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Support for Immigration Enforcement was a Key Factor in Many Democratic Victories
Federation for American Immigration Reform ^ | November 8, 2006 | Federation for American Immigration Reform

Posted on 11/10/2006 5:06:54 PM PST by Mini-14

Washington, DC—The Democratic Party was swept to victory in yesterday’s election by voters who were fed up with President Bush’s inability to address issues of greatest concern to the mainstream of the American public: the progress in the war in Iraq, the steady erosion of the middle class, and the failure to implement meaningful policies to control illegal immigration.

In countless races across the country Democrats pointed to Congress’ failure to control illegal immigration. The administration’s refusal to back House Republicans on critical legislation undermined the party’s standing with the public. Many victorious Democrats ran on a platform of support for immigration enforcement.

Lost in the news were the five successful state immigration related ballot measures. Arizonans passed four by margins as high as 77 percent. Coloradans passed one measure that would require the State Attorney General to initiate a lawsuit against the federal government for not enforcing immigration laws. Another that bars businesses from claiming a state income tax business deduction for wages paid to workers who were known at the time of hiring to be undocumented immigrants is still in question, though it is expected to pass.

“While many contend the elections of 2006 were first and foremost a referendum on President Bush and the war in Iraq,” noted Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), “just beneath the surface was a cauldron of public discontent about the Bush Administration’s seeming disregard for middle class, working Americans. From globalist trade policies that export American jobs, to failed immigration policies that effectively import millions of low wage workers to fill jobs in the U.S., the American voters said loudly and clearly yesterday: Enough!”

FAIR is calling upon the newly elected Democrats and the new congressional leadership to honor the promises that they made to dissatisfied voters all across the country to implement effective policies against illegal immigration. “When candidates promised that they would ‘get tough on illegal immigration,’ voters understood this to mean that they would enforce our borders, crackdown on employers, and create real deterrents to illegal immigration. If there was a single newly elected Democratic legislator who ran on a platform of amnesty for illegal aliens and massive new foreign guest worker programs, we are not aware of it,” said Stein.

President Bush has become closely identified with the guest worker amnesty program, a position that has contributed to his unpopularity with the voters. Schemes to flood the labor market with countless millions of foreign workers are widely viewed by the public as a central component of the president’s anti-middle class policies.

“Yesterday’s election was an historic middle class revolt against the administration’s tin-ear policies that are undermining their security and interests,” said Stein. “The new Democratic majority has promised to change that and we look forward to working with them to craft immigration policies that respond to the real concerns of the American voters. Amnesty and guest worker programs will only compound years of White House policies that have harmed the middle class, and we are hopeful that the new congressional leadership, as promised, will take us in a new direction.”


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; bordersecurity; bushamnesty; fakebordertrolls; illegal; immigration; invasionusa; jdhayworthlost; mexico; randygraflost
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To: Dane

PING - fyi !!!


21 posted on 11/10/2006 6:05:31 PM PST by 11th_VA
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To: FreeReign
The article is exactly spot on.
If you will show us how many Democrats won in red states, that run on an open borders platform, and won, then you could possibly have a tiny point.
Otherwise the BS is coming from your direction. In addition , if you mentioned the Mark Foley scandal, and the relentless liberal media and Democratic Party attacks against Republicans , using that scandal for over 3 straight weeks, just before the elections, as a factor, then you will have a point.
Americans voted or open borders? Not a chance in hell of that.
22 posted on 11/10/2006 6:06:45 PM PST by ShawTaylor
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To: Mini-14

If the Democrats get some wits about them and adopt a policy of sealing the border and coming down hard on employers, they will sweep the elections in 2008.


23 posted on 11/10/2006 6:07:00 PM PST by arthurus (Better to fight them over THERE than over HERE)
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To: Mini-14
Someone should tell the people at FAIR, that the marijuana intititives failed also.

LOL, I guess the bong hits made them lose their memory that Nancy Pelosi voted against the GOP immigration bill.

Oh yeah, BTW, FAIR is also very pro-abortion.

24 posted on 11/10/2006 6:07:11 PM PST by Dane ("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
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To: ShawTaylor
Is that why practically every Democrat who won in a red state , won on strong immigration enforcement and closed borders? Did you read the article at all before spewing?

And that's why they will vote for open borders Nancy Pelosi as their first vote in the House.

You may want to go visit your local used car lot. Seems that you enjoy being snookered.

25 posted on 11/10/2006 6:09:19 PM PST by Dane ("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
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To: FreeReign
So the AZ-5 voters threw out JD because he wasn t against illegal immigration?


Nope.
AZ-5 was already a Democratic constituency.
JD barely won in 2004.
It was always in play.
But..his Democratic opponent didn't give an inch on illegal immigration.
He was every bit as stronlgly against it as JD.
So that was no longer an issue.
Cam down to how many RATS there are versus how many Republicans there were there.
Plus fall out from the Foley scandal, etc etc.

Hah!
26 posted on 11/10/2006 6:10:14 PM PST by ShawTaylor
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To: ShawTaylor
YOu must have missed out on the fact that CONTROL PASSED TO THE DEMOCRATS.

Those few individuals are a minority among the Dems and cannot affect what bills get voted on.

27 posted on 11/10/2006 6:10:49 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: ShawTaylor
AZ-5 was already a Democratic constituency.

Actually Hayworth's district has a 5-3 GOP registration advantage.

28 posted on 11/10/2006 6:11:22 PM PST by Dane ("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
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To: Mini-14

My A$$

Nuff said


29 posted on 11/10/2006 6:11:32 PM PST by Dov in Houston
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To: ShawTaylor
Please, Hayworth was on Imus all the time bashing Bush about immigration, maybe his majority GOP district didn't appreciate his bashing the President.

Hayworth made immigration his single issue and he lost.

30 posted on 11/10/2006 6:13:11 PM PST by Dane ("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
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To: gubamyster

Ping!


31 posted on 11/10/2006 6:13:21 PM PST by TheLion
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To: Dane
And that's why they will vote for open borders Nancy Pelosi as their first vote in the House

The Democrats will vote for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker.
That is not the same as Americans voted for open borders.
There is a hole host of factors that made voters not vote fort Republicans.
And the carefully orchestrated Mark Foley scandal didn't help any.
It just tipped the scales in their favor.
Nevertheless, the races were still very close.
Americans did NOT vote for open borders.
32 posted on 11/10/2006 6:13:41 PM PST by ShawTaylor
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To: Just mythoughts

Anybody and everybody is blaming their pet peeve for the lose.


33 posted on 11/10/2006 6:13:51 PM PST by razorback-bert (I met Bill Clinton once but he didn?t really talk ? he was hitting on my wife)
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To: Mini-14

This was one strange election. I know countless Republicans in Virginia that came up with some excuse not to vote Tuesday....in a close election, no less!


34 posted on 11/10/2006 6:15:14 PM PST by TheLion
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To: Dov in Houston

PIMF

“The new Democratic majority has promised to change that and we look forward to working with them to craft immigration policies that respond to the real concerns of the American voters. Amnesty and guest worker programs will only compound years of White House policies that have harmed the middle class, and we are hopeful that the new congressional leadership, as promised, will take us in a new direction.”

MY A$$


35 posted on 11/10/2006 6:15:38 PM PST by Dov in Houston
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To: Mini-14
FAIR is calling upon the newly elected Democrats and the new congressional leadership to honor the promises that they made to dissatisfied voters all across the country to implement effective policies against illegal immigration.

Boy do you have a surprise coming. I heard on the radio yesterday that Pelosi family businesses are all non union and the labor at the winery is done mostly by illegals.

36 posted on 11/10/2006 6:16:30 PM PST by oldbrowser (The liberal media has effectively taken away our "Freedom of the Press".)
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To: Dane
Hayworth made immigration his single issue and he lost

Hayworth was in a Democratic majority district.
His opponent run on strong anti-ilegal immigrant, and secure borders platform.
JD did not lose because he was for secure borders.
He lost because his opponent was ALSO for secure borders.
37 posted on 11/10/2006 6:16:31 PM PST by ShawTaylor
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To: razorback-bert
Oh there is NOT just one peeve for this election. However, the liberals were quite stealth in their pretending over what they plan to do about the illegal invasion, I did not hear one of them praise the Bush amnesty approach.
38 posted on 11/10/2006 6:17:09 PM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: Olivermyboy

Welcome to Free Republic!


39 posted on 11/10/2006 6:18:48 PM PST by red state girl (never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never)
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To: Just mythoughts
Hayworth made immigration his single issue and he lost

Exactly.
I did not hear even one Democrat calling for open borders in this election.
Not even one.
40 posted on 11/10/2006 6:20:16 PM PST by ShawTaylor
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