The Minority Hispanic Vote

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Although some conservatives are backing down on illegal immigration because of the Obama win, here is what Facebook member Charles Edward Brown said a few days ago:

The people of the United States have not learned anything since 1986. We tried Amnesty for the over 3 million illegal aliens living in the US at that time. Promises were made about border security. We were told it would be against the law to even hire an illegal alien. In 2012 we have over 11 million illegal aliens living and working in the United States. Our Federal Government has continued to fail to enforce the law for over 25 years. Now they want Amnesty again. We need to say NO AMNESTY. Lets try enforcing the law for the next 25 years and see what the results are. Deport all illegal aliens, secure the border and fine anyone who hires an illegal. That is the law.

Even Marco Rubio said, “It’s really hard to get people to listen to you on economic growth, on tax rates, on health care if they think you want to deport their grandmother.”

Five months before the general election, Obama made a decision that undocumented immigrants brought to America as children and who meet certain qualifications will be eligible to apply for a two-year work permit and avoid deportation.  This is something that should have been debated in Congress. It wasn't. It was all pandering to the Hispanic vote.

This decision regrettably does not secure our borders.It does not discourage employers from hiring undocumented immigrants. It does not deal with those who over-stay their VISAs. It does not deal with the millions of undocumented immigrants who entered this country as adults.  All it does is ensure Obama and the Democratic Party another minority vote.

In his first election, Obama was hell bent on uniting the red and blue states. In this election it was all about division--the haves and the have nots in a country that is now made up of minorities. 47% of the populous is on entitlements. Obama got 80% of that vote.

On the eve of a visit by Mexican President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto, yesterday the White House promised that President Barack Obama “will be pressing for action” in Congress on comprehensive immigration reform and regards that goal as “achievable,” according to Yahoo News.

We do need immigration reform but to ignore our laws and compromise the health and welfare of the United States just for the Hispanic vote is bad policy.