Thursday, July 13, 2006
Dumbass
Normally, I like Tucker Carlson. I hardly ever agree with him, but I find him entertaining and can usually see how he arrives at his opinions (something I can't do with most conservatives).
That said, there is simply no excuse for his most recent blunder.
In a discussion on immigration Monday with Jesse Diaz, Dallas chapter president of the League of United Latin American Citizens, Carlson suggested that some illegal immigrants to the United States come from Puerto Rico.
"...you may be counting Hispanic immigrants from Puerto Rico or Cuba, but those two countries make up less than 1 percent of the Hispanic immigrants in Dallas, Texas."
Unfortunately for Carlson, people from Puerto Rico are already legal citizens of the United States. Puerto Rico is a U.S. Territory, often considered for statehood, and the Jones-Shafroth Act of 1917 grants Puerto Ricans full American citizenship. Additionally, federal law says that Cuban immigrants who reach American shores receive immediate asylum.
In other words, there aren't many illegal immigrants from Puerto Rico or Cuba...period.
That said, there is simply no excuse for his most recent blunder.
In a discussion on immigration Monday with Jesse Diaz, Dallas chapter president of the League of United Latin American Citizens, Carlson suggested that some illegal immigrants to the United States come from Puerto Rico.
"...you may be counting Hispanic immigrants from Puerto Rico or Cuba, but those two countries make up less than 1 percent of the Hispanic immigrants in Dallas, Texas."
Unfortunately for Carlson, people from Puerto Rico are already legal citizens of the United States. Puerto Rico is a U.S. Territory, often considered for statehood, and the Jones-Shafroth Act of 1917 grants Puerto Ricans full American citizenship. Additionally, federal law says that Cuban immigrants who reach American shores receive immediate asylum.
In other words, there aren't many illegal immigrants from Puerto Rico or Cuba...period.
