Fallout Over Demonstration

* In his May 4 letter, Manuel Garcia y Griego [rebuts] another letter writer’s comments of “one flag, one language” for America, calling it “enforced homogeneity of political views.”

He adds that the Latinos demonstrating outside the Santa Ana courthouse were exercising free speech and it may be found scary or at least alienating. Perhaps he could tell us just how many flags are suitable and how many languages are required to coexist under the new interpretations of our Constitution.

Also, I and many others at the courthouse that Saturday would like to know the significance of the Aztec tribe. Is this a new group that will require special funding, political considerations, taxpayer support or yet another culture to absorb within our overcrowded sea of humanity?

MAX ST. YVES

Newport Beach

* In his May 2 letter, Bill Huggins says that the “demonstrations in Santa Ana again show the arrogance and anti-American attitudes of many Latinos.” Then he goes on to make comments about the U.S. taking over Mexico so Mexicans will all go back to Mexico. This way California, Arizona, etc. would have fewer problems.

I’m not sure what Huggins is talking about when he mentions the anti-American attitude of some Latinos. I saw two groups of people practicing their 1st Amendment right. What was it that this group of Latinos was doing that was so anti-American?

I guess it was OK for the other group of mainly Anglo people to hold signs that said, “Welfare line starts here,” or yell out “go back to Mexico.”

I suppose this is the American thing to do. I hate to break it to Huggins, but I bet a large portion of those anti-American Latinos were born and raised in America, as well as their parents and grandparents.

Not every person with brown skin walked over the border yesterday. The Anglo community in Orange County needs to stop thinking they are the only true Americans and realize that many Latinos have been here for a long time, legally.

PATRICK GRINDSTAFF

Costa Mesa

* Re “Bill Would Give Voting Officials Access to INS Info,” April 25:

What hypocrisy! Last year the Republican Congress deleted the employer verification requirements from the immigration bill, claiming they were against national identity cards and that the immigration records were too unreliable to hold an employer liable for hiring an illegal immigrant.

Now, however, U.S. Rep. Steve Horn (R-Long Beach) has authored a bill to create a national database from the Social Security Administration and INS records to prevent voter fraud. Apparently they do not mind a large illegal labor force, just the illegal votes. Doesn’t one cause the other?

ROBERT KANE

Fullerton