Posted on 10/22/2010 2:42:30 AM PDT by markomalley
SEATTLE – When Maria Gianni is knocking on voters' doors, she's not bashful about telling people she is in the country illegally. She knows it's a risk to advertise to strangers that she's here illegally — but one worth taking in what she sees as a crucial election.
The 42-year-old is one of dozens of volunteers — many of them illegal immigrants — canvassing neighborhoods in the Seattle area trying to get naturalized citizens to cast a ballot for candidates like Democratic Sen. Patty Murray, who is in a neck-to-neck race with Republican Dino Rossi.
Pramila Jayapal, head of OneAmerica Votes, says the campaign is about empowering immigrants who may not feel like they can contribute to a campaign because they can't vote.
"Immigrants really do matter," Jayapal said. "If we can't vote ourselves, we're gonna knock on doors, or get family members to vote."
So far the illegal immigrants going door-to-door aren't meeting opposition. Craig Keller, an organizer for Respect WA, a group pushing for stricter immigration law in the Washington, said he doesn't mind illegal immigrants volunteering for vote drives, he just wants to make sure mistakes on the voter rolls don't allow them to vote.
"Anybody can go out and wave a sign, but when it comes to who's making the choices, there's no question they need to be citizens," Keller said.
In close elections across the country, the immigrant and minority vote is considered key for candidates, especially Democrats.
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“CAIR and ACORN are the same org and support illegals 100%. Idiot Americans watching TV support the theft of their country by TV which supports this criminality. “
EXACTLY
” I don’t understand why American’s can’t just turn these people in. shhheeesh....citizen’s arrest or something. illegal is illegal. “
The last time I turned someone in, I caught hell for it.
Welcome to Obamaland: where illegal aliens vote and soldiers serving in combat don’t. :)
In a saner world, ICE would be canvassing for illegals.
Pramila Jayapal, head of OneAmerica Votes, says the campaign is about empowering immigrants who may not feel like they can contribute to a campaign because they can’t vote.
^^^^
I would bet $5K that this illegal woman will be among the many, many fraudulent votes that Murray gets.
“Are you some kind of masochist? LOL”
I must be. I keep paying taxes to support the illegals in the USA.
The media is stunningly ignorant of the language. There is no such thing as an illegal immigrant. Immigration is a legal process. These people are illegal aliens. Or illegal invaders, if you prefer that term.
But, but, we always told they’re ‘hiding in the shadows’!!!!
“I hope one of them comes knocking on my door. I’ll call ICE.”
Won’t matter. The Obama Homeland Surrender policy is to not deport anyone until they’ve been convicted of a felony. Sadly, many repubs go along with it.
Ms. Jayapal was born in India, and raised in India, Indonesia and Singapore’
A “sister’ of NObama from Indonesia!!!
for low-income New Yorkers, said that they had handled at least eight cases in the past few years involving permanent residents who faced deportation because they had registered to vote. “””
An audit in Colorado found 11,800 voter registration cards that clearly stated “NON-CITIZEN” in the appropriate box.
The entire registration system is broken.
It needs to be started over. IMO.
The Obama Homeland Surrender policy is to not deport anyone until they’ve been convicted of a felony”
That doesn’t even happen in San Francisco.
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