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Will a Democratic Landslide Mean Amnesty?
Immigration; Posted on: 2008-05-15
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Not necessarily
By Ian Jobling
With the victory of Democrat Travis Childers in Mississippi yesterday,
Republicans have lost three House seats in special elections this year in
districts once considered impregnably Republican.
These losses foretell a Democratic landslide in November, and Republicans
are
going bonkers. However, for immigration reformers, the results turn not to
be
so bad. Two of the three Democrats who have won sound more like Tom
Tancredo
than Nancy Pelosi on immigration issues. In fact, I prefer all of these
new
congressmen to John McCain. Essentially, the Democratic victories reflect
public disgust with the Iraq War, rather than a ****ft to liberalism on
immigration.
Childers contrasted himself to Wa****ngton establishment Democrats during
his
campaign. His stance on many issues, including immigration, is quite
conservative:
"Now, I have to be honest. I’m a Mississippi Democrat, not a Wa****ngton,
DC
Democrat. I’ll be on the side of the family struggling, the child that
needs
health care and the teenager who’s only hope is a college degree. I’m
pro-life
and pro-gun. I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. And I will
take
a tough stand to stop illegal immigration into our country."
Don Cazayoux, who won a Louisiana seat, has stated his anti-amnesty
position
clear as day:
"I am strongly against amnesty for illegal immigrants. America is a nation
of
immigrants, but we also are a nation of laws. In Congress, I will fight to
secure our borders and work to crack down on employers who knowingly hire
illegal workers."
Bill Foster, the Democrat who took a Republican district in Illinois, is
considerably mu****er in his immigration reform principles. Nevertheless,
his
proposals are slightly to the right of today’s policies. He believes in
mandatory workplace verification of the immigration status of workers.
Foster
would allow illegal aliens to stay in the country only if they are needed
to
prevent businesses from collapsing. Aliens allowed to stay would receive
special worker visas. They would have to pay taxes, or “impact fees,” as
Foster calls them, and would not receive any advantage over other
immigrants
in obtaining citizen****p. In short, it seems that the life of the illegal
alien would not be a happy one if Foster got his way.
The reason these Democrats won is simple: all of them agree with the large
majority of the public that we need to withdraw from Iraq.
These three candidates are a testament to the extraordinary effectiveness
of
the immigration reform movement, which has made it extremely difficult for
pro-amnesty candidates of either party to get elected.
In short, a Democratic landslide will not inevitably mean amnesty. The
only
danger is that the liberal party elders will be effective in coercing the
new
moderate Democrats to abandon their principles.
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