Harry Reid’s illegal alien student bailout
The open-borders lobby is out in full force, launching a week-long campaign yesterday to pass another illegal alien amnesty-by-another-name. DREAM Act activists and Hispanic lawmakers strategized with President Obama at the White House. The “undocumented students action and resource network” has been activated. How about you?
Keep track of where your lawmakers stand at NumbersUSA. As I noted the other day, several open-borders Republicans have supported the DREAM Act illegal alien student bailout in the past. Make sure they know where you stand.
Related: Nevada GOP Senate candidate Sharron Angle roasts Reid’s illegal immigration lies.
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Harry Reid’s illegal alien student bailout
by Michelle Malkin
Creators Syndicate
Copyright 2010
The so-called DREAM Act would create an official path to Democrat voter registration for an estimated 2 million, college-age illegal aliens. Look past the public relations-savvy stories of “undocumented” valedictorians left out in the cold. This is not about protecting “children.” It’s about preserving electoral power through cap-and-gown
amnesty.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced this week that he’s attaching the DREAM Act to the defense authorization bill. With ethnic activists breathing down his neck and President Obama pushing to fulfill his campaign promise to Hispanics, Reid wants his queasy colleagues to vote on the legislation next week. Open-borders lawmakers have tried and failed to pass the DREAM ACT through regular channels for the last decade. That’s because informed voters know giving green cards to illegal alien students undermines the rule of law, creates more illegal immigration incentives, and grants preferential treatment to illegal alien students over law-abiding native and naturalized American students struggling to get an education in tough economic times. This bad idea is compounded by a companion proposal to recruit more illegal aliens into the military with the lure of citizenship (a fraud-ridden and reckless practice countenanced under the Bush administration).
DREAM Act lobbyists are spotlighting heart-wrenching stories of high-achieving teens brought to this country when they were toddlers. But instead of arguing for case-by-case dispensations, the protesters want blanket pardons. The broadly-drafted Senate bill would confer benefits on applicants up to age 35 and the House bill contains no age
ceiling at all. The academic achievement requirements are minimal. Moreover, illegal aliens who didn’t arrive in the country until they turned 15 – after they laid down significant roots in their home country – would be eligible for DREAM Act benefits and eventual U.S. citizenship. And like past amnesty packages, the Democrat plan is devoid of any concrete eligibility and enforcement mechanisms to deter already-rampant immigration benefit fraud.
The DREAM Act sponsors have long fought to sabotage a clearly worded provision in the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) that states:
“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible on the basis of residence within a State (or a political subdivision) for any postsecondary education benefit unless a citizen or national of the United States is eligible for such a benefit (in no less an amount, duration, and scope) without regard to whether the citizen or national is such a resident.” Ten states defied that federal law and offered DREAM Act-style tuition preference to illegal aliens: California, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Washington. The last time the DREAM Act champions tried to tack their scheme onto a larger
immigration proposal, they snuck in language that would absolve those ten states of their law-breaking by repealing the 1996 law retroactively–and also offering the special path to green cards and citizenship for illegal alien students.
Despite the obvious electoral advantage this plan would give Democrats, several pro-illegal alien amnesty Republicans crossed the aisle to support the DREAM Act, including double-talking Sens. John McCain, Richard Lugar, Bob Bennett, Sam Brownback, Norm Coleman, Susan Collins, Larry Craig, Chuck Hagel, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Mel Martinez,
Olympia Snowe, and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee (who champions even greater illegal alien student benefits than those proposed by Democrats). After paying lip service to securing the borders, McCain promised DREAM Act demonstrators this week that he supported the bill and would work to “resolve their issues.”
Out-of-touch pols might want to pay attention to the world outside their bubble. A recent Quinipiac University poll shows that Americans across the political spectrum favor tougher enforcement of existing immigration laws over rolling out the amnesty welcome wagon. When asked “Do you think immigration reform should primarily move in the
direction of integrating illegal immigrants into American society or in the direction of stricter enforcement of laws against illegal immigration?”, solid majorities of registered Republicans, Democrats and independents chose stricter enforcement over greater integration of the illegal alien population.
Democrats outside the Beltway have grown increasingly averse to signing on to illegal alien incentives — especially as the Obama jobs death toll mounts and economic confidence plummets. Here in Colorado, a handful of Democrats joined Republican lawyers to kill a state-level DREAM Act amid massive higher ed budget cuts and a bipartisan voter
backlash. Asked why she opposed the illegal alien student bailout, one Democrat lawmaker said quite simply: “I listened to my constituents.”
An alien concept in Washington, to be sure.
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“Do you know how many people come to the US for education on F1 and other visas. They are in the millions. If you gave them automatic citizenship just because they graduated, that number will be in the tens of millions.”
Please mdt since you are educated you should be able to find where I used the words “automatic citizenship” in my posts.
If you can’t find it, I look forward to what your appropriate response will be.
Apparently you weren’t thinking of the fact that most of them will have been brainwashed by a bunch of Marxists. Quite a few of the terrorists (and their supporters) we’ve been fighting were educated in this country, for that matter.
“most of them will have been brainwashed by a bunch of Marxists.”
Given I know a few of these very folks we’re talking about I can honestly say not one of them is a Marxist and all of them love this country.
I live and socialize and go to church near the Thunderbird International Graduate School of Management.
Would be proud to have any of the folks I know become citizens. Some top notch most excellent and very much conservative folks.
Then there’s the Sudanese refugees I work with who are here via a UNHCR program. Hard working folks who get into school on several assistance programs. Folks who would make our country a much better country and our society a much stronger society.
“the fact that most of them will have been brainwashed by a bunch of Marxists.”
The more I read that the more that sounds bigoted to me tx….
mdt, since you’ve identified yourself as being one among, were you the “brainwashed by a bunch of Marxists”?
Sean Hannity just used one of my lines. Panelist political consultant Nikpour was opining that if the GOP doesn’t relent to the Tea Party and return to its conservative roots they would break off and become a third party. Sean interrupted with “Third party or second party?”
This is a welcome change from Hannity. It matters.
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Without a doubt one the best, most honest political retorts I’ve heard or will hear…spoken from the heart.
Nah, an old one. “To the man” goes back to Aristotle I think. Very useful term in an election year – and for people who like confrontation more than substance. If you don’t have an argument, attack the man. A liberal mainstay – but you knew that.
I’m not surprised. If you’re not aware of the Marxist infestation of college campuses, (with a very few exceptions, like Hillsdale, and your local Podunk business school), you haven’t been paying attention.
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About 1 in 5 of the training NCO’s at Fort Ord, California in 1964 were career Filipinos. Some had English problems–but they seemed competent and treated us draftees fairly. We didn’t get dumped on by them without good reason.
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In those days draftees had a US (Unwilling Service?) before the rest of the serial number on our dog tag. The volunteer soldiers had a RA (Regular Army?) before their number. Guess which group was looked down on by many.
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John Bibb
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What type of assistance are we talking about?
When all else fails whip out the race/bigot card…Straight from the liberal playbook.
Your heroes McCompromise and Grahamnesty would be proud.
Like I once said, these new voters might vote Democrat, but you better believe they’ll vote for one of their own, not who they are told too.
they want to be legalized, and of course they make a plea, in Spanish, but of course. “Unidos sin fronteras, apoya el dream act”. … Nice!
What is going on with illegal immigration is very simple. We are being invaded by people who DO NOT want our culture and our language but want to impose theirs. Wake up America!
Do you really want to be Nueva America del Norte?
“When all else fails whip out the race/bigot card.”
Actually the bigot card is to accuse someone of being a bigot. You’ll notice I did not do so.
There is a large lumping in tx’s comment. And that lumping is the issue.
“the fact that most of them will have been brainwashed by a bunch of Marxists.”
“MOST” of them?
That’s kinda on the edge there. Sorry if that bothers you Solo.
“What type of assistance are we talking about?”
There’s several different assistance programs. Some individual church based, some denomination based like the Lutheran denomination, Catholic Services, etc., which are not a particular church. Some local government based. Some federal government grants, some UNHCR grants. Some assistance is college based where they get some kind of break for having folks enrolled.
I’m sure that is not an exhaustive list but those are some of the programs Solo.
“the Marxist infestation of college”
Daughters in college as are many of their friends. State schools to private Christian colleges. They are at my house regularly. Not one of them being subject to a “Marxist infestation of college”.
Your heroes McCompromise and Grahamnesty”"
Sorry, neither are my heroes in this context. Graham makes me puke whenever I see his wormy behind on TV. Would have been honored to have served with Sen. McCain so in that respect I honor the man. Wish he’d take some action to make it clear he is for securing tightly all our borders and make a move that sets up clearly against amnesty. So at that point I’d have to say, no, not my hero.
I guess that makes your assumption about me incorrect there Solo.
Would you care to adjust your assumption about my heroes?
“Nah, an old one.”
Just seemed like a new phrase of the day on the forum was all swede. Seems to have died a deserving death however.
No, you just implied it:
You are most certainly a wild hair splitter, aren’t you? You can find bigotry in a peanut butter sandwich if you look hard enough, and apparently you do.
“You can find bigotry in a peanut butter sandwich if you look hard enough, and apparently you do.”
Actually its the first time I’ve ever asked someone to clarify such on this forum. Really a stretch to get even close to your characterization. Those folks who seem to keep track of my every post will let you know if that is the case or not. Seems to be a very active handful of folks these days.
So do “most” Asians get math? “Most” blacks know how to dance? “Most” Chinese know how to do laundry?
If you don’t think there is a tone of bigotry when a whole people group is lumped by the word “most” such as you posted then just how is it you think doing so appears?
Its ok though tx. The lumping and the colleges indoctrinated most of the students with marxism thing makes your point of view clear.
I guess that makes you uncomfortable so I expected nothing more or less than your reply.
“No, you just implied it:”
Nope, very clearly identified it was your post/words. I’m quite capable of calling a person a bigot if warranted. I asked you about what you posted. Clearly did not call you a bigot.
But if you are feeling convicted, I guess that’s your call.
“The more I read that the more that sounds bigoted to me tx….”
Yep, clearly about what you posted, not about you individually.
“Marxist infestation of college campuses”
Well since I did go to college and graduate school maybe the problem is I’m a Marxist tx?
Here let me show you tx…
Al Sharpton is a bigot.
Jeremiah Wright is a bigot.
David Duke is a bigot.
William White is a bigot.
Thom Robb is a bigot.
See, I can do that just fine.
I have no need to imply if I think someone is a bigot.
“Would you care to adjust your assumption about my heroes?”
I guess not.
Can I get an amen to that people??!?
AAAAAMEM!!
Are we sad dat evil thread is dead?
Nossir, we be GLAD dat evil thread is dead!!
Lemme hear ya say HAAAAAAAALELUUUUIA!!!
Sorry. Drove by a tent revival today and couldn’t resist checking it out. Fun really! Kind of like a cross cultural experience.
I often wonder if there is a school of pronunciation they go to. The way the say “The Lord”, “God”, etc., all so different then the rest of us but exactly the same among themselves.
God is like GawD.
swede said:
What we have here is a failure to communicate. I bear witness to your flagrant adjudication.
Start using words like that and chap will suddenly appear.
You know jsm, I think their hearts are right for the most part – and if so God hears them just fine.
I’ll take that as an AAAAAAAAAAMEN BROTHA!!
“I think their hearts are right for the most part”
Didn’t judge them. Just pointed out the interesting way they pronounce words and how similar they do so amongst themselves.
You only need to hear a second of them on the radio as you are flipping through am stations to find a baseball game to know what I am talking about.
“I think their hearts are right for the most part”
Wasn’t judging them. Just commenting on how these revival tent folks have a way of talking when “preaching” that is so similar.
We will not get enforcement of our laws until we stop voting for amnesty supporting politicians!
Dont know where else to put this, so I’ll just post here tonight while Im still thinking about it.
Everyone needs to understand the strategic intent of the leftist progressive movement. Do you really think Obama and his people have just collapsed and given up? Quite the opposite. Currently, they are plotting once again – not that they ever stopped.
The seed money has been distributed or has been funded through the various bills over the past few years. We can purchase the entire continent of Australia many times over with our national debt, yet there is no job growth? Nonsense, the money is underground or out of sight of public view. The framework has been put in place and now the infrastructure needs to be built on top of it.
We all know that everyone is frustrated with the GOP as much as we are with the Dems. All the left has to do is to organize, grow and cultivate all the money that has been allocated. In this election cycle the GOP will regain some power. But once again, we will be frustrated with them and throw them out of power again. By that time, our youth will be indoctrinated and the radicals will be even stronger than they are now.
Its a very insidious tactic once you step back and analyze it. Read SunTzu’s ‘The Art of War’, Ive been warning you for years now.
Unless the conservative movement and the right wing politicians step up and rescind/block what has been done to us, the writing is already on the wall for our takeover. Its a losing battle unless “political correctness” is stopped where it is.
We no longer care about ‘teabagging’ so the media doesnt mention it anymore. We dont react to being called racists and bigots, because its not true. All they have left is ridicule and attempted humiliation. Dont fall into the trap – let it roll off as water on a pane of glass. Know that they are the fools when they speak. Always remember, we surround them.
“We will not get enforcement of our laws until we stop voting for amnesty supporting politicians!”
And we can absolutely assure that we won’t have enforcement of our laws if we leave the left in majorities.
At best it is a crap shoot with Republican majorities this time. But with left in power we know for sure we won’t ever see enforcement.