Trump University Judge Connected to Past Illegal Immigration Advocacy


Donald Trump found himself in the familiar embrace of controversy this week when he claimed Gonzalo Curiel’s Mexican heritage made him unfit to preside over the Trump University case. The media seized the story but seemed to ignore Curiel’s past support of illegal immigration.

United States District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel, the man presiding over the class-action lawsuit against Trump University, is a member of the La Raza Lawyers of San Diego and oversaw the gift of a law school scholarship to an illegal alien.

In his 2011 judicial questionnaire to become a federal judge, Curiel revealed his history with La Raza. GotNews.com originally reported this Tuesday, and The Daily Caller has independently verified.

Curiel lists “La Raza Lawyers of San Diego” as a legal association he has been a part of in the questionnaire. Curiel’s office at the United States District Court for the Southern District of California confirmed to TheDC the judge’s membership in the group.

A judge’s heritage may not be reason alone for disqualification, but being an active proponent of illegal aliens may. Considering Trump’s fierce immigration stance, this may not be a race issue at all, but a clash of ideology. Still, the media will play the race card whenever they can.

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Source: Daily Caller



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