After years of frustration, immigration reform advocates believe the stars have aligned since Tuesday’s election to give them the best shot in years at bringing millions of illegal immigrants out of the shadows and fixing an immigration system widely seen as inadequate for the modern economy.
President Obama’s victory, fueled by massive support among Latino voters, has produced a new dynamic in Washington: a Democratic president who owes a huge debt to Latinos, and a Republican Party desperate to find a way to avoid another landslide loss among one of the fastest-growing sections of the electorate.
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What gets lost in this larger debate regarding immigration is the fact that a large number of American's, native born "latino's", naturalized "latino's" desire immigration reform. These people are just as American as any Irishmen, Pole, German etc. These people have just as much right to demand legislation that they desire as anyone else. Now some American's may want no part of amnesty, but they are not the only Americans. Therein lies the problem. A certain group thinks they are the only Americans, theirs is the only opinion that counts. To this group I'd suggest you look around and take note of the fact you no longer run America a myriad of people now control the voting levers in America. Americans of Latino descent like every group before them now want their say. Make your arguments, have your discussion, but amnesty by another name or in another fashion is coming because a lot of American's, maybe you don't think they are, but they are, a lot of Americans want it. They will get it.
Moreover, the sheer numbers make any discussion that doesn't involve some form of amnesty absurd. The details are the only issues worth expending energy, and political capital, on.
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Do we all get to break laws if we promise to vote for Dems? Can I pick a law that I can ignore?
Maybe if I can organize a large enough voting block, we can get a free pass to steal cars or something? Because that seems to be the way it works.
When 'those people' broke these laws, weren't they helped (abetted) by 'Regular Americans' (business owners - capitol letters used for your benefit WSDad) who turned the other cheek to their 'status'. Hmmm...Or is it your argument they REALLY had no idea they were illegals?
Or do you just ignore that part of this problem becasue "Big Gummint is strangling our job-creators..."
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Way to go, wingnuts...you lost big in this last election, now start alienating the Latino vote all over again lest they forget what looney tunes your Party continues to be. Smooth move, GOPers.