Democrats' shift right frustrates Hispanic activists (hurl)

Politico ^ | 05/06/10 | JEANNE CUMMINGS

[OldDeckHand]

To get an idea of how far Democrats have moved to the right on the issue of immigration reform, consider this: The Obama administration’s enforcement efforts in 2009 led to the deportation of 387,790 illegal immigrants — a 5 percent jump over the Bush administration’s record in 2008.

And this: A liberal Democratic senator from New York is a co-sponsor of a measure that includes what civil libertarians fear could become the first national ID card.

And this: A PowerPoint presentation offering guidance for Democrats in the coming Senate debate concludes that the most persuasive argument to voters for supporting reform is actually a classic Republican pitch: because it will force illegal immigrants to “pay their fair share of taxes.”

The Democrats’ tough-love approach to immigration aims both to foster Republican support for a bill and to avoid claims that Democrats are soft on crime and security issues. But for some advocates of reform, the Democrats’ accommodating right turn has gone so far that it is becoming a liability in the long fight to pass comprehensive reform. After all, why should the enforcement-first crowd come to the table when they don’t have to?

[OldDeckHand]

Shift Right? On what planet are these Politico reports living?

[Frank_2001]

“On what planet are these Politico reports living?”

The Red Planet;)

[Gaffer]

This is the lapdog media endeavoring to show the world that Obama isn't a tyrant radical and that he actually cares about the sovereignty of this country. Nothing could be further from the truth.

[sten]

if enforcing the law is bad... why should the rest of us follow those same laws? there is NO survivability claus in the Constitution... if you disregard one portion, the rest of it gets tossed as well.

kind of like disregarding Article 2 ... why should I allow myself to be an agent of the govt via amendment 16?

[OldDeckHand]

"there is NO survivability claus in the Constitution."

Severability clause. But, I get your point.

[Timeout]

Frustrated? We can only hope that’s all.

Seen the trailer for the new movie “Machete”? Not due for release til Sept, but the producers decided to release the trailer today, Cinco de Mayo-—complete with introductory THREAT to Arizona! It’s truly frightening. Warning: F-word appears.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_UWRtNzeNc&feature=player_embedded

With all the media’s recent talk about incitement, threats, etc. it will be interesting to see how they react to this piece of -—t movie. Most ridiculous line (at a rally of illegals): “We didn’t cross the border. The border crossed us!”.

Great. As if dealing with MUSLIM terrorists weren’t bad enough. Now the 12 million illegals are being encouraged to kill gringos.

[Nonstatist]

The amnesty crowd is extremely happy with the current bill being floated by the Democraps; this is BS Politico BS. No Democrat will ever enforce the border, periood. All talk and no hat

[Bob]

Democrats' shift right frustrates Hispanic activists

A minor correction:

Democrats' shift right frustrates Hispanic activists illegal immigration advocates