The Pew Hispanic Center, one of the Pew Research organizations, released a report back in September that I just came across as a result of re-reading a quote from back in 2000 from Bill Richardson.
The study, with a summary published on the Pew Hispanic Center’s site under the headline, “Hispanics See Their Situation in U.S. Deteriorating; Oppose Key Immigration Enforcement Measures”, seems to point out, without stating the fact, that the majority of people interviewed for opinions for the study were illegal aliens from Mexico or other Central or South American country.
Back in 2000, current New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, who served as a member of Bill Clinton’s cabinet, spoke at the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. One comment he made was: “What do Hispanics want? Fully funded government programs!”
The Pew Hispanic Center report summary is somewhat revealing of attitudes in the Hispanic community around the country.
- 81 percent (four out of every five) say immigration enforcement should be left federal authorities rather than the local police
Sure, why not? If the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are the only ones performing immigration enforcement, guess what? It means that more and more illegal aliens will be able to slip into the U.S., stay with less chance of being nabbed, and not worry too much about being deported. Gee, what a nice thought.
- 76 percent disapprove of workplace raids
Again, it’s all about not getting caught doing something illegal. Like any other criminal element, those bearing guilt never want law enforcement to do raids.
- 73 percent disapprove of the criminal prosecution of undocumented immigrants who are working without authorization
What a surprise. Why would they want their friends, or in some cases, themselves or family members, who knowingly violated immigration laws, to be prosecuted for illegal immigration, as well as working with a stolen identity, or, in many cases, for cash? Either way, the work of these “undocumented” (read that as illegal) workers is being done illegally.
- 70 percent disapprove of the criminal prosecution of employers who hire undocumented immigrants
Again, this isn’t much of a surprise, either. If a group of people, whether illegal aliens themselves or family members of friends of illegal aliens, who would want to see the employer face criminal prosecution? It would be going against everything they believe in, as if the employer is prosecuted, the business could go out of business due to large fines. That wouldn’t be a good outcome for the illegal community, now would it?
- 53 percent disapprove of a requirement that employers check a federal database to verify the immigration status of all prospective hires
Would anyone want a background check done if they knew their identity, or the identity of a family member or friend, would be detected as an illegal alien? It wouldn’t be logical for anyone to have their name run through a database if they knew something less-than-desired would be he result.
The Pew Hispanic Center survey also shows that a large number of “Latinos worry about deportation.”
- 40 percent say they worry a lot, while an additional 17 percent say they worry some, that they themselves, a family member or a close friend may be deported. (57 percent total are worried about deportation in one form or another.)
Why would anyone need to worry about deportation for themselves or a family member if they had entered the United States legally? Bingo! They worry because there’s good cause to worry: they, their friends, or family members entered the U.S. illegally, and as such, there’s good cause to be worried. Sadly, there’s not enough I.C.E. agents to provide adequate enforcement of immigration laws.
- In 2007, 53 percent of Latino adults said that they worried a lot or some about deportation (Pew Hispanic Center 2007)
Again, this shows the reality of the situation. There have been more raids, so the worry rate has increased. Come January 20, 2009, though, some of the heat may be off, as President-elect Barack Hussein Obama, is “sensitive” to the worries of illegal immigrants.
Obama’s country of birth, and, as a result, American citizenship, may be in question if some challenges to his birth records are correct. In fact, if the challenges are successful in demonstrating that Obama is not an American citizen by birth, it will be really interesting to watch the Constitution enforced by Congress. Or will the Constitution be enforced by a bunch of weak-kneed Obamites in Washingtong?
There is also some speculation the president-elect may actually wave his magic Obamite wand and grant citizenship to all the illegals, or perhaps illegals from one or two specific countries, which would be a horrendous and potentially treasonous act.
Then again, Obama may have another reason for granting citizenship to illegal aliens, namely his dear auntie who is an illegal alien.
Read the complete Pew Hispanic Center report, in PDF format, at http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/93.pdf. Remember, to open PDF files, you need to have a PDF viewer, such as the free Adobe Reader, installed on your computer.
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