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pampango

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Tue Jan 7, 2014, 09:29 PM Jan 2014

RW'er Sandy Rios: 'Natural Born Americans' Becoming 'The Minority' In Washington D.C.

As Director of Governmental Affairs for the Tupelo, Mississippi-based American Family Association, Sandy Rios lives in the Washington D.C. area. But she told AFA head Tim Wildmon today that she is one of the few US citizens in the District. In an interview today with Wildmon on Today’s Issues, Rios said that immigrants are the majority in Washington, or at least in the city’s McDonald’s restaurants.

“In Washington D.C., sometimes when we are in public places it’s hard to find any natural-born Americans, you are the minority,” she told Wildmon. “When I go through McDonald’s or whenever I interact with illegal immigrants -- and like I said, they are legion -- my responsibility is to be kind and gracious.” Rios went on to explain that biblical commands to treat immigrants with compassion should not impact public policy.

In fact, foreign born residents account for 13.5% of the city’s population (compared to 13.0% nationally). Undocumented immigrants make up just 4.5% of the District’s residents.

Wildmon warned that offering undocumented immigrants a pathway to citizenship would lead to “the end of the Republican Party as we know it,” while Rios called such a move “Republican suicide” and urged GOP leaders to get out of Washington more and live in places like Mississippi.

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/rios-natural-born-americans-becoming-minority-washington-dc
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RW'er Sandy Rios: 'Natural Born Americans' Becoming 'The Minority' In Washington D.C. (Original Post) pampango Jan 2014 OP
so skeered Skittles Jan 2014 #1
Repeat after me, Sandy: WHAAAT PAAAAR!!! muntrv Jan 2014 #2
She's an idiot shenmue Jan 2014 #3
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