Major Party Conventions Ignore Illegal Immigration
Sept. 5, 2008
The political conventions are over. Democrats are excited about Barack Obama and Republicans and conservatives have found a new heroine in Gov. Sarah Palin. Both parties had good convention weeks, and the race over the next few months is sure to be exciting and momentous. But let me throw a bit of cold (or cool) water on both parties' parties. (Judicial Watch does not endorse or oppose candidates for public office.)
I couldn't help but notice while watching the coverage of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions that there has been virtually no mention of one of the most important issues facing the American people - illegal immigration. If anyone in primetime mentioned it, I missed it.
There has been virtually no mention of the 12-20 million illegal immigrants currently living in the United States. No mention of a porous southern border and the illegal alien drug runners and smugglers flooding into the United States. No mention of the Mexican military incursions that continue to place our nation's Border Patrol agents at great risk. No mention taxpayer-funded day labor sites that provide a magnet for illegals to cross the border in the first place.
And, of course, no mention of sanctuary city policies, which allow illegal alien criminals to roam the streets victimizing American citizens. (As you may have read in this space before, in just the last few months sanctuary policies in San Francisco and Culver City allowed two illegal aliens out of jail and back on the streets. Four innocent American citizens were murdered as a result.)
Now, I think there is a good reason why both political parties are ignoring this issue. Both political parties have failed to do anything to address the illegal immigration problem. In fact, presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain have actually expressed support for illegal alien amnesty, which would bestow citizenship on illegal aliens (and bring more in).
As Judicial Watch showed with a Zogby poll last year, by widespread margins, the American people want more law enforcement to address the illegal immigration crisis, not less, and are adamantly opposed to amnesty.
Both candidates talk of the need for bipartisan solutions to problems. The people of America -- blacks, whites, Hispanics, liberals, conservatives, Republicans, and Democrats want our laws against illegal immigration enforced. But Obama and McCain would rather kowtow to the open borders ideologues than the majority of Americans who want the rule of law upheld. (I was outraged to see on MSNBC this morning John McCain's campaign manager Rick Davis slander most Americans by complaining of the "nativism" of the last two years and then promote the fact that Peter Espinoza of the racist group La Raza had a speaking slot at the convention.)
By contrast, Judicial Watch has launched a nationwide campaign to enforce our nation's immigration laws, right here at SanctuaryBusters.org
- Tom Fitton