The idea that third world immigrants are conservative is ludicrous. Third world immigrants vote for the party that promises them other people’s money.
I think many immigrants ARE Socially Conservative.
But it matters not, as they are steeped in the Socialist voting patterns of whatever country they came from.
They’ll vote the freebies over Social Conservatism every time.
That may have been the case in years past, but with government largesse wayyyy out of control, we’re not getting just “people looking to realize their dream,” but those will to suckle off OTHERS’ dreams.
...and H1b other than from Taiwan are NOT Conservative either.
Washington Co in Portland lurch to the Left since ‘98 is a clear indicator.
Free stuff will trump social values every time. Illegal will NEVER vote republican.
There is a much simpler reason that illegal immigrants are “big government liberals”. Honest, hard working, law abiding and proud human beings will follow the law and take some pride in themselves to do well for the same.
Liberals are about circumventing laws and destroying culture. Illegal Immigrants are not coming over here to stop abortion, support the 2A and lower taxes. Hell, taxes are lower in Mexico than they are in the US.
The author’s main point is well taken. But we should not overgeneralize. I’ve met many ambitious immigrant Africans who believe that they are lucky to be in the USA. Where I live, there are Asian immigrants who have intact families and make moral demands on their kids. And many of these folks are Bible believing Christians, not socialist Latino Catholics.
Well, the immigrants we get now are getting govt handouts from the get-go, and they have no reason to learn English since interpreters are required at every milestone. So they come here and re-create the hell they came from.
A nation without borders is not a nation!
Folks coming here from elsewhere need to undergo the same process my great, great grandfather, Ernst Bachert, did!! I’ll bet YOUR ancestors have a comparable story.
Born on 20 December,1834 in Hesse-Darmstadt,Germany, both his parents died when he was 13. Alone, he went to Freiburg to learn a marketable trade.
He spent the next 6 years apprenticing to learn paper making.
At age 20, he left for America, arriving in NYC on October 23rd, 1854. (That was before 1890 when Ellis Island was finally up and the feds took over immigration management from New York and other entry points.) After verification of proper documents, American sponsorship and employment, he was examined for communicable diseases BEFORE being cleared for entry!
He did not stow away on a cargo ship for Mexico so he could sneak across the border to begin availing himself of the foolishly proffered largesse of the U.S. Treasury.
BTW, he went on to introduce a new paper making method and founded a paper manufacturing business that supported himself, his wife and children and 3 more generations of family and provided jobs for hundreds of his fellow Americans.
What part of “illegal” – as in “illegal alien” – is hard to understand???
All that said, I do have one ancestor who came here and dodged the immigration hoops Ernst had to navigate. My fifth great grandfather, John Carpenter, was brought here by his parents, arriving in Virginia in 1743 at age 8. His family were friends and neighbors of a Virginia plantation owner and surveyor. John also became a friend and fought beside this man in the French & Indian War and the ensuing Revolution.
Oh yes, John’s friend’s name? George Washington!
QUESTION: What damage does the current disregard of our well-considered and once respected immigration laws by the political elites do to respect for THE RULE OF LAW IN GENERAL? Are situations like Ferguson, Baltimore and elsewhere a manifestation of that breakdown??
And how would you feel if you were some poor schlub who, even though you have skills this country may need, jumped through all the hoops and waited for years to gain entry as you watch thousands of illegals stroll across the border to be welcomed with open arms, EBT and Social Security cards?
THINK ABOUT IT!
Central-south americans are steeped in socialism and corruption from the day that they’re born.
When they come to the US, legally or otherwise, they bring that cultural mentality with them, because that is all that they know, and absolutely nothing will change their way of thinking, ever.
To think otherwise is just whistling while walking past the graveyard, or more than likely, looking the other way while hiring and exploiting cheap foreign laborers.
Orange County, California. Case closed.
BS. I come from a strongly conservative family of immigrants. Wow.
A large contingent of the Catholic bishops have been trying to kill the pro-life movement for decades. About 95% of them insist on giving Communion to pro-aborts, despite the fact that doing so is a mortal sin.
Open borders and amnesty are the most powerful weapons against the pro-life movement the bishops have yet latched onto.