Picture of Mexican-bashers Van Tran and Allan Mansoor courtesy of the L.A. Times
Republican congressional candidate Van Tran has been quite sneaky this year about his views on immigration. But he finally came clean during an interview with the O.C. Register that was published today. He “aid he supports Arizona’s right to attempt to crack down on illegal immigration.”
Tran flew to the border a few years ago with a host of his Trannies, to make fun of Mexico and the border situation. I was deeply offended considering that he and most of them are also immigrants, but unlike Mexicans these haters got a red carpet welcome to the United States, after the fall of Vietnam.
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, who Tran is challenging also was interviewed. Here is what she had to say about immigration:
Sanchez said the federal government should do a better job of controlling its borders and knowing who is coming in and out. She also said there should be more visas made available for immigrants coming here to work.
She said she would support a program for illegal immigrants to apply for citizenship if they learn English and pay a fine. “People should have the right to earn their way in,” she said.
Clearly she is much better on immigration than Tran.
No Latinos showed up to Van Tran’s grand opening on Labor Day
But will Sanchez prevail? Many Democrats aren’t so sure about that. I spoke to a number of Democratic elected officials and candidates yesterday, at the O.C. Labor Day event at the Santa Ana Zoo. Many expressed concern about Sanchez’s chances of reelection.
The problem is that an independent Latina, Cecilia Iglesias, was able to get on the ballot, after collecting 11,ooo signatures. One elected official said that the way she collected the signatures was interesting. At first she only was collecting a handful per day, then all of a sudden she was turning in thousands of signatures, he said. It looked like someone had paid to collect the signatures. Did Tran and the OC GOP pave the way for Iglesias by collecting signatures for her?
There are also rumors that Iglesias’ campaign materials are being walked by Tran’s volunteers.
And then there is the recent video that Iglesias posted, of Ronald Reagan talking about a suspect election in El Salvador, which our blogger Gabriel San Roman posted about here. Iglesias is from El Salvador. There are a lot of Latino Republicans of Salvadorean extraction.
Another Democratic insider told me that over the past few years she has consistently requested Republican ballots from the O.C. Voter Registrar, even though she is registered as a Decline to State voter.
I have not confirmed any of this, but it is worrisome. Tran is disgusting and corrupt. We must stop him from getting to Congress.
I have had my issues over the years with Sanchez, but we all need to set aside such trepidation and get behind her. Tran must be stopped!
Van Tran is very supportive of the Latino community. All you have to do is a google search and you can see he had a Latino outreach event in Santa Ana in Spanish last Sat., is endorsed by Hispanic 100, Congressman Devin Nunez, Santa Ana Councilman Carlos Bustamonte, wrote President Bush against a move to raise fees for new citizens and is an immigrant himself.
Van Tran has welcomed new citizens at Santa Ana College and fought for lower fees on legal citizenship. He was just quoted in the OC Register saying that we need to find a humane approach to immigration reform so folks can be brought out of the shadows and live without fear of mistreatment and discrimination.
He also wants to focus on securing the border, establishing real enforcement against unlawful employment by employers and establishing a 24/7 computerized real time verification capability so no business can claim ignorance. Note that neither of the above requires direct action against people who are here illegally.
Van Tran also applaud Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for signing Assembly Bill 2060 by Assemblyman Hector De La Torre on September 27, 2006, which providedd financial assistance to legal immigrants seeking citizenship.
As an immigrant to this great state, Tran celebrated our government’s commitment to legal immigrants. The Governor was again showing his commitment to making our state greater, by providing more access to citizenship for our legal immigrants.
AB 2060 provided funding to the Naturalization Services Program (NSP), which provides grants to entities seeking to provide naturalization services to immigrants. The NSP partners with local community-based organizations to assist legal permanent residents in obtaining citizenship in the United States .
This bill also provided greater coordination of services and naturalization of legal immigrants to California. Legal paths to citizenship for legal immigrants are an important step in continuing to make California great.
AB 2060 is celebrating and assisting all of those folks who follow the law and go through the process the right way. It is anticipated that at least 8,200 legal permanent residents achieved citizenship during the first year of the Naturalization Services Program.
I always like to tell people that unless they are at least 1/8 Native Indian, should not tell the others to “go home”.
mrs carter,
Amen! It is just disgusting to see immigrants like Van bashing other immigrants who actually have a claim to this Hemisphere.
My great abuelita was a Comanche from Texas. She moved to Mexico and ended up being a curandera in Pancho Villa’s camp. Viva la revolucion!
Hello, I am Latina, and I showed up to Van Tran’s grand opening, and I support him. Not only that, I can name many other latinos who showed up. I even did an interview for him today. Get your facts straight.
jessica,
Thank you for clarifying that. I asked another attendee about this earlier and he had no clue apparently.
I cannot imagine what would possess a Latino, or a Latina, to support this Mexican basher. You really need to read this: http://newsantaana.com/2010/09/06/remember-when-van-tran-flew-his-trannies-to-the-border-at-taxpayer-expense/.