Sotomayor’s parents ‘not immigrants’
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Here’s one indication that yesterday’s Supreme Court nomination is a milestone for people of Puerto 
Rican heritage: Many journalists and commentators are being corrected when they refer to nominee Sonia Sotomayor as the daughter of “immigrants.”
The judge’s parents were born on the island, but, as the National Association of Hispanic Journalists took the time to explain in a statement …
To be factually correct, her Puerto Rican parents are not immigrants, as some journalists have reported, since island-born residents are U.S. citizens conferred by an act of Congress in 1917. People who move to the U.S. mainland from Puerto Rico are no more immigrants than those who move from Nebraska to New York.
Yesterday I spoke to Latino groups, fellow Nuyoricans and members of the Cardinal Spellman High School Class of ‘72 for a story about the significance of Sotomayor’s nomination. Here’s a quote from Doreen Frasca, who defeated Sotomayor in an election for girls class president at Spellman.She’s going to be an inspiration to many children, regardless of their heritage. Anyone that grew up with dreams and aspirations.
(Photos: AP)
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This woman is clearly a racist. “a latina woman can make better decisions than a white male” where is the outrage over this comment? If a white male had said something like that he would be asked to step down. This appointment has nothing to do with merrit but has eveything to do with race. Any moron knows Puerto Ricans are not immigrants.
They are just as bad though as illegal aliens because they
are not required to pay federal taxes.