Remarks on the nation’s serious problem of illegal immigration, so keenly felt here in Arizona that we set the standard with our own law to address the issue, were uttered today by Barack Hussein Obama. His entire speech can be read here.
Some highlights:
Obama attempted to draw parallels between legal immigrants responsible for scientific breakthroughs such as Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla along with visionaries such as Andrew Carnegie and the flood of uneducated illegals entering our country in violation of our laws.
He spoke in terms of an “estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants” in the U.S., citing the same numbers that have been used for nearly a decade, and employs the soft term “undocumented immigrants,” clearly intended to deceive.
He tells us these men and women are simply seeking a better life for themselves and their children, the same rhetoric we have heard repeatedly from the pro-illegal, open border proponents. What he neglects to tell us is that he wants a grateful electorate of newly-minted citizens to register and vote for Democrats. He fails to acknowledge that a nation has not only a right but an obligation to its citizens, to secure its sovereign borders. Neither does he tell the audience that even the strongest and most powerful nation on the planet cannot absorb every person living in lesser conditions in other countries of the world.
But he does find time in his speech to give kudos to Sen. John McCain, whom he extols along with liberal icon Ted Kennedy, two of the three (Jon Kyl was omitted from the tribute ) architects of the 2006 amnesty bill known as Comprehensive Immigration Reform, shot down by the unleashed fury of the American public jamming phone lines, faxes and emails boxes. And what a surprise — McCain receives accolades from Obama for having “worked across the aisle” to promote this Shamnesty. Obama must not have spoken with the fearful senator of late. Old Johnny is now taking a very different approach with a conservative challenge on his right flank, mounted by J.D. Hayworth.
Obama blames the current untenable situation not on a failure to build a fence and enforce our laws, rather on “partisanship and election-year politics,” saying many of the 11 Republican senators who voted for amnesty in the past have now backed away from their previous support.
Then, he reprimands “states like Arizona” that have decided to take matters into their own hands, calling our efforts supported statewide by 71 percent, “ill conceived and divisive,” accusing us of fanning the flames of an “already contentious debate.”
For good measure Obama throws in Emma Lazarus, who wrote the welcoming inscription on the Statue of Liberty, telling us it is incumbent upon America “to signal one’s arrival to a place of opportunity and refuge and freedom.” The problem is, they aren’t coming through a processing port like Ellis Island, and it isn’t one. It is millions. Costly in terms of education, medical care, benefits and, oh yes, crime.
In anticipation of the delivery of this partisan midterm enhancement drivel, Michelle Malkin posted a piece titled Comprehensive immigration platitudes.
Thanks to Seeing Red AZ.
