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Does GOP Have ‘No Other Choice But to Push Immigration Reform’? The Party’s Future Could Depend on it

Dec. 4, 2012 12:46pm Billy Hallowell

Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of articles examining what went wrong for the Republican Party in the 2012 presidential election and where the GOP goes from here. Please visit our special section GOP: What Next? to follow the series of stories and find related content.

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Does the Republican Party’s future depend on reaching out to Latinos? In the wake of the 2012 election, much has been said about the movement’s failure to capture Hispanic voters — many of whom embrace conservative, if not Biblical values. The party is viewed by some experts who know the Latino community well as too far to the right and unnecessarily aggressive on the issue of immigration. If the GOP hopes to have a viable future, these individuals argue that the political movement will need to advance reforms, lay stronger groundwork and address the issue more fervently.

Considering the massive dearth in Latino support for Republican candidate Mitt Romney, many conservatives have agreed that immigration was likely a catalyst for the major separation. Despite aligning with Republicans on a plethora of issues, Hispanics overwhelmingly supported President Barack Obama in the 2012 election. In fact, the disparity between support for the president over Romney was astounding — 72 percent versus 23 percent.

Considering this massive gap in allegiance between the two parties, one would assume that Latinos align perfectly with Democratic values, however reality paints a starkly different picture.

WHERE LATINOS STAND ON THE ISSUES

While Hispanics are not necessarily in line with Republicans on every measure, they certainly have disagreements with the Democratic Party as well. Some key variables undoubtedly cause some head-scratching when it comes to why so few Latinos chose Romney in 2012, as the cohort’s moral compass on a variety of social and political issues does, indeed, appear to be right of center.

A recent study by the Barna Group, the American Bible Society, the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC) and OneHope came to some fascinating conclusions about Latino Americans. The report, “Hispanic America: Faith, Values & Priorities,” looks at some of the characteristics of a growing minority population — one that, in many ways, naturally aligns with conservative values.

Take, for instance, the Hispanic view on the separation of church and state. An overwhelming proportion of individuals in this cohort (69 percent) believe that public schools should teach Biblical values. Four in 10 (42 percent) claim that the Bible influences their social and political views as well. A highly faith-driven group, the survey found that 61 percent of Hispanics have made a commitment to Jesus Christ and are, in some capacity, “Christian.”

The role of the family is also important to Hispanics, as the majority believe that the most pertinent method for them to contribute to American society is through their strong commitment to the family unit. Nearly eight out of 10 also believe that the traditional unit is the key to a healthy society — sentiment that is clearly central to many conservatives’ worldview.

Additionally, 69 percent think that children are better off with married parents and 66 percent agree explicitly with the “traditional definition of marriage” (one man and one woman). Considering Republicans on the whole, as of May 2012, 74 percent reported believing that same-sex marriage should not be legalized (as opposed to only 34 percent of Democrats). But that’s not all. Six in 10 also believe that sexual intercourse is an action that belongs within the confines of marriage.

Despite these findings on gay marriage (the above statistics take into account opinions about traditional marriage and not legalities), the Pew Research Center has found that Hispanics are as likely as the rest of society to claim that homosexuality should be accepted. However, on abortion, Latinos are actually more conservative than the general public. While 41 percent of all Americans believe that abortion should be illegal in most or all cases (according to Pew), 51 percent of Hispanics say the same.

The Republican Party & Hispanics: Immigration & Recapturing the Cohort

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And a willingness to do hard work — a trait that is revered (at least rhetorically) by many conservatives is also shared by Latinos. While only 58 percent of the general public claims that people can get ahead if they work hard, an overwhelming (75 percent) of Hispanics say the same.

When it comes to issues of opportunity, the Latino community in America has some major concerns. As far as dropout rates among youth and unemployment go, nearly six-in-ten Hispanics are “very concerned.” Healthcare and housing fall not far behind, with 54 percent and 52 percent of the community claiming they are very concerned. And immigration, a hot-button issue that could be driving Latinos away from Republicans was also on the docket, with 53 percent of the community holding a high level of concern.

THE REPUBLICAN RESPONSE TO IMMIGRATION REFORM

With demographic changes posing some major challenges for the GOP, now more than ever it is paramount that leaders figure out how to reach all Americans, including the ever-growing Hispanic populace. Considering the 2012 campaign, some might feel that achieving this goal is seemingly impossible.

But not everyone has given up hope that the Republican Party can make inroads with Hispanics. And, based on the aforementioned indicators, there’s plenty of opportunity for right-of-center messaging to resonate with this portion of the population.

TheBlaze spoke with the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the NHCLC, to gain better insight into the Hispanic community and the ways in which Republicans can better court its members. Despite the dismal showing that Latinos gave Republicans at the polls, the faith leader said that now, more than ever, the GOP has an opportunity to reach this important cohort.

Rev. Samuel Rodriguez (Photo Credit: NHCLC)

“We’ve never been down this road before. This is arguably the best hour to engage the Hispanic electorate,” he told TheBlaze. “To a great degree, the…conservative movement has an opportunity — 44 percent [of Hispanics] voted for Bush in 2004.”

Rodriguez, who has been heralded the “Hispanic Billy Graham,” with some pondering whether the charismatic leader will replace the famed evangelist, described himself as a non-partisan. While he doesn’t embrace either side of the fence, he noted — as the statistics in the NHCLC study show — that there are some stances and proclamations in the Republican Party platform that Hispanics agree with wholeheartedly. However, in Rodriguez’s view, one, key issue has divided Latinos and the GOP of late: Immigration.

“This topic of immigration has been the divisive wall between the Republican Party and Hispanics,” he told TheBlaze. “It’s all about immigration.”

While Rodriguez explained that Latino values align more closely with Republican and conservative ideals, Hispanics find themselves between “a rock and a hard place.” To begin, the Democrats, despite holding views that run contrary on the social front, are good for the group on immigration.

The faith leader said that, if the GOP amends its position on this key issue, Hispanics will be more likely to turn toward the party. If the political movement can draft a plan that is not amnesty, yet reforms the system, the effects could be great for the party, Rodriguez contends. Based on the 2012 election results, he claims that the GOP “has no other choice but to push immigration reform” in the next two years.

“They need to pass immigration reform and they need to share credit,” Rodriguez said of House Republicans. “They [also] need to reconcile Abraham Lincoln’s platform with Reagan’s optimism.”

The Wall Street Journal echoed these sentiments in an article published last month, writing, “When Republican Presidential candidates are preoccupied with putting up an electrified fence along the Rio Grande and blaming Latinos (wrongly) for driving up crime, unemployment and health-care costs, we are a long way from Ronald Reagan’s welcoming GOP.”

Like the ideals captured in the WSJ article, Rodriguez is calling for a GOP more rooted in the advancement of freedom in the spirit of Lincoln, with a welcoming and positive tone reflective of Reagan. Right now, he said that the Republican Party is examining its identity and that, at the moment, there is a “question mark” when it comes to determining what it means to be a conservative.

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Rodriguez also urged Republicans to abandon divisive immigration rhetoric. This wording about immigrants, which he maintains is coming from the “far right,” tends to alienate Latinos from the GOP.

In the wake of the election, of course, many on the right have panicked, seeking quick fixes to the GOP’s demographic problems. In the end, though, even if a greater proportion of Hispanics in America voted for Romney and adhered to Republican political ideals, there are still other subgroups that the GOP needs to appeal to (see the second story in this series: The Reagan Coalition Is Dead – GOP Now Needs More Than Old White Men to Grow).

Based on New York Times analysis, Byron York broke down how Romney would have fared had Latinos gone out of their way to vote for the candidate in various states across the U.S.:

For example, they looked at Wisconsin, a state the Romney-Ryan team hoped to win. Hispanics weren’t a huge part of the total vote — about 4 percent, according to the exit polls — and Obama won big among them, 65 percent to 31 percent. But going through the totals, Kopicki and Irving concluded that even if every single Hispanic voter in Wisconsin had cast a ballot for Romney, Obama still would have won.

They found the same result for New Hampshire and Iowa, two other swing states Romney looked to win.

Then there was Ohio. According to the exit polls, Obama won 53 percent of the Hispanic vote there. But given how decisively Obama won other voting groups, Kopicki and Irving found that the president would have prevailed in Ohio even if he had won just 22 percent of the Hispanic vote. Put another way, even if Romney had won a stratospheric 78 percent of the Hispanic vote, he still would have lost Ohio.

In Virginia, Obama won the Latino vote 65 percent to 33 percent. Kopicki and Irving found that if those numbers had been reversed — if Romney had won an unprecedented 65 percent of the Latino vote — Obama still would have won Virginia.

In the end, it is certainly prudent for Republicans not to pander, but, instead, to capture support among all Americans, Hispanics included. Regardless if the cohort would have changed the election’s results, one fact is clear: Hispanics are a growing population and a portion of the ever-changing American landscape.

HISPANIC AMERICANS POISED TO GROW IN INFLUENCE

If the GOP wishes to represent all Americans, then there is a paramount need for the party to address issues that are important to Latinos. While it is true that Republicans also had poor levels of support among women and youths, Hispanics are poised to grow monumentally in their influence. Currently about 14 percent of the nation is Latino; this will expand to around 30 percent by 2050, making it a dangerous cohort, at least politically speaking, to ignore.

Just days after the election, columnist Charles Krauthammer wrote the following about Hispanics: “They should be a natural Republican constituency: striving immigrant community, religious, Catholic, family-oriented and socially conservative (on abortion, for example).”

Krauthammer went on to note that Hispanics vote Democratic, in his view, because of illegal immigration. Romney, he contends, went too far right, later making it impossible for the candidate to backtrack enough to captivate their support.

“For the party in general, however, the problem is hardly structural. It requires but a single policy change: Border fence plus amnesty,” he wrote. “Yes, amnesty. Use the word. Shock and awe — full legal normalization (just short of citizenship) in return for full border enforcement.”

These ideals, of course, paint a starkly different picture from what was in the 2012 Republican Party Platform. A portion of the immigration section of the document read:

In an age of terrorism, drug cartels, human trafficking, and criminal gangs, the presence of millions of unidentified persons in this country poses grave risks to the safety and the sovereignty of the United States. Our highest priority, therefore, is to secure the rule of law both at our borders and at ports of entry.

We recognize that for most of those seeking entry into this country, the lack of respect for the rule of law in their homelands has meant economic exploitation and political oppression by corrupt elites. In this country, the rule of law guarantees equal treatment to every individual, including more than one million immigrants to whom we grant permanent residence every year.

That is why we oppose any form of amnesty for those who, by intentionally violating the law, disadvantage those who have obeyed it. Granting amnesty only rewards and encourages more law breaking.

Clearly, this differs greatly from what Krauthammer recommends. TheBlaze also spoke extensively with Jose Antonio Vargas, the Filipino-American journalist-turned immigration rights activist. Vargas, an illegal (read part of his story here) who continues to battle for reforms to the current system, has had a successful career as a reporter with The Washington Post and The Huffington Post, among other outlets.

In this June 20, 2012, file photo former Washington Post journalist turned immigration reform activist, Jose Antonio Vargas, center, an illegal immigrant himself, speaks in Washington. Credit: AP

Vargas, who claims he doesn’t have a stake in either political party, recalled covering the Iowa caucuses during the 2008 campaign and interacting with Republicans on the issue of immigration.

“What was very clear in that week…is how simplistic the understanding is about immigration,” he told TheBlaze. “We have this dominant narrative about what immigration is and who these immigrants are. I think the media overall have given us that narrative and I’m saying this as somebody who’s a journalist myself.”

As far as the Romney campaign goes, Vargas charged that the candidate was ignorant when it came to the issue, likening his comments about “self-deportation” to the infamous 47 percent clip that was widely circulated. The former journalist explained that immigration is highly personal for Hispanics and other immigrants, alike. Hearing certain rhetoric coming from the GOP — the same rhetoric that Rodriguez spoke out against — causes individuals to assume that Republicans are against their family members and friends.

“Immigration is not just a Latino issue…we’re talking about a demographic issue,” Vargas explained. “Look at America — America looks the way that it does because of immigration.”

If he were a political strategist, Vargas said that he would look at diversity and the future and find a way to help others feel included in the Republican Party. Rather than simply pandering, though, he urged for this process to be done “in such a way that’s really honest.”

“My goal in the next few months…is trying to engage and talk to and listen to as many conservatives and Republicans as I possibly can — that’s a really big goal,” Vargas continued. “Because that’s where the conversation needs that happen.”

Former Washington Post journalist turned immigration reform activist, Jose Antonio Vargas, right, an illegal immigrant, is overcome with emotion speaking to Gaby Pacheco, 27, of Miami, an illegal immigrant. Credit: AP

Considering the 2012 election results and America’s Demographic outlook, it’s likely more conservatives than ever will be willing to listen — and perhaps they should. On the whole, Americans have settled on a plan that seems more reflective of Krauthammer’s vision and advice surrounding where immigration should go, at least according to election-day exit polls.

As noted in a previous analysis piece, the majority of Americans (65 percent) believe that illegals who are already in the United States should be granted “a chance to apply for legal status.” Only 28 percent of the nation embraces the notion that these individuals should be deported back “to the country they came from” (on the whole, Romney voters, mainly Republicans, overwhelmingly embraced deportation).

Rather than moving too quickly and risking a perception of mere appeasement, the GOP should continue to examine this issue, to do some soul searching and to draft policy ideas that allow the party to maintain its dignity and views, while also welcoming Hispanics into the fold.

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Eirana
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:42pm
““For the party in general, however, the problem is hardly structural. It requires but a single policy change: Border fence plus amnesty,” he wrote. “Yes, amnesty. Use the word. Shock and awe — full legal normalization (just short of citizenship) in return for full border enforcement.”

This approach worked so well for Reagan. We gave amnesty for three million illegals and got nothing in return. What would happen is all the illegals would get amnesty, the fence would never happen, and full legal normalization would eventually turn into citizenship.

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- Detroit paperboy
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:49pm
  Immigration is totally different than COLONIZATION …..and we, my friends……..are being COLONIZED…
  
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- demsrtraitors
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 2:09pm
  Thousands of Americans are fighting and some dying defending borders of other nations all the while we are being invaded . With the treasonous support of White liberals, la raza and other racist organizations.
  
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- jims3rdwife
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 2:22pm
  amen from a Waukegan, Il native
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 3:18pm
  No Border, No Amnesty, No Peace.
  
  I would go for amnesty, but only if we had an effect border fence. Effective means not 300,000 crossing illegally a year but only 30,000 or less. Any thing more means that we do not have control. It is an obtainable goal. but not with the incompetent Obama & Napolitano (who rose to prominence due to minority politics).
  
  The other negotiating tactic is to play chicken with Obama & the Democrats livelihood. Just think if we used Costa Rican Squatter law. Obama like to play Chicken, reach an agreement & then turn around break the agreement & double his demands.
  
  Well lets use Costa Rican law & invite in 500 million people from around the world. That would be too many “mobs” for the Democrats to control. Liberal Blacks & Hispanics groups would find combined that they were a insignificant minority. The Obama could go to Martha’s Vinyard yet again only to find squatters had taken over their property & legally entitled to do so.
  
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- rose-ellen
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 3:33pm
  You conservatives are being used then abused by the republican party.The only thing the republican party cares about after all is said and done-is their war on muslims. Evertything else is up for grabs. They’ve been hijacked by the right wing genocidal anti muslim zionists and you gulls are their lackeys.
  
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- SquareHead
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 3:51pm
  The GOP is finished. They threw out the core of freedom loving conservatives when they silenced Ron Paul, in favor for the Democrat MItt. 5 million less voted for Mitt than voted fro McCain…. Had Ron Paul been the nominee he would have won by 5 million and would be president today.
  
  But no! Now they want to push for immigration reform? Who are these pin heads that are consulting them? I guess it is the same establishment types that pushed Mitt, McCain, Bush2, Dole, and Bush1. The same types that fought hard to keep Reagan from winning the nominee and forced him to take Bush 1 as VP.
  
  If you look at who the establishment GOP’ pushes, they are all soft socialist… If the people don’t vote start voting for Character, and on Issues, instead of whoever is the favorite with the GOP, we can kiss the GOP good buy.
  
  If the GOP want’s to revive itself it should embrace Ron Pauls, policies, and ideas that is very popular and realistic I might add given what we have coming with the debt.
  
  Us Paul Paul supporters tried our best to warn you all about MItt, more than a year ago, before you wasted your vote on the Democrat Mitt. But you out of fear as you are every four years take your marching orders from GOP, TheBlaze, GB, Fox, talk radio etc, and refuse to think for yourself and do some minor research yourself. I did in 08′ after the primary and then realized that I wasted my vote for Mitt, and became a Ron Paul supporters ever since.
  
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- apexmoon
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 4:22pm
  As a conservative I think we should be welcoming immigrants from south of the border. Most of them have traditional values that match up nicely with the right. So the right should invite them in, let them work the jobs we don’t want to work (when did you ever see a white/black guy hanging around home depot looking for day work, the’re all in the unemployment line). If the right takes the lead on immigration they will remember and be conservative voters for life.
  
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- From Virginia
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 6:18pm
  Screw amnesty. If amnesty would make stoopid hispanics vote republican then they would already be voting that way since the 80′s when Reagan gave them amnesty. His reward was a democrat block. So – screw em! Get out! Go home! You contribute nothing worthwhile to this country and you’re not wanted!
  
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- SCREW-WINDOWS
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 8:37pm
  It’s hard to stop a infection with antibiotics if they are not taken as prescribed. The law is on the books enforce it.
  
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- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:34pm
  To all you GOP believers. Facts hurt.
  In 1982 Reagan got 37% of Hispanic vote.
  After thast, he gave 3.5 million Hispanics amnesty.
  The next election, Bush got 30% of the Hispanic vote, less.
  
  Get it? Why vote for a democrat lite, when you can have the real democrat?
  
  The GOP will lose with Jeb Bush in 2016. I won’t be voting for RINO’s any more.
  Go screw yourself.
  
  I’m going to vote for an honest party.
  
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- datruthmonstah
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:57am
  Anyone that thinks pining to the Latinos & Amnesty is a viable solution – isn’t thinking AT ALL.
  
  Here is the ONLY OPTION FOR THE RIGHT WING
  You have to start calling it for what it really is…. GENOCIDE.
  
  EVERY white country and ONLY white countries have been ordered to flood themselves with hundreds of millions of foreigners and FORCE ASSIMILATE themselves to create a “Brown Future”.
  
  “Anti-Racists” say that any white child who doesn’t embrace this program is a KKK NEONAZI WHITE TRASH WHITE SUPREMACIST XENOPHOBIC RACIST
  
  “Anti-Racists” have ONLY demanded this upon ALL and ONLY WHITE COUNTRIES
  
  This is a SPECIFIC, TARGETED, and DELIBERATE program of GENOCIDE as defined by INTERNATIONAL LAW.
  
  The TRUE GOAL of “Anti-Racism” is to single out white children for GLOBAL GENOCIDE.
  
  Anti-Racist is a codeword for Anti-White
  
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- December5
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 6:12am
  They should push securing the border, anything else is irrelevent. Read fresh political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
  
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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:21pm
  Hidden inda bill IS amnesty and citizenship and [D]-voting-rites!!
  
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- Tom70
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 12:59pm
  Erina what ever? are you willing to pay for the welfare state that this would build, the chain migration and thats not even mentioning that the Mexican’s who come here are coming for the free goodies and then vote Democrat. Obama would go from the worst president inout history to the worst King.
  Hmmm remember to keep your powder dry.
  
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- Randolph Phillips
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 5:37pm
  Eirana, the quote in your post is “The Grand Bargain” proposed by the 2nd Bush administration in 2007. In exchange for a fence, Bush, McCain, Kennedy, and Graham offerred this. Give Amnesty to 10-20 million illegal aliens and a path to citizenship, which would allow them to bring all their family members over ((40-50 million relatives), and allow higher numbers of immigrants to come in here each year legally since the border would be closed to illegal entry.
  
  Some Compromise. We’ll close the border if more can come legally, 10-20 million here now can stay, become citizens, and bring all their family members over–50-70 million people in all, and let more people in legally than we do now. Another several million each year?
  
  Ronald Reagan signed the first amnesty, in 1986., It was thought around 300,000 illegals were in the US. George Bush I extended the deadline for signing up several times, fraud abounded, and the 300,000 became 3,000,000 instead. Bush I, Clinton, and Bush II ignored tillegal immigration. In Fact, NAFTA envisioned open borders throughout the world, so corporations could get employees from anywhere to anywhere. Reagan said the Amnesty was his greatest regret as President.
  
  This Amnesty campaign would be going on even if Romney had won. Those who claim he lost because he only got 27% of 8% of the vote would now claim the GOP would have to get a bigger share of the 8% of the vote which is latino to win future elections. Theyre selli
  
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- polijunkie100
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 10:32pm
  I really don’t have a big problem with amnesty as such. I mean illegal entry is, what, a Federal misdemeanor? Let ‘em pay a fine or something. Where Reagan got hosed was when he agreed to citizenship for illegal entrants. Think about it. If a legal immigrant committed a Federal crime of any sort they would face deportation. They certainly would never be eligible to become a citizen. Amnesty for illegal entry is a political decision. If you like, go for it and get the votes. However, American citizenship is a very, very, precious thing and should not be handed out like a bag of chips at your local sub shop.
  
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- pcisbs
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 6:38am
  EVERYONE’S ANSWER DISREGARDS THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WEALTH FROM STOLEN FROM THE AMERICAN CITIZEN, TO BENEFIT ILLEGAL ALIENS. FORGET ABOUT MORE AMNESTY – THE PROBLEM IS ENTITLEMENT HANDOUTS. NO COUNTRY ON THE PLANET PROVIDES FINANCIAL HANDOUTS TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE ILLEGALLY ENTERED THE COUNTRY. WE MUST SECURE OUR BORDERS, IN THE SAME MANNER MEXICO DOES ITS SOUTHERN BORDER- 1st and foremost stop enticing people to come here illegally. However, right now, everything is a dream for the future, as long as Obama is in the White House working against what’s best for America. In 2012 alone, Marxist President Obama met 6 times with Mexico’s President to put in place a program aimed to educate Mexican Nationals while they were in Mexico how to suck entitlement benefits for the US Bureaucratic Leviathan.: explaining and teaching future Illegal aliens how to attain US tax payer funded welfare, food stamps, Section 8 housing subsidies and other entitlement benefit handouts; after they have illegally entered the United States of America.
  
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- pcisbs
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 6:38am
  EVERYONE’S ANSWER DISREGARDS THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WEALTH FROM STOLEN FROM THE AMERICAN CITIZEN, TO BENEFIT ILLEGAL ALIENS. FORGET ABOUT MORE AMNESTY – THE PROBLEM IS ENTITLEMENT HANDOUTS. NO COUNTRY ON THE PLANET PROVIDES FINANCIAL HANDOUTS TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE ILLEGALLY ENTERED THE COUNTRY. WE MUST SECURE OUR BORDERS, IN THE SAME MANNER MEXICO DOES ITS SOUTHERN BORDER- 1st and foremost stop enticing people to come here illegally. However, right now, everything is a dream for the future, as long as Obama is in the White House working against what’s best for America. In 2012 alone, Marxist President Obama met 6 times with Mexico’s President to put in place a program aimed to educate Mexican Nationals while they were in Mexico how to suck entitlement benefits for the US Bureaucratic Leviathan.: explaining and teaching future Illegal aliens how to attain US tax payer funded welfare, food stamps, Section 8 housing subsidies and other entitlement benefit handouts; after they have illegally entered the United States of America.
  
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shorelineliz
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:41pm
This Article is Mind Numbing in its Dereliction of Duty. As far as Reporting Goes. First, Mitt Romney had this election sewn up. It was straight up thieved through Voter Fraud, okay? We were in another country watching the results and we could see that clearly. We watched the Swing States hand the election to Obama and we knew something was wrong. It happened so fast and we knew it was cheating. So, even without the Hispanic vote, Romney had enough other votes. Then lo and behold we find out that there was Massive Voter Fraud in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Enough to give Obama the election. So, let’s stop reporting that Hispanics were the key to the Obama win. Then, let’s tackle the serpentine nature of the article above. Does it escape your mind that there is a picture of a man who is reported to be an activist and an “illegal immigrant.” What is he still doing in the United States pray tell? He is ILLEGAL! Why is he not deported? Why is he allowed to be an activist? Why is he standing with a woman who is also Illegal? This just blows my mind! There is not a single country that i know of that would allow people with no legal status and no legal papers to remain in their country so what is the problem with the United States? I agree with the comment that says that if 15 million Hispanics get legal status there will never be another GOP elected and perhaps that is already true. The GOP will end. Our country will be another Liberation Theology South American Marxist Dictatorship

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- Fubared
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:49pm
  Bravo, well said.
  
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- BasketFullOfPuppies
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 2:17pm
  I don’t like how the election turned out. But, all you have is rhetoric, suspicion and opinion. You have no facts to back up voter fraud. I do know that FreedomWorks has been trying to find proof. At least, they have the honesty to admit that they’ve found nothing. Opinion is not fact.
  
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- jims3rdwife
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 2:23pm
  agree with your comment. Please read this article about vote fraud, it will blow you away. Then ask yourself why NOONE, not Beck, not Limbaugh is talking about it.. http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/why-the-gop-will-not-do-anything-about-vote-fraud/
  
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Pauln
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:38pm
The GOP needs to go back to their conservative values and unite with the tea party not try to take advantage and continue to do business as usual. They don’t need to change traditional values to “accommodate” others that may want to vote for them. The only reason they loss the election was because they try to B,S the American people that wanted REAL change. Plus most of those complaining today didn’t even show up to vote.

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- doomytram
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:46pm
  I believe Obozo stole about 3-5 million votes with his Soros voting machine algorithms, but that said.
  
  Look Let ME be Clear! LOW information voters no nothing about anything but Rubbers, BC sponges, BC, abortions, Dog in a dog carrier, 47%, Gay Marraige, Crock of Sheoyte’s, Dancing with the Stars et al.
  
  Obozo voter drones are nothing but Mis/Dis/Ill and Maximum Uninformed shill sheep who is one of the 4 horseman of treachery. The disastrous Obozo is like a combination of Barney Fife and Van Jones. Heavy on dictatorship side of his clown shes.
  
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longknifed
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:38pm
Maybe America could send a 30-million man expeditionary force into Mexico to see how they like it? It could be a collection of criminals, colonists and shrew businessmen to undermine Mexican society. But that would violate Mexican sovereignty and international law because that can only happen here.

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freeberty
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:31pm
I don’t think they’re going far enough, amnesty with a free phone sounds just about right.

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- Git-R-Done
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 8:25pm
  Typical leftist who hates America. Excuse me if it’s NOT a right to come into this country and we should have every right to determine who gets to come into this country. We also shouldn’t have to give any government benefits to non US citizens.
  
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hauschild
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:26pm
“The Party’s Future Could Depend on it”

So say the RINO’s.

Be gone all ye RINO’s. Nobody wants to purchase any of the crap yer peddlin’.

If the party’s future depends on immigration reform (reform is a BS word – should be amnesty and open borders), I want absolutely no part of that party.

Call me old fashioned, curmudgeonly – I couldn’t care less.

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- TexanRon
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:38pm
  @Hauschild: Ok, you are old-fasioned and crumudgeonly, and I am right there with you.
  
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- jmm124567
  Posted on December 31, 2012 at 8:22pm
  Well then let the party die you extremist!
  
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Red Meat
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:26pm
You see Billy, your assumption is the posters here support the Republican party. I would suggest that is an inaccurate assumption right now.

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- BasketFullOfPuppies
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 2:13pm
  You are correct, at least in my case. I just sent an email to the GOP, telling them that they could no longer count on my support. I am so tired having to choose the lesser of two evils. I’m not going to do it anymore. I do hope that someone comes up with a VIABLE alternative, and that a sizable portion of America wakes up without an R or D after their name. Other than that, I am going to trust in God, His will be done. But, I am NOT going to be a part of furthering our decline, in any way. Politics can go to hell, with the rest of the country… should they choose that path.
  
  To paraphrase Reagan, I didn’t leave the parties. They left me. BOTH of them.
  
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- Marine25
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 3:57pm
  inaccurate right now. But you’ll be back. I exited stage left in 2004. Never to return. Except to the Blaze for entertainment.
  
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- Git-R-Done
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 8:27pm
  Marine – No surprise that you became an idiotic Marxist. You can’t make it on your own, so you want the government to steal from those who can make it on their own.
  
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Marsh626
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:19pm
Republicans and conservatives are making the fatal mistake of thinking they’ll “woo” over “hispanics” by supporting amnesty and mass immigration and by putting forth more “hispanic” Republican candidates. It won’t work. All you’ll be doing is giving tens of millions of “hispanics” the ability to loyally vote Democrat for generations.

The only way for the Republican Party (and America) to survive is to take the exact opposite path. They need to ruthlessly crack down on illegal immigration. They need to start supporting systematic arrests of all illegal immigrants, detaining them and deporting them. And they need to secure the borders.

They also need to crack down on legal immigration and adopt a Japanese-style immigration policy where only a few thousand highly educated and well behaved immigrants are allowed in each year.

They also need to start pandering to White voters and Males and encourage Whites to have more children.

And they need to support our pre-1965 immigration policies that gave priority to White immigrants.

Obviously none of this will happen because the Republican Party is full of politically correct “liberal” morons who would rather go extinct and destroy America than embrace the ugly fact that they’re the party of White people.

And so that’s what will happen. You’ll allow the Republican Party and the country to become a socialist 3rd world cesspool.

By the way, I’m done with The Blaze. I won’t support a site that p

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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:21pm
  Right on Marsh. You got it.
  
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- Locked
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:23pm
  “They also need to start pandering to White voters and Males and encourage Whites to have more children.”
  
  Oh hey there, blatant racial politicking.
  
  “By the way, I’m done with The Blaze.”
  
  Good. It sounds like you’re not a conservative anyway. More likely a troll set up to make actual conservatives look like racist ******.
  
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- Eirana
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:28pm
  Unfortunately I agree with all of this, except for maybe your last sentence since I don’t know what the end was. Like most minorities Latinos are part of moocher nation. To think they will vote Republican because of some social stance is absurd. They will vote for whomever gives them the most stuff.
  
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- checkingbothsides
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 3:57pm
  I don’t know why Marsh626 is leaving The Blaze. He sounds like he fits right in here.
  
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- Git-R-Done
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 8:28pm
  Locked – Don’t get upset that it’s the truth that the left wants as many blacks and Hispanics dependent upon the government as possible.
  
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- dealer@678
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 10:31pm
  Eirana, BINGO
  
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- Randolph Phillips
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 5:59pm
  This post is essentially right.The Bush Family has run the Republican Party since Reagan left office, and they are neo Rockefeller (liberal ) “Republicans”. Their chief political consultants are Ralph Reed and Karl Rove, and the “Christian Right” among the family’s stanuchest supporters.
  
  The idea that latinos are “religious” and therefore “conservative” and Republicans should chase them is the same argument Reed used for Republicans in a effort to get 25% of the black vote–3% of the national vote–to vote Republican. Reed’s reasoning was that–once you got past Civil Rights and other big government programs–blacks, being “conservative christians” would vote Republlican. Didn’t get then anywhere, even with Colin Powell and Defense and Condi Rice at State–both of whom went Obama in 2008 and 2012. Their argument is just a scam.
  
  The Bush family has been for Amnesty since 1986, just as they are determined to make JeeeBBB the third Bush President. Even now, they’re teaming up with Obama to get amnesty, and sites like The Blaze are helping them out. Is “The Blaze” supporting Bush 3 for President already? Looks like it from these articles.
  
  I will never vote for another Republican until they are smart enough to send the Bush family out the door.
  
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Metallicat
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:18pm
I think the US should annex Mexico or invade and take over the country,if we wont secure the border. Their government is a corrupt cohort of the DNC,that helps steal elections by providing illegal voters. how is this not a foreign power corrupting our election process? How is the DNC not treasonous by encouraging illegal foreign voters to corrupt our system?

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2smart4libs
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:17pm
If your so stupid you think the GOOP needs to make illeagle reformed you need to shut the damn tv off. The election had to do with the SANTA STATE not reform. If the GOP wants that type than we need to give away the store and the hell with doing for yourself. THis will end the GOP

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RoDogg
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:14pm
the only real hope for conservatism is to educate the mass ignorance in this country. Till then, whats the point. You cant get people to worry about things they dont know about or understand. It took decades to get 12% of high school seniors to barely meet proficiency in US history. I fear it will take equally as long to correct it.

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Metallicat
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:10pm
Is it a divisive wall between Republicans and legal latinos or illegal aliens seeking amnesty? The latter shouldnt even have a say,as they arent legal residents with the right to vote. If we abandon our laws for one ethnic group,how is that equality for all ethnic groups seeking to become citizens?

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- Locked
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:20pm
  “Is it a divisive wall between Republicans and legal latinos or illegal aliens seeking amnesty?”
  
  Both. Legal Latino voters go overwhelmingly for the Democrats, and it’s not likely due to immigration. Meanwhile, if it’s only the Democrats making offers of amnesty or paths to citizenship for illegals, do you think those people when legal will vote for the GOP? Not likely.
  
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- Git-R-Done
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 8:30pm
  Locked – How come when Reagan gave amnesty to the illegals in 1986, they didn’t see an increase in Hispanics supporting the GOP in the 1988 Presidential election? I’ll give you a hint, it has to do with all of the welfare programs.
  
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moreteaplease
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:10pm
Whoopdie doo!!! The GOP has become nothing more than another arm of the progressive movement in this country.

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- Marsh626
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:25pm
  Indeed. Most Republicans and conservatives are delusional idiots who actually think that “hispanics” and blacks are “natural conservatives” who are on the cusp of swapping their political allegiance… All we gotta do is go to their ghettos and campaign there and support amnesty!
  
  *eye roll*
  
  What’s actually going to happen is conservative White Americans leaving the Republican Party in droves for a more extremist movement.
  
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longknifed
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:09pm
The neocons wanted this all along. They want both parties to mirror each other so that the Israel-first policy can be America’s singular raison de’etat.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/bill-kristol-gun-control-aurora-shooting_n_1694537.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdXrmIyeeEA

It will take the sword to correct the damage that these spies have wrought onto the fatherland.

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ResistSocialism
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:08pm
Is this a trick question.

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truthnstuff
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:08pm
No worries, the GOP RINOs have no spine or principles. They will drool from the corners of theor mouths as they go on a defensive posture and grab their ankles.

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Mil-Dot
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:07pm
You know what, if those GOP bastards had not opened the flood gates and let them pour in like water in the first place, we would not be in this mess with Obama that we are now in. If they had sealed the border like real Americans instead of the criminals they are, Romney would have been elected. Subtract 20 million or so illegals that voted and it would have been a cake walk. So, let the GOPPERS suck eggs. They are dispicable traitors.

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- Marine25
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 6:45pm
  I think the ‘GOP bastard’ you are referring to is Ronald Reagan.
  20 million illegals voting?
  You need to get out more, read a book, at least change the channel.
  
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- Git-R-Done
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 8:32pm
  Marine25 – You need to stop reading Karl Marx crap and get out in the real world. If you had any brain cells or life experience, you’d know that it’s pretty easy to fraudulently vote in this country.
  
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Owt_Raged
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:06pm
We don’t need reform, we need enforcement of our existing laws. If you hire an illegal, you should be fined, if you do it 3 times, no more business license in the US. If you get caught in the US illegally, you should be deported immediately, you don’t get a trial, you aren’t even supposed to be here, how can we give you due process?
If you are an immigrant, no welfare, so taxpayer supported social programs. You have a sponsor, if you can’t support yourself, then it’s their responsibility, they signed for you. If you are here illegally, you may have emergency medical care, then you will be deported.
And no more immigration while unemployment is above 5.5%. At 5.6% unemployment, all immigration ceases.

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:12pm
  Exactly. Why is this commonsense reasoning so difficult to understand? Americans for America first.
  
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 12:56pm
No. The GOP need not budge on immigration reform. It does not matter what they do with immigration the latinos entering now are uneducable peasants and are here for freebies. They will vote Demo regardless. The more you deport and the more you block the better chance the GOP will have. If the GOP gets lax on immigration they will lost their base and a third party will rise.

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:07pm
  Secure our borders. We’re doing it for other nations around the world as we are being invaded.
  
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- naughtycal
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:08pm
  the GOP is dead……it is nothing but a lighter version of the democratic socialist party……..time to cut the progressives of the repub. time for the rise of the libertarian party
  
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- randy
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:10pm
  WE NEED a 3rd Party!
  Send the illegal aliens packing. We need union reform in this country. we need to punish voter fraud severely! We need to stop Gov’t handouts!, enact TERM LIMITS! Does anyone else smell the revolution and a civil war coming? Where is our military that has taken an oath to defend the constitution and our country from all enemies foreign and DOMESTIC?
  
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 12:55pm
Ha! Future of the party? What future? This means nothing. The ONLY thing that matters right now is fiscal and monetary sanity. Everything else is just distraction. So what, you somehow retroactively claim that a crime isn’t a crime. You offer amnesty. And now these people are going to become conservatives? (not that the GOP is in any way conservative) How naive are you? If you are going to do that you might as well give them some stuff while you’re at it eh? Let’s go full progressive. Why not?

If you are here illegally you go home. Why is that so hard?

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- oldguy49
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:01pm
  we tried amnesty in the 80″s under Regan……we got 12 million more illegals…….why don’t we as americans just learn spanish and forgetaboutit
  
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Pork_Anvil
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 12:55pm
Tough times to be a conservative.

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- Fubared
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:53pm
  Pretty comfy in all actuality porky. Perhaps you should research long pork and the propensity for the lesser side of the economic curve to partake. It’s a worldwide occurance, every civilization has resorted to it in lean and mean times, and you advertise yourself as such. Ick.
  
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- Pork_Anvil
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 2:31pm
  Right. If you were comfy, you wouldn’t have gotten all wee-weed up over the election. Country is leaving you righties behind!
  
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- Git-R-Done
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 8:34pm
  Pork – While your Marxist ideology is going to fail once again and excuse me if self reliant people like myself shouldn’t have to support you lazy bums.
  
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rdk
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 12:55pm
Is immigration (illegal and legal) working as it should? The answer is no. Therefore, it is time for pragmatic reform.

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The_Jerk
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 12:52pm
“many of whom embrace conservative, if not Biblical values.”

The last election proves this to be false. The Latino class are moochers and takers who helped elect the looters. The facts speak louder than the propaganda.

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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:20pm
  The Jerk has it right. When a voting legitimacy of a country is perverted and the qualifications to vote are abandoned the country is lost. The invaders will pour in like water and a racial war will eventally ensue. Thanks a lot you goppers. You will not escape the carnage you have created. Your families will suffer right along side all of ours.
  
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Cavallo
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 12:52pm
Hispanics vote for gifts from Santa. Might as well dissolve the southern border. Seems a waste of money now. Only Asians, Europeans, and others should have to follow immigration laws. Mexico is such a wonderful place, full of light, peace and prosperity. We would do well to turn our sovereignty over to them .

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RIGHT_WHERE_IT_HURTS
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 12:51pm
There’s not even a ‘divisive wall’ between us and El Republic Banana. What a sham of a joke of a crock.

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- shorelineliz
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:45pm
  You are right. This article is a CROCK in that respect. What we have is 15 million LAWLESS Hispanics who NOT respect our rule of law, living off our land, our resources, taking jobs from Americans. They are parasitical. They are leeches. They come here. They have Anchor BAbies. Which we need to stop. We need every illegal who is here deported. They have no legal standing yet we know they are voting in our elections. That is proven. They have a DISCONNECT between their supposed Christian beliefs and voting just like African Americans do. The GOP needs to FIGHT the DNC and give MORAL Americans a platform. Otherwise, they will be no more. A sinister form of Christianized Marxism (Liberation Theology) will be the norm in this country. Cuba here we come!
  
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