http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/6663/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nyts-constitution-applies-illegal-immigrants-not-gun-owners <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> &quot;The Constitution&#039;s bedrock protections do not apply to just the native-born. The suffering that illegal immigrants endure - from raids to workplace exploitation to mistreatment in detention - is a civil-rights crisis.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The Times evidently believes the Constitution applies to illegal immigrants but not gun-owning, law-abidingcitizens. The paper's editorial board,which is knee-jerk liberal on virtually every subject save free trade, has a <a href="http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2009/20090202150937.aspx " target="_self">special</a><a href="http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2009/20090202150937.aspx ">hostility </a>toward gun ownesr and those who oppose illegal immigration, accusing them of "racialist extremism."</p><br /> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nyts-constitution-applies-illegal-immigrants-not-gun-owners" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Editorial IllegalImmigration Maldef NewYorkTimes NYTimes ThomasSaenz TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:18:00 +0000 admin 6736 at http://archive2.mrc.org