By Ross Baglia | The Daily Chronic - The Voice of the Reform Generation
WASHINGTON, DC – A Republican congressman from Iowa has defend his racially biased claims that Mexican immigrants are evil drug smugglers with by alleging that “80 to 90″ percent of all drugs consumed in the US are smuggled from Mexico by children.
In a speech on the House floor, King defended a comment made earlier in the week that “for [every immigrant] who’s a valedictorian, there’s another 100 out there that they weigh 130 pounds — and they’ve got calves the size of cantaloupes because they’re hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert.”
In a House speech Thursday, King said: “Eighty to 90 percent of the illegal drugs consumed in America come from or through Mexico. I can tell you that in Mexico they are recruiting kids to be drug smugglers, between the ages of 11 and 18.”
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By Ross Baglia | The Daily Chronic - The Voice of the Reform Generation
WASHINGTON, DC — In an interview with conservative website Newsmax, a Republican congressman from Iowa, Rep. Steve King, called immigrants evil marijuana smugglers who have “calves the size of cantaloupes because they’ve been hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert.”
The remarks came in an interview with conservative website Newsmax magazine, when Rep. King was asked about the DREAM Act, which would give undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children a chance at permanent residency.
Some of them are valedictorians — and their parents brought them in. It wasn’t their fault. It’s true in some cases, but they aren’t all valedictorians. They weren’t all brought in by their parents. For every one who’s a valedictorian, there’s another 100 out there who weigh 130 pounds — and they’ve got calves the size of cantaloupes because they’ve been hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert.. . . . . READ MORE