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.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Pramila Jayapal is founder and Executive Director of One America.
Ms. Jayapal was born in India, and raised in India, Indonesia and Singapore
What other country in the world allows illegal squatters to openly move about like this?
We are so damned weak it makes me sick.
OK. I’ve had enough. Where are all the Washington State FReepers? It is time that we go down to the County Board of Elections and start an audit. This election is already corrupted. WTF ARE WE GOING TO DO? ARE WE GOING TO LET THESE @$$HOLES STEAL THIS FROM DINO LIKE THEY DID LAST TIME?
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/nyregion/17voting.html?_r=1
“But for those who do register to vote and get caught, the penalties can be severe. Lawyers at the Legal Aid Society, a nonprofit group 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. Noncitizens who are convicted in criminal court of having made a false claim of citizenship for the purpose of registering to vote in a federal election can be fined and imprisoned for up to a year, then deported.”
But of course in King county their chances of getting caught are exactly zero.
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.
I hope one of them comes knocking on my door. I’ll call ICE.
Better be careful. Under the Obama Administration, ICE may arrest you for making that phone call.
BINGO!!! I am about to go Gault...
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/22/illegal-aliens-canvass-votes-wash-state/
Oct. 16: Maria Gianni, an illegal immigrant, poses for a portrait at a phone bank in Seattle being used by OneAmerica Votes. We should send this picture to ICE:
“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.
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This is the guy pushing for stricter immigration law?...oh boy.
NO. ‘Anyone’ cannot ‘wave signs.’ Illegals are her illegally - they have broken our laws - they need to be deported and apply to come into the country legally like everyone else.
‘”In order for there to be a change to our broken immigration system,” she said, “I believe one has to fight.”’
Oh, we’ll fight alright. For the rule of law.
And people still can't see that it is democrats that are enabling illegals to come to the U.S. and stay here. Many blame the Republicans. These illegals all of them work for and vote for democrats. Why would the Republicans want illegals to stay here and destroy Republicans? That doesn't make sense but it makes sense to anti-Republican “conservatives” ,which are either brain washed puppets of the liberal media or more likely democrats in disguise.
And if you call the police or ICE when they come to your door, will you be the one arrested? I wonder.
‘but it makes sense to anti-Republican “conservatives” ,which are either brain washed puppets of the liberal media or more likely democrats in disguise.’
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Come again? Are you talking about RINOs or RINO conservatives? I’ve never heard of such a thing... :)
BTW, it’s perfectly possible to have compassion for people of the world (say Mexicans and Central Americans) while concurrently understanding that we cannot just let people over run our borders - like many liberals currently seem just fine doing.
Illegal aliens need to return to their country of origin and enter the US legally. If we want to have a guest worker program - people need to be legally involved with such a thing. I’m sure people here have very specific thoughts about a ‘guest worker program’ which I must confess I don’t know enough about...(need to do more research.)
“Illegal aliens need to return to their country of origin and enter the US legally.”
And first we need to truly close the borders. Won’t happen with dual citizen (or whatever the heck he is) obummer usurping.
Another example of poor illegals having to do the dirty jobs that Americans will not do.
No, I’m not saying that.
I’m saying illegals vote for democrats and work to elect democrats as this article shows.
I’m saying many blame Republicans for the illegal alien problem .I’m talking about the many here and elsewhere who constantly bash Republicans but ignore what democrats are doing. But they are wrong .It is democrats who are enabling illegal immigration and want Amnesty.
To think most Republican politicians want illegals to destroy Republican party is absurd.
How bad has it got to be if an Hispanic reporter for AP notices!
Head em up, roll em in, ride em out...mex hide..
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