{"id":85551,"date":"2016-01-17T10:57:57","date_gmt":"2016-01-17T18:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=85551"},"modified":"2016-01-17T10:57:57","modified_gmt":"2016-01-17T18:57:57","slug":"ann-coulter-with-amnesty-elites-conspire-against-the-middle-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=85551","title":{"rendered":"Ann Coulter: With amnesty, elites conspire against the middle class"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Post<\/a>: Controversial firebrand Ann Coulter\u2019s new book, \u201cAdios, America,\u201d argues that fettered immigration is destroying the country by driving down the salaries of the middle class while increasing their tax burden. And it\u2019s the elites on both sides \u2014 right and left \u2014 who are making it happen. An excerpt:<\/p>\n

This is \u201cGoodbye,\u201d America. Adios. Paalam Na. No further warning will be issued.<\/p>\n

For 40 years, the people have tried to tell politicians they want less immigration, but the politicians won\u2019t listen.<\/p>\n

Every single elite group in America is aligned against the public \u2014 the media, ethnic activists, big campaign donors, Wall Street, multimillionaire farmers and liberal \u201cchurches.\u201d<\/p>\n

They all want mass immigration from the Third World to continue. Both political parties connive to grant illegal aliens citizenship and bring in millions more legally, and the media hide the evidence.<\/p>\n

Their game plan is: Never allow an honest debate on immigration.<\/p>\n

Only in the case of immigration is the public systematically lied to from every major news outlet. They tell us, for example:<\/p>\n

Polls show the public overwhelmingly supports \u201ccomprehensive immigration reform.\u201d<\/p>\n

No poll shows this. The Left uses polls to manipulate public opinion, rather than quantify it. Typical is a Brookings Institution Poll that asked respondents to choose between two ways to solve the illegal immigration problem: \u201cArrest and deport all those who are here illegally\u201d or \u201cProvide an earned path to citizenship.\u201d Absolutely no one has proposed that we deport all those here illegally \u2014 much less \u201carrest\u201d them. But can\u2019t I be against amnesty without voting for rounding up illegals at gunpoint? No! Look at the menu \u2014 no substitutions!<\/p>\n

Immigrants are doing jobs Americans just won\u2019t do.<\/p>\n

Americans are perfectly happy to do all manner of jobs \u2014 they just won\u2019t do them for $7 an hour. Unions used to care about that, but now they just want political power. Democrats want the votes; certain business interests want the cheap labor. So both parties have conspired against the middle class.<\/p>\n

Amnesty will be fantastic for the economy.<\/p>\n

Unless we\u2019re talking about the Mexican economy, this is patently ridiculous. Adding another 30 million poor, unskilled, non-taxpaying, welfare-receiving people to America is good only for government workers and employers who refuse to mechanize their operations or pay Americans one dollar more.<\/p>\n

Hispanics will never vote for Republicans unless they pass amnesty.
\nFirst of all, moron Republicans: If they can\u2019t vote, they can\u2019t vote against you. Second, Hispanics who are citizens don\u2019t care about amnesty! They\u2019re already in. They vote 8-2 for the Democrats because they like big government. In 2011, 73% of California Hispanics said they\u2019d support a candidate who wanted to \u201csecure the border first, stop illegal immigration, and then find a way to address the status of people already here illegally.\u201d In a 2014 Univision poll, 58% chose \u201cRequire border security first\u201d over \u201cPass immigration reform.\u201d<\/p>\n

Americans are under no moral obligation to grant amnesty to people who have broken our laws.<\/p>\n

The American electorate isn\u2019t moving to the left \u2014 it\u2019s shrinking. No minds have been changed. Democrats just brought in a new group of voters whose minds don\u2019t need to be changed.<\/p>\n

Back when Democrats still claimed to represent working Americans, they opposed illegal immigration. Since being taken over by the Far Left, all that matters to them is changing the electorate to one that doesn\u2019t mind liberal insanity.<\/p>\n

A nation\u2019s immigration policies are at least as important as, say, going to war. But the media have decided that who gets to live in America is none of America\u2019s business.<\/p>\n

The public can\u2019t be trusted with the truth. Go back to the kids\u2019 table. The grown-ups are deciding this. Anyone who challenges the elite consensus on immigration will be swarmed with blitzkrieg attacks.<\/p>\n

It can be difficult to discuss America\u2019s immigration policies when it\u2019s considered racist merely to say, \u201cWe liked America the way it was.\u201d<\/p>\n

The media convince people to believe lies by the simple process of repetition: Diversity is a strength! We\u2019re a nation of immigrants! It\u2019s a crisis to have people living in the shadows!<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t mean to be obtuse, but why is it a crisis that illegal aliens are \u201cliving in the shadows\u201d? I forget. We need to bring in more people who will drive down the wages of our fellow Americans because \u2014 why again?<\/p>\n

It is not a crisis for Americans that other people have come into their country illegally and now find it uncomfortable to be living here breaking the law. It\u2019s supposed to be uncomfortable to break the law. Perhaps illegal aliens should have considered that before coming.<\/p>\n

Americans are being asked to respond to the world\u2019s oldest joke: A guy kills his parents, then throws himself on the court\u2019s mercy as an orphan.<\/p>\n

How did all these illegal aliens get into \u201cthe shadows\u201d in the first place? They weren\u2019t kidnapped and dragged across the border. They came here. At most \u2014 and this is dubious \u2014 it\u2019s a crisis for the illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n

But \u201cliving in the shadows\u201d is evidently better than living in Guadalajara, otherwise, there\u2019s an easy solution.<\/p>\n

Living in the shadows doesn\u2019t seem to be much of a crisis even for them.<\/p>\n

Americans are being asked to respond to the world\u2019s oldest joke: A guy kills his parents, then throws himself on the court\u2019s mercy as an orphan.<\/p>\n

Any amnesty is an inducement to illegal aliens. If you choose to argue it\u2019s not, I refer you to history. This is not the first time Americans have been promised secure borders in return for amnesty.<\/p>\n

The 1986 Simpson-Mazzoli Act, also known as \u201cThe Charlie Brown and Lucy with Football Act,\u201d was supposed to end illegal immigration forever: Give us amnesty one time, then: Never again.<\/p>\n

Illegal immigration sextupled.<\/p>\n

Contrary to everything you\u2019ve heard, the only options are not: Amnesty or deporting 11 million people. There\u2019s also the option of letting them stay in the shadows \u2014 or the same thing we\u2019ve been doing for the last 30 years.<\/p>\n

Americans are under no moral obligation to grant amnesty to people who have broken our laws. \u201cThe moral thing to do\u201d is usually defined as \u201cfollowing the law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Historically, Democrats have found it fun and profitable to bully Republicans into taking suicidal positions. This latest push for amnesty is approximately the Republicans\u2019 fifth mugging.<\/p>\n

As with all disastrous legislation, Republicans are being told, \u201cWe have got to do this yesterday!\u201d<\/p>\n

Debate any urgent liberal demand long enough, and the problem usually just goes away.<\/p>\n

The fact that Democrats want 30 million new voters is not a good enough reason to ignore the law and screw over American workers, as well as legal immigrants already here.<\/p>\n

How about Republicans try this: We\u2019re not giving you anything \u2014 not even half \u2014 because there\u2019s no reason to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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