'm sure they knew the whole time.

Even more interesting would be to hear about a workable solution to this issue.

[DemonGeminiX]

Even more interesting would be to hear about a workable solution to this issue.

Here's a workable solution: deportation.

[lost in melb.]

Here's a workable solution: deportation.

I fully understand the principle and your anger.

Work-ability of that is zero. Unless you actually want disintegration of the country, anarchy and civil war

[DemonGeminiX]

Maybe I am angry. I think right now I'm more in a state of shock that our whole left coast is run by idiots that don't understand that for a civil society to exist, laws must be implemented and obeyed and when they're not, punishments must be doled out.

It's very workable. These people don't belong here. Round them up and deport them. Build the wall. If they resist, shoot them. Repeal any law that gives illegals any taxpayer benefits so they won't want to be here. And I sincerely doubt this country would devolve into civil war, as everybody on the right has all of the guns. The idiots on the left have all but given up their right to keep and bear arms. It would be a very short war.