Eric
Holder is scheduled to land in Guam today, the first U.S. attorney
general ever to visit the U.S. territory, which serves as a center of
U.S. military power in the Western Pacific. But the Associated Press
reports that after meeting with local officials, Holder will not take
any questions from journalists “because his tight schedule doesn’t give
him time for a press conference.”
That may be, but the curious omission also spares Holder from any
questions about why his department has refused to intervene in or
comment on an important court case involving U.S. citizens who are being
barred from voting on the island — a far more serious matter than the
mainland voter-ID laws decried by Holder as the equivalent of “poll
taxes.”The Chamorro-native-controlled government of Guam is actively excluding the non-Chamorro U.S. citizens on the island from voting in an upcoming referendum on the island’s future. Non-native citizens — Filipinos, other Asians, whites, and blacks — are even prohibited from registering to vote for the election, although they make up 63 percent of the island’s 155,000 residents. The intent is to guarantee that only natives will decide whether they wish to sever ties with the U.S. and seek independence for Guam, keep its status as a territory, or move toward statehood. The territory’s Chamorro governor and the Guam Election Commission can call the vote on this matter anytime they wish.
Read more: http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/309449/new-jim-crow-guam-where-s-holder-john-fund
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