Thread: Early Christmas for the DNC?

"There IS a God!" -- DNC Chairman Howard Dean
... OK, OK, I made that quote up -- but you get the drift, right?

NEW YORK TIMES
July 4, 2007
Flood of Legal Immigrants Seeks to Become Citizens
By JULIA PRESTON

The number of legal immigrants seeking to become United States citizens is surging, officials say, prompted by imminent increases in processing fees for naturalization applications, citizenship drives across the country and new feelings of insecurity in immigrant communities.

The citizenship campaigns have tapped into the recent uneasiness that legal immigrants, especially Hispanics, say is the result of months of caustic national debate over an immigration bill that failed in the Senate last week. While illegal immigrants were the center of attention in the debate, it prompted many legal immigrants who have set down roots in this country to seek the security of citizenship, as well as its voting power, immigrant advocates said.

NB: You read that right: "... many legal immigrants who have set down roots in this country to seek the security of citizenship."

Numbers of new naturalized citizens have been growing steadily in recent years, to 702,589 in 2006 from 463,204 in 2003. But a big jump came this year, with the number of naturalization applications rising every month, to 115,175 in May compared with 65,782 in December 2006.

More than 4,000 new Americans were sworn in yesterday in tradition-steeped Fourth of July ceremonies around the country, as well as some not so traditional events. About 1,000 people from 75 countries took their oaths together by the spires of Cinderella’s Magic Kingdom castle at Disney World in Orlando, as Gloria Estefan crooned “The Star-Spangled Banner.â€

The campaign took off after the immigration debate became major news for Univision and Mr. Sotelo used his racy comic radio show as a soapbox to support legal status for illegal immigrants.

...But if conservative talk radio speaks about the Amnesty bill, then talk radio is ruining the country according to traitor Trent Lott! This is crap!

Don't worry folks.

This is a propaganda PR stunt that will have little effect. These guys like to "puff up" to make it appear they are strong--but they are not.

The whole "Hispanic" vote thing is a paper tiger. It is given to much credence by the media and politicians. Most of these people can't vote. And most of those who can vote, won't.

And I'd bet if significant number of the people are sending in citizenship forms, many are probably using fraudulent documents and will be caught.

If there is a rush for citizenship it is because they are afraid an enforcement tidal wave is coming...and they are right.