Out on the campaign trail, ordinary citizens are forcefully conveying that they consider amnesty for illegals to be nothing less than a betrayal of the country.
Chris Adamo
For those who accept the “wisdom” from inside the Beltway, amnesty for the twelve million or more illegal aliens presently in our homeland is inevitable. In the US Senate, both parties have seemed intent on a repeat of last year’s amnesty bill, while the White House, remaining stubbornly oblivious to the anger generated among its most loyal base, remains fixed on an agenda of placating the Mexican government and selling out the American people on this issue.
Yet despite incessant reporting of this supposed “done deal,” some very encouraging signs from the heartland attest to the fact that the debate is far from over.
Out on the campaign trail, ordinary citizens who recognize their country’s future as a far loftier goal than the acquisition of cheap labor (among Republicans) or cheap votes (the real motivation of the Democrats), are forcefully conveying to the slate of presidential hopefuls that they consider amnesty for illegals to be nothing less than a betrayal of the country.
In Iowa, a pivotal state in the upcoming presidential race, none other than Senator John McCain (R-AZ) received such fierce backlash to his past open-borders advocacy that he has actually begun to retreat, at least in words, from his former stance. Other candidates, such as Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), have been subjected to every bit as intense and unwavering anger and resentment from the grassroots over the illegal immigration/amnesty controversy.Clearly, this is not the time for real conservatives, real patriots and real Americans to lose heart. If anything, the upcoming presidential campaign season could provide a respite from any consideration of amnesty.
At most, it may delay this catastrophic wound against the nation’s sovereignty and integrity until that time when a president might take office who regards them as sufficiently important to fight to protect them.
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