The tour across America supporting immigration reform is a great thing. However, the AP writer who wrote "Lawmakers bring immigration tour to Fla" started her article in a strange way - she says "Parents living in the U.S. illegally should be punished" -- quoting U.S. Rep Mario Diaz-Balart. Of course there has to be some kind of fine. But starting out the article with "punished" means many things. Does Wides-Munoz mean prison time? Does she mean deportation? Perhaps she needs to be more careful how she choses her words. While she might have meant a minimal fine, she could have been insinuating something much more severe.
---Lawmakers bring immigration tour to Fla
By LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ
AP Hispanic Affairs Writer/Miami Herald
HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Parents living in the U.S. illegally should be punished, but separating them from their U.S.-born children is not the answer, U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart said Sunday during a gathering of more than 1,000 people at a pro-immigrant rally.
Diaz-Balart, R-Miami, was one of four U.S. representatives to speak in Homestead. The farm community is part of a 17-city tour advocating comprehensive immigration reform that provides a path to citizenship for those in the U.S. illegally.
"We have to recognize and deal with (their violation) but in a just way. Separating and leaving U.S. citizens without their parents is not the best solution. We need reasonable consequences," Diaz-Balart said.
Religious and social groups organized the gathering Sunday. A similar event took place Saturday in Orlando.
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Luis Gutierrez, a Democrat from Illinois, has traveled across the country on the tour. He said he hopes the events will "hold the president's feet to the fire" and remind the administration that many who voted for Barack Obama want immigration reform....link
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