“While Donald Trump fixates on walls, California will continue to concentrate on opportunities,” said California Senate Rules Committee Chairman Kevin de Leon (D) in a March 16, 2018 news release. “Ms. Mateo is a courageous, determined and intelligent young woman who at great risk has dedicated herself to fight for those seeking their rightful place in this country.”
Who and what he is referring to is undocumented immigrant lawyer and immigrant rights activist Lizbeth Mateo, 33, California’s first-ever appointee to the California Student Opportunity and Access Program Project Grant Advisory Committee (CalSOAP).
California, where all are welcome.
Imploring the committee appointment of Ms. Mateo, Senate chair de Leon said, “She embodies California values and the American Dream.” From all my reading and understanding regarding California’s brand of sanctuary governance, he had the “California values” part right. Not so certain about the “American dream” suggestion. Many American citizens supporting ICE agents deporting illegal immigrants may beg to differ also. I wonder if Senator de Leon metaphorically used “American dream” in the context of DACA-derived dreamer.
Responding to the photograph above, Alfred Alkhas wrote, “Great! Two criminals having a press conference! Start playing by the rules like the rest of us.” Hear-hear.
Chairman de Leon wrote that, with her appointment to the committee, Mateo becomes “the first undocumented resident without legal protected status to be appointed to a statewide commission in California history.” Ding-ding, score another slot for illegality, unethical behavior, and propping an actual fugitive on a pedestal belonging to the taxpayers. Don’t you just admire the craftiness in the language they produced, as if to wave some sort of checkered- flag victory while tip-toeing around any notion that they are also signifying checkered history?
Since when is “undocumented resident” an accepted phrase in the constitutionally-guided United States? As she wrote in her committee appointment acceptance speech posted on her Law Offices of Lizbeth Mateo website: “Representation matters, diverse voices matter!” Indeed, the law of the land matters. Abiding by it is not only a good start it is thee only place to start.
Illegal immigration continues to strain our nation’s resources. Today, The Mercury News printed, “Illegal immigration costs the American taxpayers $134.9 billion annually according to detailed analysis of federal, state and local programs that includes education, medical care, law enforcement and welfare” telegraphing that “illegal immigrants and their cost [are] not sustainable.”
“Law Offices of Lizbeth Mateo”? I suppose that does not matter to the California Bar Association (CBA) which is charged with enforcing ethics in law practices, registering every attorney’s oath, ensuring moral character, and (ahem) following state and federal laws as to any candidate’s legal status authenticating one’s right to apply. Heck, why be so technical, right? It’s only the law.
That moral character tenet under CBA rules stipulates the following criteria for eligibility: Rule 4.40 (A) and 4.40 (B) of the Admission Rules states that (A) An applicant must be of good moral character as determined by the Committee. The applicant has the burden of establishing that he or she is of good moral character, and (B) “Good moral character” includes but is not limited to qualities of honesty, fairness, candor, trustworthiness, observance of fiduciary responsibility, respect for and obedience to the law, and respect for the rights of others and the judicial process.
“Honesty.” She admitted to being an illegal alien and nothing happened? That’s it? “Not limited to” means beyond the scope of what is fundamentally offered, so the legal ball of discretion was entirely in the hand of the CBA.
“Respect for and obedience to the law.” Isn’t the preamble here a mandate that one must be legally permitted to be on American soil and in compliance with US laws in order to become a lawyer within the borders of the United States?
As a law student or as an attorney applicant one “must have a US Social Security number to register.” This point can be argued a few ways. I suspect you may have already drawn plausible conclusion(s).
In her acceptance speech, one can hear the resonate pride behind a voice of attainment. Mateo said “granite de arena” aka “contribution to make.” The United Sates is a country of contributors, legal ones, and anything otherwise counters the principles of legitimate citizenship. Candid or not, fugitive origins is a criminal on the lam seeking to get what he/she desires, lacking any constitutional basis to do so. Except “on the lam” in Mateo’s case is a misnomer since California elected officials are aiding and abetting.
That aiding and abetting statute seems to come up a lot lately. In other words, California officially allowed an illegal alien to preside over matters pertaining to educational attainment for other illegal immigrants, in effect paving the way for tax dollars to finance people who have no legal standing to be in America to begin with…including the one who is illegally in our nation yet making decisions under California tutelage. Likely on behalf of other undocumented aliens.
That aiding and abetting thing is widely publicized, too. Senator de Leon endorsed an “Immigrants are welcome here” board, as exhibited in the following image depicting proof along with a rebuttal from Lorena Cardenas (caption):
Per the Senate Rules Committee press release: “Ms. Mateo was born in Oaxaca, Mexico and came to Los Angeles with her parents at the age of 14. She learned English in high school, attended Santa Monica College and earned her B.A. at California State University, Northridge. She was the first in her family to earn a college degree.
“In 2016, she earned her Juris Doctorate degree from Santa Clara University. She passed the California State Bar examination the following year and was sworn in as an attorney by Senator de León.” That is sort of intriguing.
Graduated high school. Enrolled in and attended college, graduating with a baccalaureate degree. Applied for and graduated from Law school with a Juris Doctorate degree. Throughout all those years of unimpeded growth, there was no time to process her own citizenship briefs/affidavits? That ought to be an interesting law practice for Homeland Security to scrutinize, huh?
If, like me, you are the type that prefers to see it before you believe it…open your eyes. It happened. Everything you just read was excerpted and/or elaborated from officially-released documents recorded by the state and published by myriad media sources. Rhetoric aside: Just when you wish some things were fake news, reality takes a swift swipe at the logical mindset.
The last line of this article adopted the very last line of the Senate Rules Committee press release. Cliffhanging way at the bottom, it reads: “Point of Clarification: Last year, Governor Brown appointed a DACA recipient to the California State University Board of Trustees.”
Contagion in California? Antidote for sanctuary state laws and philosophies counter to the US Constitution? Stoke away, the Party’s just begun.
