Barack Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress are now resorting to extortion when it comes to granting Amnesty to millions of illegal aliens. Their latest ploy dealing with the GOP – Give us Amnesty and then we’ll “talk” about constraining our out-of-control spending. And the Democrats in Illinois are following right behind them.
A mariachi band played at a giddy rally May 4 in the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield as throngs of supporters celebrated the passage of the Illinois DREAM Act in the state Senate. The bill passed the Senate by a margin of 45-11, with three senators not voting. The measure saw some bipartisan support, with 11 Republicans supporting the bill alongside 34 Democrats.
A lot of Republicans are outraged by the 11 Republican State Senators who helped the Democrats pass the Illinois DREAM Act (the bill is now in the House).
Contact your state senate and house members and let them know how you feel about illegal aliens receiving more college financial support than your family members are eligible for.
According to the Washington Examiner: “[Senator Dick] Durbin told Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) on Fox news program last week that if the GOP passed the DREAM Act, Democrats would be more willing to talk about reducing the country’s spending habit.”
Dick “Tricky Dick” Durbin (D) is the senior senator from Illinois and the Majority Whip, the second most powerful man in the U.S. Senate.
The DREAM Act, like just about every other piece of legislation proposed by the radical left, is nothing less than snake oil. On the surface, it sounds so caring… so good. Liberals preach to us that the DREAM Act is all about “helping people” and “providing a safety net.”
Senator Reid (D-NV) tells us that his DREAM Act is simply a means for the children of illegal aliens to further their education. He admonishes us that it’s simply not right to “punish” children for the “sins” of their parents. But, as you should already know, what Harry Reid says and what actually is written in his legislation are often two entirely different things.
Reid’s Dream Act is just one more stealth attempt in a long line of bogus pieces of legislation designed to mislead the American people into granting amnesty millions of illegal aliens. It’s a slap in the face to all hardworking Americans who play by the rules and abide by our laws and to those immigrants who come to our country legally each year.
If past versions of Reid’s DREAM Act are any litmus to gauge what pro-amnesty advocates have in store for us, then buckle your seatbelts – the nation is in for a bumpy ride.
DREAM Act proponents pitch it as a means to legitimize the immigration status of the children of illegal aliens and grant those children residency and a path to citizenship as long as they attend college or enter the armed forces.
But the reality is this: The DREAM Act is not really for children. It will grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens as well. Previous incarnations of the DREAM Act specifically stipulated that anyone under the age of 35, who has resided illegally in the United States for at least five years, was eligible for amnesty under the Act. It also stipulated that the applicant only need be “admitted” to an institution of higher learning, moreover, once an application was submitted, the applicant was given six years of permanent residence in the United States.
There’s a big loophole that no one wanted to discuss. The version of the Dream Act that Reid and Durbin pushed last fall did not actually require an amnesty applicant to produce valid evidence that he or she met the necessary criteria.
In other words, any applicant under the age of 35 who had resided in this country for five years simply needed to enroll for a course at the local community college and bingo they were in. Of course, if the applicant had just crossed the border a few days prior or if the applicant was actually over the age of 35 or if the applicant didn’t want to go through the hassle of actually attending classes at the local community college, that wasn’t a problem. The applicant simply had to lie – No one was going to check.
Wait. There’s more. As previously stated, the last incarnation of the DREAM Act was a backdoor Amnesty for an even greater number of illegal aliens. Using children as unwitting pawns in a devious game of political chess proves once again how low Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Dick Durbin and the pro-amnesty lobby are willing to sink to get their way.
The American people have rejected the DREAM Act on a number of occasions over the last several years. One would at least think that Reid and Durbin would have the decency to put their garbage on ice. But true to form, these liberals never give up. Like the Energizer Bunny, they just keep going and going and going, oblivious to the fact that the American people have already said “NO” to amnesty.
Of course, is that not how they always behave? When Reid tried to ram his DREAM Act down our throats during last fall’s lame duck session of Congress, Arizona Republican Rep. Jeff Flake said that “it was written as if the election in November never happened.”
