Hispanic American Coalition, You Don’t Speak for Me!, Joins With House Leaders to React to President Bush’s Address and to Oppose Senate Amnesty Plan

“You Don’t Speak for Me!, a new national coalition of American Hispanics that supports immigration enforcement, is joining with nine members of the House of Representatives to respond to President Bush’s Monday evening address to the nation and to urge the Senate to pass an immigration enforcement only bill. Members of the You Don’t Speak for Me! coalition will be renewing their call for swift Senate action on an enforcement only bill at a Capitol Hill news conference on Wednesday, May 17. They will be joined by House members who have signed a letter to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, urging him to bring a strong enforcement bill to the floor.

You Don’t Speak for Me! reacted to President Bush’s decision to send National Guard troops to the border, calling it a “small gesture toward dealing with an enormous national problem.” The group’s chairman, retired Col. Al Rodriguez stated that “the deployment of National Guard troops is a welcome development, but it will not make up for decades of neglect of our illegal immigration crisis by this and previous administrations. The American public, including millions of U.S. citizens of Hispanic heritage want to see concrete action taken to control our borders, enforce laws against employers who hire illegal aliens, and encourage people who are here illegally to leave.”

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