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Boge Quinn
Obama Wants 12 Million Illegals to Get Citizenship
By: David A.
Patten
A Barack Obama administration would be a “nation killer” if
Democrats attain a “supermajority” in the Senate, a leading
conservative figure on immigration warned Tuesday.
Obama also has said he wants to make the 12 million illegal aliens in
the U.S. citizens as soon as he can — an amnesty program that would make
them legally entitled to full government benefits, including Social
Security and health care.
William Gheen, president of the Raleigh, N.C.-based Americans
for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC), says Obama’s plan would make it
politically impossible to secure America’s borders. He describes Obama
and a new Democratic Congress as a “worst-case scenario” for border
and immigration security.
“I would paint that scenario as a nation killer,” Gheen, a former
campaign consultant and an outspoken advocate for stronger border control
policies, tells Newsmax. “I would expect amnesty to pass within a year.
That means in the next presidential election, you will have a new voting
bloc of 15 million illegal aliens who turn into voters.
“And that voting bloc,” he says, “especially in the Southwest
United States, would be enough to take full control of most city, state,
and county governments, thus destroying any future hopes for immigration
enforcement or border security.”
Although GOP nominee John McCain has rarely confronted Obama
during the campaign over immigration — presumably to avoid alienating
Hispanic voters — Obama’s record reflects a clear focus on expanding
entitlements to undocumented workers.
As a state senator in Illinois, for example, Obama co-sponsored that
state’s version of the DREAM Act, which allowed youngsters in the
country illegally to receive in-state tuition. He later supported similar
legislation in the U.S. Senate.
During a September campaign swing, Obama told the North Carolina Public
Radio station WUNC that the children of illegal immigrants should
have an opportunity to attend community colleges.
“For us to deny them access to community college, even though
they’ve never lived in Mexico, as least as far as they can tell, is to
deny that this is how we’ve always built this country up,” Obama said.
According to the NewsObserver.com, the McCain campaign reacted
to Obama’s remark by issuing the statement: “John McCain does not
support amnesty or benefits for undocumented immigrants. He has
consistently opposed giving amnesty or public benefits to undocumented
immigrants.”
Obama, who tends to dismiss discussion of his pro-immigration positions
as politically motivated “distractions,” has demonstrated no such
reticence to expand entitlements for illegals. Specifically:
 | Obama’s plan for universal health care would include coverage for
illegal immigrants, according to political strategist and Newsmax
columnist Dick Morris. Morris has warned that covering illegals
“adds dramatically” to the cost of universal health care.
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| In March, Obama voted to table a Senate amendment that would support
the withdrawal of federal assistance “to sanctuary cities that
ignore the immigration laws of the United States and create safe
havens for illegal aliens and potential terrorists.” McCain did not
cast a vote.
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| Obama supported the McCain-Kennedy immigration reform legislation
that was defeated in 2006. Since then, McCain has taken the position
that securing the borders must precede immigration reform. Obama
continues to support a process to “bring people out of the
shadows” and eventually obtain legal status (at which point they
would be eligible for the federally mandated benefits available to
anyone, such as Social Security). Obama also calls for enhanced border
security.
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| The Democratic candidate for president supports, in principle,
providing state-funded welfare benefits to legal immigrants. While a
state senator, Obama supported allocating state funds to provide
Medicaid coverage to some legal immigrants, according to OnTheIssues.org.
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| Obama has supported increasing the number of work visas issued each
year, such as the H1-B visa, especially for applicants with
specialized skills. According to OnTheIssues.org, Obama co-sponsored,
along with New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, a bill that would
provide federal funding to help states provide health care and
education to non-U.S. citizens.
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| Obama strongly supports encouraging American children to become
bilingual and, at one point in the campaign, appeared to suggest it
should be mandatory. In June, he voted against a Senate provision that
would declare English the national language of the United States.
McCain voted for it.
Edward I. Nelson, the chairman of the nonprofit U.S.
Border Control organization, warns that “Welfare and in-state
tuition are powerful inducements to illegal immigration, as are free
medical benefits.”
Nelson says his organization has awarded both Obama and McCain an
“F” on their immigration and border control policies.
Gheen says Obama and McCain both would ultimately favor amnesty for
illegals, albeit differently.
“Obama would give in-state tuition and driver’s licenses to
illegal aliens, then make them legal,” Gheen says. “McCain would
make them legal, and then give them in-state tuition and driver’s
licenses.” |
