Democrats drop platform requirement that illegals learn English for amnesty
Article subtitle:
Democratic immigration platform courts Hispanics
Article publisher:
The Hill
Article date:
3 July 2016
Article category:
National News
Medium
Article Body:
The Democratic Party delivered a huge win to [illegal] immigration activists in its party platform draft released Friday, taking a liberal stance in sharp contrast to Republican proposals.
The party, counting on a boost in November from predicted record Hispanic turnout, called immigration "a defining aspect of the American character and history."1
The platform calls for a path to citizenship [amnesty for illegal aliens] "for law-abiding families who are here,"2 the defense of President Obama's executive actions on immigration, the end of immigration raids against children and families, due process for "those fleeing violence in Central America," and to rescind statutory bans on immigrants who modify their status in the country.
Maureen Meyer, director of the Washington Office on Latin America's Mexico Program, lauded the platform, saying, "the platform recognizes the pressing need address the status of the more than 11 million [to 38 million] undocumented migrants [illegal aliens] living and raising their families in the Unites States. It provides assurances that the raids that have been threatening recently arrived Central American families and which have caused fear in the immigrant community will be stopped." ...
The 2016 document contrasts sharply with the 2012 version, which also touted the need for comprehensive immigration reform [amnesty], but stated that undocumented immigrants [illegal aliens] should "get right with the law, learn English, and pay taxes in order to get on a path to earn citizenship," language unpopular with Hispanic and [illegal] immigrant rights groups.
The turn to the left signals a Democratic need to energize the Latino electorate, after failed promises of comprehensive immigration reform and perceived heavy-handed enforcement policies drove a wedge between the Hispanic community and the Obama administration...
CAIRCO Notes
1. Illegal immigration is certainly a defining aspect of American character - and that's not a good thing. Illegal immigration, of course, has only been part of American history since Ted Kennedy's 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act.
2. Illegal aliens who sneak into the United States and evade capture at our border are decidedly not law-abiding.
CAIRCO Research
Obama’s Amnesty Plan Blocked by Supreme Court, Breitbart, June 23, 2016.