1995年,有一個民主黨的超級重量級政治人物在國情谘文中說,“……美國人……無疑被進入我國的大量非法外國人所影響。他們占據的工作本該由公民或合法移民所有。他們占用的公共服務給我們的納稅人帶來了負擔。” (..Americans... are rightly disturbed by the large numbers of illegal aliens entering our country. The jobs they hold might otherwise be held by citizens or legal immigrants. The public service they use impose burdens on our taxpayers.) 他還表示:“將通過雇用創紀錄數量的新邊防警衛,通過打擊非法雇用,禁止非法移民的福利,來積極地改善我們的邊界。。。 我們是一個移民國家。 但我們也是一個法律國家。 對於一個移民國來說,允許濫用我們近年來看到的移民法,這是錯誤的,最終會弄巧成拙,我們必須采取更多措施來阻止它。” (our administration has moved aggressively to secure our borders more by hiring a record number of new border guards, by deporting twice as many criminal aliens as ever before, by cracking down on illegal hiring, by barring welfare benefits to illegal aliens. We are a nation of immigrants. But we are also a nation of laws. It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws we have seen in recent years, and we must do more to stop it.) 2005年,有美國左派blogger這麽寫:“非法移民對經濟、社會和文化都造成傷害,叫法律成為笑料,讓公平蒙受羞辱。” (illegal immigration wreaks havoc economically, socially, and culturally; makes a mockery of the rule of law; and is disgraceful just on basic fairness grounds alone. ) 6park.com
2006年,有自由派(左派)專欄作家這麽寫:“同移民的競爭,使本國工人的工資被降低……低薪移民自己的財務負擔,也是顯而易見......我們需要減少低技能移民的流入。這意味著要更好地控製非法移民流入” (immigration reduces the wages of domestic workers who compete with immigrants... the fiscal burden of low-wage immigrants is also pretty clear. .....We'll need to reduce the inflow of low-skill immigrants...that means better controls on illegal immigration) 6park.com
2006年,有一位年輕的民主黨參議員這麽寫:“在支持移民的集會中,看見墨西哥國旗飄揚,我的愛國心裏,就常常生出憤恨。跟修車的人對話,還需要翻譯幫忙,我真是由心地無奈。”( When I see Mexican flags waved at proimmigration demonstrations, I sometimes feel a flush of patriotic resentment. When I’m forced to use a translator to communicate with the guy fixing my car, I feel a certain frustration.) 6park.com
十多年前,共和黨與民主黨在非法移民問題上,既看見非法移民的益處,也承認同時存在的問題。2006年的Obama,在參院的移民改革辯論中,是支持嚴格執法的,他說: “ 美國人民是好客熱情。但是那些非法進入我們國家的人,那些雇用他們的人,他們藐視法律的規範。這個時代裏,有恐怖分子正挑戰我們的邊境,我們絕不容許人們不被發現,不作登記,不經檢查地湧進美國。美國人民有權要求更嚴格的邊境安檢和移民執法”(The American people are a welcoming and generous people. But those who enter our country illegally, and those who employ them, disrespect the rule of law. And because we live in an age where terrorists are challenging our borders, we simply cannot allow people to pour into the United States undetected, undocumented, and unchecked. Americans are right to demand better border security and better enforcement of the immigration laws. ) 6park.com
到今天,這樣的話在民主黨內部已經是超級反動的“政治不正確”。 6park.com
忘了邊境牆吧,現在是開放邊境的時候!( Forget the wall already, it's time for the U.S. to have open borders) 6park.com
在這種選票利益至上的民主黨看來,拉美裔人口持續增長,隻要能爭取拉美裔作票倉,打出高投票率,那些對非法移民有所顧慮的白人選票,就可以舍棄。 這種策略也確實有了成效,原本搖擺州的新墨西哥州,在2008年的投票中,Obama和民主黨獲得全麵勝利,成功轉變為藍州也,這也讓民主黨更加認定,拉美裔(及相關的非法移民)就是民主黨票倉,就是民主黨未來永久執政的根本。在一篇標題為《民主黨是永遠的多數黨?》的文章中,就洋洋自得地誇耀族群政治的勝利:“...聽句老人言——人口決定命運....這個國家的人口變化讓共和黨必須選擇——要麽阻止西班牙語人口成為民主黨的可靠票倉,要麽就接受今後幾十年少數黨的地位。在目前看,共和黨的選擇很爛。現在該麵對後果。...如果這種趨勢持續,共和黨就注定在曠野漂流40年。” ( ....There's an old political cliché: Demography is destiny....The country's changing demographics left the GOP with a choice -- prevent Hispanics from forming a reliably Democratic bloc or face what could be decades of minority party status. For the moment, the Republican Party has chosen poorly. Now it's time to face the consequences....If that pattern continues, the GOP is doomed to 40 years of wandering in a desert. ) 6park.com
《紐約時報》,這個曾經在1974年 對西語裔進入美國發頭條高喊:“南美的窮人和烏合之眾來了!”的媒體在2012年是這樣寫的:“這個總統麵臨拉美裔領袖和民主黨不斷增加的壓力,警告他嚴厲的移民執法,傷害了他在拉美裔中的支持。那些選民,對他的連任至關重要。”( The president was facing growing pressure from Latino leaders and Democrats who warned that because of his harsh immigration enforcement, his support was lagging among Latinos who could be crucial voters in his race for re-election.) 6park.com
最終,奧巴馬投降了, 6park.com
另外一個很少被人談到的,是科技公司對高學曆人才的需求,促成了開放工作簽證的運動。2010年,時任紐約市長Bloomberg,加上惠普,迪斯尼,波音等幾大公司,組建了新美國經濟(New American Economy)。2013年,Zuckerberg和Bill Gates聯手,促成了FWD.us這個Super PAC。從偉光正的語言用語及一開始來看,這個運動實在是無可指責——攀科技樹的美國,需要從全世界吸引高學曆人才,所以要鼓勵這個類型的合法移民和工作便利。 6park.com