Mr. President, We Are Not Demagogues -- Please Talk With Us

NumbersUSA ^ | August 15, 2009 | Roy Beck

[La Lydia]

In Mexico, Pres. Obama called us a bad name. He was using his appearance in a foreign country to promise that he is determined early next year to "legalize" 12-20 million illegal aliens and put them on a path to U.S. citizenship. He made it pretty clear that he has a lot more admiration for citizens of other countries who break our immigration laws than he does for his own fellow citizens who oppose a blanket amnesty. The New York Times reported that Mr. Obama said:

(There almost certainly will be) "demagogues out there who try to suggest that any form or pathway for legalization for those who are already in the United States is unacceptable..."

If you think that our concerns about what an amnesty would do to America's most vulnerable workers and communities are based solely on prejudices and false claims, you obviously know nothing about us -- and perhaps very little about the complexities of the immigration issue. While there may be many on our side of the issue who despise the millions of foreign workers who illegally take U.S. jobs, I believe most anti-amnesty Americans are like NumbersUSA in bearing no great ill will toward them. Our reasons for opposing amnesty are not based on our dislike of illegal aliens but on our concern for and good will toward our fellow Americans.

You indicated in Mexico that you believe the chief concern should be for fairness for the illegal aliens: But ultimately, I think the American people want fairness. And we can create a system in which you have strong border security and an orderly process for people to come in. But we’re also giving an opportunity for those who are already in the United States to be able to achieve a pathway to citizenship so they don’t have to live in the shadows.

I really have not seen any sign that you understand our concern for the fairness to the millions of jobless Americans who have relatively the same education and skill levels as the illegal aliens and who would not be facing the foreclosure of their homes and other economic crises if your predecessors had stopped unscrupulous employers from hiring illegal workers.

Let me explain this to you or your people. NumbersUSA has sought a chance to do this all year, just like you have allowed the pro-amnesty and pro-foreign-worker groups to do. Even the open-border Pres. Bush allowed us to do that.

Mr. President, we are not demagogues. Our claims may be different than yours, but they are not false. We are driven by many of the same high principles that you stated in your campaign for the Presidency: economic justice, environmental sustainability, concern for the well-being of people in the poorest countries of the world.

Let us explain why we think the "comprehensive immigration reform" that you have promised works against all three of those principles...The officials of your Administration have spent much time this last week calling for civil discussions of the hottest issues of the day. Labeling us as demagogues does not promote civil discussion. Your Administration's refusal to meet with us does not promote civil discussion. When can we start?

[La Lydia]

Nice. BO goes to a foreign country and calls American citizens "demagogues."

[shankbear]

Barry is just an arrogant prickopotomus.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Push amnesty in this economy Obama......just you try.

[KansasGirl]

Doesn’t over 80% of the U.S. population oppose amnesty for illegal immigrants? Obama is going to have the whole country in the same mess as California within a decade.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

The sooner this clown is removed from office the better.

[ronnie raygun]

PLEASE TALK WITH US? He, like everyone else in elected office works for us! There is no PLEASE! He is not the ruler he is a public servant who is elected BY THE PEOPLE!
So Please is incorrect. We do not have to beg for dialogue.

[SERKIT]

Instead of celebrating America's melting pot, our President preemptively plays the race card.
Instead of celebrating free markets, our President nationalizes large swaths of the economy.
Instead of celebrating America's exceptionalism, our President apologizes on the global stage.
Instead of celebrating and honoring America's elderly, our President wants to force 'end of life' plans.
Instead of celebrating democracy, our President is selling Marxism.
Instead of transparency, our President obfuscates all aspects of his personal history and governance.
While chastising Americans to cool down the debate, the President encouraged his proponents to “get up in their face” in support of socialized medicine.
While criticizing Americans for racking up too much credit card debt, our President has maxed out the full faith and credit of the USA.
Instead of openness and representative governance, our President has over 33 secretive "czars" accountable only to him while their activities affect all of us.
Instead of praising America’s medical advances and improvements in longevity, our President accuses doctors of profiteering by yanking out tonsils and lopping off limbs.
Instead of rational debate, our President and his supporters accuse the opponents of racism.

What happens to a Community Organizer when the community organizes against him?
We are making history since this has never happened before.

[Cheetahcat]

No please,No respect for that communist Conman and his crew ever.

[La Lydia]

Good luck with that.