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**Rasklad** · 12-19-2010, 06:44 PM

Thankfully, the camel didn't get its ugly DREAM Act head under the tent, or the rest of the horror of amnesty for 20 million illegal immigrants was sure to follows:

Republicans Block Path to Citizenship for Young Illegal Immigrants

As Sen. Linsey Graham said, " We're not going to pass the DREAM Act or any other legalization program until we secure our borders. It will never be done as a stand-alone. It has to be part of comprehensive immigration reform."

Indeed, and that reform will righly be a complete blockade of all borders from illegal immigrants worldwide, not just south of the border as the unreal stereotype portrays, and that reform will also rightly reject any amnesty, guest-worker program or DREAM Act, and will encourage voluntary deportation of illegals.

Indeed, as long as Republicans are in charge of the House, there will be no amnesty, and for good reason. As one Los Angeles Times letter-writer, Mike Burns of Bakersfield wrote:

And yes, considering that the Latino vote breakdown in the recent gubernatorial election in California was roughly 80% for Democrat Brown and 20% for Republican Whitman, that appears to be an intelligent strategy for the Republicans.

But that's just politics.

The great silent majority of Americans, centrists, who are indeed 75% of the population, are greatly opposed to illegal immigration and any form of amnesty.

From a democracy perspective alone, opposing the DREAM Act was the right American democratic thing to do.

Mike Burns has it backwards. The GOP was actually gaining Hispanic votes and when Bush and others promised pathways for those already here with immigration paths and border controls going forward, they gained Hispanic votes. It secured the Florida Cuban vote that way and still does so that way that has repeatedly delivered the White House to the GOP plus other representatives. They got over 40% of the Latino vote in the 2004 election, bringing the White House in a tough race and both chambers of Congress to the GOP. Hispanics tend to be religious and social conservatives.

Hispanic votes, however, fell like an anvil with the change of approach. With over 1 million new Hispanics hitting the rolls by 2012, it will get worse IMO unless the GOP reaches some pathway for those already rooted here along with a better pathway of legal entry with tougher border control going forward. Whitman got clobbered by Hispanics because of her nanny issue vis-a-vis her supposed 'hard stance' on immigration, and that was viewed harshly as it should have been by them.

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Rasklad Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 390 Senior Member	Thankfully, the camel didn't get its ugly DREAM Act head under the tent, or the rest of the horror of amnesty for 20 million illegal immigrants was sure to follows: Republicans Block Path to Citizenship for Young Illegal Immigrants As Sen. Linsey Graham said, " We're not going to pass the DREAM Act or any other legalization program until we secure our borders. It will never be done as a stand-alone. It has to be part of comprehensive immigration reform." Indeed, and that reform will righly be a complete blockade of all borders from illegal immigrants worldwide, not just south of the border as the unreal stereotype portrays, and that reform will also rightly reject any amnesty, guest-worker program or DREAM Act, and will encourage voluntary deportation of illegals. Indeed, as long as Republicans are in charge of the House, there will be no amnesty, and for good reason. As one Los Angeles Times letter-writer, Mike Burns of Bakersfield wrote: And yes, considering that the Latino vote breakdown in the recent gubernatorial election in California was roughly 80% for Democrat Brown and 20% for Republican Whitman, that appears to be an intelligent strategy for the Republicans. But that's just politics. The great silent majority of Americans, centrists, who are indeed 75% of the population, are greatly opposed to illegal immigration and any form of amnesty. From a democracy perspective alone, opposing the DREAM Act was the right American democratic thing to do. Mike Burns has it backwards. The GOP was actually gaining Hispanic votes and when Bush and others promised pathways for those already here with immigration paths and border controls going forward, they gained Hispanic votes. It secured the Florida Cuban vote that way and still does so that way that has repeatedly delivered the White House to the GOP plus other representatives. They got over 40% of the Latino vote in the 2004 election, bringing the White House in a tough race and both chambers of Congress to the GOP. Hispanics tend to be religious and social conservatives. Hispanic votes, however, fell like an anvil with the change of approach. With over 1 million new Hispanics hitting the rolls by 2012, it will get worse IMO unless the GOP reaches some pathway for those already rooted here along with a better pathway of legal entry with tougher border control going forward. Whitman got clobbered by Hispanics because of her nanny issue vis-a-vis her supposed 'hard stance' on immigration, and that was viewed harshly as it should have been by them.
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