Democrats Were Once Against Illegal Immigration Before They Were For It

By Robin Itzler;

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We focus on how Europe is disappearing before our eyes, but it’s happening in the United States, too. Prior to 1965, about 85 percent of all immigrants to the United States came from Europe. The majority were white Christians. Only 10 percent came from Mexico and Latin America.

Today, nearly half of all immigrants are from Mexico and Latin America. Another 30 percent comes from South and East Asia. Europe and Canada comprise only about 12 percent.

Republicans welcome LEGAL immigration. There was a time when Democrat leaders also believed in secure borders and legal immigration into the United States. For example, in past speeches, these Democrat leaders ALL sounded like President Donald Trump.

Then-Senator Barack Obama—April 3, 2006; speaking on the floor (excerpt):

“The American people are a welcoming and generous people. But those who enter our country illegally, and those who employ them, disrespect the rule of law. And because we live in an age where terrorists are challenging our borders, we simply cannot allow people to pour into the United States undetected, undocumented, and unchecked. Americans are right to demand better border security and better enforcement of the immigration laws.”

Comments by Hillary Clinton at a 2008 campaign rally (excerpts)"

“If they committed a crime, deport them. They’re gone. And you have to try to learn English and you have to wait in line. …So I think we gotta have tough conditions, tell people to come out of the shadows. If they’ve committed a crime, deport them, no questions asked, they’re gone. If they’ve been working and law-abiding, we should say here are the conditions for your staying. You have to pay a stiff fine because you came here illegally, you have to pay back taxes, and you have to try to learn English, and you have to wait in line.”

Bernie Sanders during 2020 campaign; told to Washington Post reporter:

“Oh my god, there’s a lot of poverty in this world, and you’re going to have people from all over the world. And I don’t think that’s something that we can do at this point. Can’t do it.”

President Bill Clinton; 1995 State of the Union address: 

“All Americans, not only in the states most heavily affected but in every place in this country, are rightly disturbed by the large numbers of illegal aliens entering our country. The jobs they hold might otherwise be held by citizens or legal immigrants. The public service they use imposes burdens on our taxpayers. That's why our administration has moved aggressively to secure our borders more by hiring a record number of new border guards, by deporting twice as many criminal aliens as ever before, by cracking down on illegal hiring, by barring welfare benefits to illegal aliens."

Why do Democrats now support illegal Immigration?   It’s ridiculous, but the Census (conducted every 10 years) counts ALL residents residing in the United States of America, regardless of immigration status. For every 760,000 or so ILLEGAL ALIENS who are deported = one congressional seat. Plus, the number of congressional seats is how the number of Electoral College electors per state are chosen.