We can’t say what sickens us more – the pro-illegal immigration special interest groups, or those who are deliberately passing out the misrepresentations and misinformation campaigns against the one entity who is trying to comply with what is federal law; moreover, the one entity that is trying something even remotely close to immigration reform.
The following is from Newsweek.com except for obvious commentary brought to you by our staff. Today came the news that the National Association of Evangelicals is launching a new campaign in support of comprehensive immigration reform. It'll debut with a full-page ad in Roll Call on Thursday that will argue for including a path to citizenship for immigrants who are in the country illegally.
Of course our first question is why? Why argue for including those individuals who have knowingly, willingly, and without looking ahead toward the consequences of their actions, just decided to help themselves to the comforts of American living. Does America stand for "rewards to law breakers"? Our second question is a little more challenging: Who is aware of the associated costs that are without question just ahead as well?
The question is this: If there is a path to citizenship for illegal aliens in the country, then, upon receiving some residency status, who will be paying the costs of reunification of the families’ bill that is being negotiated as we type? And is the NAE going to flip the bill for the homosexual partners of not just illegal’s but for all of the homosexual couples on the planet?
Back to Newsweek article: Among the signatories are Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention and Mathew Staver of Liberty University School of Law, part of the institution founded by Jerry Falwell. According to CNN, the NAE will follow up by lobbying Republican leaders in Washington to negotiate with Democrats to pass a bill.
There is a reason why some Republican’s don’t want to negotiate with Democrats on this particular legislation. Democrats have beyond equivocation shown their true colors of immorality, lack of ethics, lying, misrepresentation, and of course, misinformation to the press that no one can deny in the form of the HealthCare bill which according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is now an additional $100 billion in lack of funding exactly what Republicans warned about. Furthermore, there is some underlying skullduggery in the form of stimulus and earmarks given out by Democrats; therefore, would you want to deal with them?
Newsweek: This is a notable development. When Congress last tackled immigration reform in 2007, the association wasn't on board. That contributed to the effort's demise, according to the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, head of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, which represents about 16 million Latino evangelicals. As he espoused later that year, "If white evangelicals had supported immigration reform, that [bill] would have passed." (Could this be racist?) He spent the next few years arguing passionately for his white brethren to join the cause. His and others' pleas, along with the fact that Hispanics are one of the fastest- growing segments of the evangelical community, eventually brought the NAE around.
The problem, however, is that there's a disconnect between evangelical leaders and the grassroots. According to a 2006 Pew Research Center poll, white evangelicals have deeper misgivings about immigration than either white mainline Protestants or white Catholics. Sixty-three percent of the evangelicals said immigrants threaten "traditional American customs and values," compared with 51 percent of the Protestants and 48 percent of the Catholics. Moreover, 64 percent of the evangelicals said immigrants "are a burden because they take our jobs, housing, and health care," compared with 52 percent of the Protestants and 56 percent of the Catholics. The original Newsweek story was written by Ms. Arian Campo-Flores and a wonderful hat-tip to her; if you want to read her entire article please click here.
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