1995年,有一个民主党的超级重量级政治人物在国情咨文中说,“……美国人……无疑被进入我国的大量非法外国人所影响。他们占据的工作本该由公民或合法移民所有。他们占用的公共服务给我们的纳税人带来了负担。” (..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.) 他还表示:“将通过雇用创纪录数量的新边防警卫,通过打击非法雇用,禁止非法移民的福利,来积极地改善我们的边界。。。 我们是一个移民国家。 但我们也是一个法律国家。 对于一个移民国来说,允许滥用我们近年来看到的移民法,这是错误的,最终会弄巧成拙,我们必须采取更多措施来阻止它。” (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,有美国左派blogger这么写:“非法移民对经济、社会和文化都造成伤害,叫法律成为笑料,让公平蒙受羞辱。” (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)专栏作家这么写:“同移民的竞争,使本国工人的工资被降低……低薪移民自己的财务负担,也是显而易见......我们需要减少低技能移民的流入。这意味着要更好地控制非法移民流入” (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,有一位年轻的民主党参议员这么写:“在支持移民的集会中,看见墨西哥国旗飘扬,我的爱国心里,就常常生出愤恨。跟修车的人对话,还需要翻译帮忙,我真是由心地无奈。”( 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,共和党与民主党在非法移民问题上,既看见非法移民的益处,也承认同时存在的问题。2006年的Obama,在参院的移民改革辩论中,是支持严格执法的,他说: “ 美国人民是好客热情。但是那些非法进入我们国家的人,那些雇用他们的人,他们藐视法律的规范。这个时代里,有恐怖分子正挑战我们的边境,我们绝不容许人们不被发现,不作登记,不经检查地涌进美国。美国人民有权要求更严格的边境安检和移民执法”(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,这样的话在民主党内部已经是超级反动的“政治不正确”。 6park.com
忘了边境墙吧,现在是开放边境的时候!( Forget the wall already, it's time for the U.S. to have open borders) 6park.com
在这种选票利益至上的民主党看来,拉美裔人口持续增长,只要能争取拉美裔作票仓,打出高投票率,那些对非法移民有所顾虑的白人选票,就可以舍弃。 这种策略也确实有了成效,原本摇摆州的新墨西哥州,在2008年的投票中,Obama和民主党获得全面胜利,成功转变为蓝州也,这也让民主党更加认定,拉美裔(及相关的非法移民)就是民主党票仓,就是民主党未来永久执政的根本。在一篇标题为《民主党是永远的多数党?》的文章中,就洋洋自得地夸耀族群政治的胜利:“...听句老人言——人口决定命运....这个国家的人口变化让共和党必须选择——要么阻止西班牙语人口成为民主党的可靠票仓,要么就接受今后几十年少数党的地位。在目前看,共和党的选择很烂。现在该面对后果。...如果这种趋势持续,共和党就注定在旷野漂流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
《纽约时报》,这个曾经在1974年 对西语裔进入美国发头条高喊:“南美的穷人和乌合之众来了!”的媒体在2012年是这样写的:“这个总统面临拉美裔领袖和民主党不断增加的压力,警告他严厉的移民执法,伤害了他在拉美裔中的支持。那些选民,对他的连任至关重要。”( 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
最终,奥巴马投降了, 6park.com
另外一个很少被人谈到的,是科技公司对高学历人才的需求,促成了开放工作签证的运动。2010年,时任纽约市长Bloomberg,加上惠普,迪斯尼,波音等几大公司,组建了新美国经济(New American Economy)。2013年,Zuckerberg和Bill Gates联手,促成了FWD.us这个Super PAC。从伟光正的语言用语及一开始来看,这个运动实在是无可指责——攀科技树的美国,需要从全世界吸引高学历人才,所以要鼓励这个类型的合法移民和工作便利。 6park.com