Imperial President Promises
'Executive Amnesty'

The strategists who base their political advice on public opinion polls have just had a surprise. A new poll reports that the American people are now more likely to trust Republicans to handle immigration and less likely to trust Democrats who want to offer illegals a path to citizenship (a.k.a. amnesty). Many people have believed this for some time. But it is now confirmed in a poll taken by the pro-amnesty Wall Street Journal, so it must be so. The new survey is decisive; 35% say the Republican Party would do a better job on immigration while only 27 % say the Democrats would. That's a dramatic reversal from the previous year.

The Wall Street Journal poll also revealed another change in public opinion that should get the attention of candidates. Support for the much-discussed "pathway to citizenship" has dropped sig­nificantly from 64% in April to 53% today. The Central American kids who are crashing over our border have made it more difficult to pre­tend there is no problem.

Another pollster, the Polling Company Inc., reports that half of Americans age 65 and over sup­port a zero immigration policy and that three-quarters of respondents believe "green cards" should be given to fewer than 100,000 immi­grants per year. The Polling Com­pany also reports that Independents (47%) are more likely than Republicans (40%) or Democrats (37%) to want zero new immi­grants allowed into our country. Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, on a two-day "state visit" to Cali­fornia, speaking in Spanish to a joint session of the California state legislature on August 26, praised legislators for allowing il­legal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses and state-funded scholar­ships at public universities.

With colossal impertinence, the Mexican government attacked Texas Governor Rick Perry for sending National Guard troops to guard our southern border, saying that Mexico "deeply rejects and condemns the deployment." The Mexicans accused Perry of taking this action to advance his political ambitions. Perry did order 1,000 guardsmen to the border in July in support roles to assist the Texas De­partment of Public Safety, in order to compensate for federal inaction.

Obama was saying all sum­mer that his plan was to bypass Congress and the Constitution and issue an "executive amnesty" for millions of illegal aliens. His amnesty plan has since changed to be issued only after the 2014 elec­tions so as not to defeat Democrats up for election in November. His planned amnesty will include work permits, photo IDs, and Social Secu­rity numbers for millions of people who entered the U.S. illegally, over­stayed their visas, or defrauded U.S. immigration authorities.

As Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said, "Never in recent memory has the divide between the everyday citizen and the political elite been as wide as it is now." He says the immigration debate comes down to several major questions: Does our country have the right to decide who comes to live and work here? Do we have the right to demand that our representatives enforce our laws? Should American workers get priority for jobs? If your answer is Yes, it is essential to block Obama's planned "executive amnesty."

Sessions said, "Let this sink in. The majority leader of the Senate is bragging that he knows the presi­dent will circumvent Congress to issue executive amnesty to millions."