Poor border enforcement and Obama's 2012 decision to not deport some illegal immigrants has killed the Senate's amnesty bill and the so-called "Dream" Act. The Democratic party has suffered heavily from a big influx of illegal immigrants in the past. Two flotillas of boat people from Cuba in 1980 and 1994 hurt President Carter and then-Arkansas governor Bill Clinton. In the following article, Michael Barone explains how the fallout of the illegals is extending to other states; governors are refusing refuge: Political Fallout from Illegals
At least some politicians are rediscovering that the United States is a sovereign nation with a responsibility to its citizens. That's one happy consequence of this sad episode.
Maybe another happy consequence is that the open border crowd has been silenced, for a while.
Don't believe the reports that all of the sudden Central Americans are fleeing gangs, poverty, and crime. Those have been constant factors for years. So, what has changed? The decision to not deport and the promise of amnesty.
Something to consider: our country is not growing full-time jobs anymore. See this piece by Mort Zuckerman last week: The Scandal of Part-Time America We can't guarantee the American dream even for longtime citizens, let alone unskilled immigrants. That's the dispiriting reality of the post-industrial US economy.
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