The politics would certainly be interesting, and yes, there would no doubt be a strident faction with exactly the position you described. Hey, right now our borders are overrun by foreigners who break our laws and get away with it. Bright apes might be soon following in their footsteps.
The burning question, BB, is this -- would the bright apes be creationists?
Somehow I doubt it, PH. Please follow my reasoning here: Creationists are purportedly Christians. Christians are called to be a whole lot more than just "bright apes."
On the other hand, wherever or whenever a Christian fails, it is not God's "job" to run around behind him, cleaning up the "messes" he leaves [generic pronoun intended here]. If we do not understand or choose to discharge the duty that belongs to our immortal soul, God respects the free will that He created in us in the first place to do otherwise.
In all cases, however, we are eventually, inevitably judged. And not by ourselves. Or so it seems to me.