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Home Front: Politix

Gregory Kane: O'Malley's weak pander to illegal immigrants as "new Americans"

2010-10-19

[Washington Examiner]

Did I hear Maryland Gov. Martin I'm with the band! O'Malley, D, right during his second debate with former Republican Gov. Robert Ehrlich? Did O'Malley call illegal immigrants "new Americans"?

Good thing I recorded that debate on a DVD. I replayed it Saturday night, and O'Malley's exact quote was this, part of his response to a question about illegal immigration.

"There is this nativism rising up and this desire to blame new Americans for the problems in our economy."

Yeah, he said it. And Ehrlich was quick to pounce on the gaffe.

"If somebody breaks in my house, is that a new member of my family that night?"

At another point in the debate, Ehrlich aimed this salvo at O'Malley: "I think we have finally focused on the problem: The governor doesn't understand the fundamentals of state government."

Posted by:Fred

#1 I live in a border state, 8 miles from the border with Mexico. Most illegals that come through the "fence" near my town are heading to Tucson or Phoenix to be picked up and transported to states (Maryland, North Carolina, Washington state, Oregon and every state in between) where they are welcomed with open arms by employers looking for cheap labor. This has been going on for so long that many have raised families in the U.S. and expect their children to have legal status as citizens. Many don't remember that the amnesty of the Reagan presidency failed to solve anything because the open borders remained and we have what we have today. Close the border by what ever means necessary, heavily fine employers who hire illegals, clamp down on illegal welfare and education programs which encourage border crossers' families to come here and seriously examine the insane notion that an illegal immigrants children born in the U.S. are automatically citizens of this country. The idea of expelling 12 million (probably closer to 20 million) is insane, so solutions which stop the in-flow and encourage the out-flow should be our goal. And stop the excessive delay in processing legal immigrants who would be an asset to our country.

Posted by: R.U. Cereus 2010-10-19 16:37

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