Hilda Solis Quotes
At the same time as we are closing our borders we are sending mixed signals to countries where we are helping the rich, and the poor will cross the borders to come here.
Hilda Solis, U. S. Congresswoman (Democrat, CA), House Debate on the CADTA Free Trade Treaty, July 25, 2005
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The first non-PRI President in over 70 years. This racist remark caused a furor in America producing demands for an apology which were rebuffed although he stated that he regrets the misinterpretation.
This quotation is a wonderful use of sarcasm to make an important point in just a few words.
In 2016 millions of refugees were fleeing the chaos, violence, dictatorships, and revolutions of many of the Muslim Nations of the Middle East and the nations in Africa where Islamists were using violence and terrorism to try and take over the governments. Many, despite the danger, tried to reach Europe, and millions did—–far more than the European governments were prepared to handle and most European populations were unwilling to accept. This immigration created another crisis of its own.
JOUAM was a nativist workingmen's organization founded in 1853 to resist the competition for jobs from immigration. See related quote for membership criteria. At its peak it had over 200,000 members. “Mechanics” was the term used for a wide variety of skilled craftsmen from plumbers to bricklayers. JOUAM is the oldest fraternal order in America.
Of foreign aid after World War I:
This was written in 1933 one of the worst years of the Great Depression. Actualy many upper middle calss and rich people were ruined themselves by the Great Depression, but at the same time the ultra rich were living in a "gildd age" and reveled ostentatiously.
Hilda Lucia Solis is an American politician and a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for the 1st district. Solis previously served as the 25th United States Secretary of Labor from 2009 to 2013, as part of the administration of President Barack Obama. She is a member of the Democratic Party and served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2009, representing the 31st and 32nd congressional districts of California that include East Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley.