McCain courts Fla. Hispanics

Miami Herald ^ | 16 Sep 2008 | BETH REINHARD AND MARY ELLEN KLAS

[kabar]

IMHO, the more ambitious, hard-working Hispanic illegals (illegal only because our quota for Latin Americans is unrealistically low) we can make into permanent citizens, the better. And I’d sure rather have them voting GOP.

About two-thirds of the 1.2 million legal immigrants who enter this country are Hispanic. Almost all of the 500,000 to one million illegal aliens who enter this country each year are Hispanic. In 1965 Hispanics made up 1 percent of the residents of this country. Today they are about 15% and by 2050 they will be about one in three. The Hispanic population will nearly triple from 46.7 million today to 132.8 million in 2050.

The Republicans’ Hispanic Delusion Amnesty is not just wrong in principle, it’s bad politics.

Hispanic Family Values? Runaway illegitimacy is creating a new U.S. underclass.

[businessprofessor]

This election is to important....vote McCain...then protest,petition,write your congressman....but Barak will not answer you call to Immigration reform.

I do not like McCain's position on immigration but I will vote for him because the alternative is unthinkable. I also like his VP choice. McCain's positions on many issues (taxes, spending, energy, and defense) are strongly conservative.

If McCain/Palin is elected, immigration groups will go on the offensive immediately. If McCain thinks that he can break his promise on border security, he will be in for a rude surprise. The opposition to amnesty will be thunderous.

Despite Bush's support for amnesty, he has heard the will of the majority about border security and immigration law enforcement. Immigration law enforcement has increased substantially in the last year. Many illegals are self deporting and inflows have been slowed. The tide has shifted to enforcement. There is still lots of work on enforcement but some progress has been made.

[kabar]

Yes but this time McCain said secure the border. No one’s going back to the 2006-07 amnesty bills. They are dead. McCain knows this.

If McCain knows this, why is he still advocating amnesty for the 12 to 20 million illegals already here? Check out McCain's official website and particularly the section Address the Undocumented.

[WalterSkinner]

If McCain/Palin is elected, immigration groups will go on the offensive immediately. If McCain thinks that he can break his promise on border security, he will be in for a rude surprise. The opposition to amnesty will be thunderous.

..my thoughts exactly

[TomGuy]

under Obama you wont even recognize your in America. I hope you like the Koran.

Uhhhh. Have you noticed the number of mosques being built through the USA? Last time I checked, the president was a Republican -- for the last 7 years.

And IIRC, it has been that president and that president's daddy president who brought in thousands of Middle Easterners (and they weren't Baptists).

[FoxInSocks]

The 2006 senate amnesty bill [S 2611] passed.

I meant bipartisan resistance from citizens, not his fellow senators. ;-)

[Texas4ever]

I agree..There is a lot of work to be done. Maybe we can start first with the prosecution of businesses who pay illegal workers....there should be a policy that connects this to Homeland Security?

My analogy is this....you put a cookies out,,,the ants will come....you can kill the ants.... but more will come as long as there is a cookie. You must wipe out the Cookie!!!

[Texas4ever]

sorry dont know what happened to my english...it must be all this immigration talk!

[Texas4ever]

Yes, but there is still choice.

Not too sure..with Barak...we are one...Obama

[dragnet2]

McCain courts Fla. Hispanics

Are these illegal aliens?

Or are they referring to American citizens?

If these are American citizens, why are they being referred to as "Hispanics"???

[Norman Bates]

You make it sound like he is proposing a full bore no questions asked amnesty a la 1987. If you read on you see borders must be secured first. And then there is a very strict protocol including back of the line, civics, penalties, and deportations of criminals. Given the current process it may be more than 10 years before some are citizens. Many will never make it.

[Norman Bates]

That link also shows McCain putting forth employee crackdown of illegal hirers and biometric ID of temporary guest workers.

[DancesWithBolsheviks]

“Secure the border has been a shellgame term since it was first used.”

Exactly. There is a lot more to protecting a nation’s border integrity than a border fence. A fence is not a solution but a tiny part. We also need interior enforcement and verification that people entering on visas stay only in accordance with the terms of their visas.

[cripplecreek]

If these are American citizens, why are they being referred to as "Hispanics"???

And why is he talking to them about immigration?

[kabar]

The corporate and political elites ignore the will of the people. They are still pushing to get amnesty piecemeal witiness the addition of the Dream Act to the DOD appropriation bill, a guest worker program to the AG bill, and adding another 550,000 H1B visas. The Dems are in the process of trying to eviscerate 287 [g] authority and eliminating the e-verify program, which expires in November.

85% of Americans want English as the official language of this country yet McCain and Obama are against it and so has the majority of Congress voted against it.

[cll]

From the article:

"In response to a question, McCain addressed another issue of great concern to the largely Puerto Rican crowd -- statehood for their former home.

Residents of Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens but cannot vote in the general election.

''It seems to me that we should be guided by a referendum where the people of Puerto Rico decide what their future should be,'' McCain said at the town hall, hosted by Central Florida's oldest Puerto Rican group in a building like one of the island's colonial fortresses.

Audience members who wore ''Puerto Ricans for McCain'' pins said they were glad McCain raised the issue but added that he needs to lead the way.

''We've had referendums,'' said Miriam Lopez, 72, who went back and forth between Puerto Rico and Orlando for years and moved to Florida full-time five years ago.

``The president has to do something to give it credibility, so people take it more seriously.''

Puerto Rico Ping! Please Freepmail me if you want on or off the list.

[LibLieSlayer]

Well then... you can take credit for osamabama.

LLS

[Calpernia]

Your post is excellent; but your post is exactly why McCain can't win POTUS. The Republicans blocked Comprehensive Immigration Reform, with no vote in the House in 2006 and a filibuster in the Senate in 2007. Therefore, McCain becoming POTUS will change the platform for the RNC and endorse his CIR.

[DancesWithBolsheviks]

Will they wait at the end of the line in their countries of origin or will they benefit from their lawbreaking by waiting here?

[Calpernia]

This election is an embarrassment.