GOPUSA.com: Encouraging Illegal Behavior for the Mighty Vote

Posted By Bobby Eberle On April 11, 2006 at 6:31 am

As rallies popped up across the country yesterday to protest efforts by Congress to secure the borders, enforce existing immigration laws, and deal with the illegal aliens already in the country, the Democrats revealed in unmistakable clarity their true motives. This debate isn’t about fairness or compassion or any of the other buzz words they like to use. It’s about votes, and in their zeal to tap into the illegal alien voting bloc, they are not only condoning illegal activity, they are encouraging it.

First, as the Washington Times reports, “Huge numbers of marchers yesterday demanded U.S. citizenship for illegal aliens in dozens of cities from New York to San Diego in some of the most widespread protests since the current wave of demonstrations began last month.”

Demonstrators in New York held signs with slogans such as “We Are America,” “Immigrant Values are Family Values,” and “Legalize Don’t Criminalize.” One sign said: “Bush Step Down.”

Democrats have been quick to seize upon the sentiments of the illegal aliens and are hoping to lead them straight to the voting both. In continuing coverage by the Washington Times, the paper reports that “Democrats on Capitol Hill favoring citizenship for illegal aliens say they have been buoyed by the massive rallies across the country, but opponents of amnesty warn that they will ultimately backfire.”

At one of the rallies, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA), one of the chief spokesmen for blanket amnesty, delcared to the protesters, “They say you should report to deport. I say report to become American citizens.” Please tell me something… what kind of message does that send to people across the border and in other countries? One can either go through the legal route, or simply walk across the border and line up for citizenship status. Hmmm… which one to pick?

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Once again, the depths of Democrat pandering to "groups" in the name of "rights" knows no bounds. IN reality it's all about lining up future votes from a group Democrats already see as clients for socialist entitlements.