A “bad night for incumbent Senators” could equal a better future for America.
A bad night for incumbent Senators who have favored foreign workers over U.S. workers — and hopeful signs of improved immigration balance in Congress next year:
Although immigration was not a pivotal issue in the campaigns, the election results suggest possibilities of real improvements in the immigration-issue balance in Congress. But voters need to push most of Tuesday’s winners toward stronger immigration-reduction positions.
- Pennsylvania Democrats in their Primary election put an end to the 30-year U.S. Senate tenure of Arlen Specter who had spent most of that career as a Republican championing the importation of foreign workers.
- In Arkansas, a consistent supporter of amnesties to keep illegal foreign workers in U.S. jobs (Sen. Blanche Lincoln) failed to win the nomination in the Democratic Primary, forced into a runoff in June.
- In the Arkansas Republican Primary, the winner (Rep. John Boozeman) is one of the best Republicans in the U.S. House in protecting U.S. workers from unfair competition from high immigration.
- Coincidentally, an extramarital affair led to the resignation Tuesday of the holder of one of the worst immigration records among U.S. House Republicans (Rep. Mark Souder). Only 5 Republicans in the House have worse career immigration-reduction grades.
- This follows Utah’s Republican convention defeat of incumbent Sen. Robert Bennett earlier (he had a record of leaning toward greedy business desires for foreign labor) . . .
- . . . and the earlier Democratic Primary defeat of West Virginia incumbent Rep. Allan Mullohan who for 38 years has earned a NumbersUSA “F-Grade” for his dozens of actions putting the interests of greedy employers and foreign workers over the needs of low-paid and unemployed U.S. workers.