Democrats are increasingly explicit about their goals to turn illegal aliens into future voters — making Republican talk of amnesty or compromise more worrisome. Those efforts would be nothing less than hammering the final nails into the coffin of both the Republican Party and America.
At a Fort Worth “The People vs. The Power Grab” rally, Beto O’Rourke laid it out plainly.
“We absolutely failed to live up to the expectations that we set, so next time we win power, we’re going to drive that car like we stole it,” O’Rourke said. “We’re going to legalize every DREAMer, every DREAMer’s parents, every hardworking American doing backbreaking work that makes this country so g-dd-mn great in the first place, even greater as US citizens.”
O’Rourke isn’t the only Democrat to suggest turning illegal aliens into citizens. Florida Democratic Rep. Maxwell Frost said in June that he wants to “document every single [illegal alien] with a speedy path to citizenship.”
Given the chance, Democrats will choose voter registration over deportation. They are simply waiting for their next chance at power to pull the trigger.
It’s comments like these that underscore why there is absolutely no room for exception or compromise on mass deportation by Republicans. There’s a host of issues with giving illegal aliens citizenship or legal status or a carveout — but the most consequential is voting. Legalizing millions of illegal aliens would reshape the electorate overnight. States like Texas could flip blue, while congressional toss-ups like New York Rep. Mike Lawler’s district could disappear for Republicans — not because voters changed their minds, but because Democrats imported and legalized new ones.
It’s a possibility not far out of reach — which is why President Donald Trump must keep his foot on the gas with mass deportations and ignore big agriculture and hospitality, as well as spineless Republicans in Congress demanding mass amnesty.
Trump has floated an amnesty-like program for illegal aliens working in the hospitality or agricultural industry.
“Our great Farmers and people in the Hotel and Leisure business have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace,” Trump said in a Truth Social post. “In many cases the Criminals allowed into our Country by the VERY Stupid Biden Open Borders Policy are applying for those jobs. This is not good. We must protect our Farmers, but get the CRIMINALS OUT OF THE USA. Changes are coming!”
But this isn’t a question of who is a “criminal” and who is not — everyone who crosses the border illegally is a criminal. Whether or not the individual is violent is irrelevant. This is about national survival — which will be impossible if Democrats solidify their grip on power by weaponizing the illegals Trump fails to deport.
It’s the same reason why Trump must also reject the DIGNITY Act should it eventually make its way to his desk. The DIGNITY Act would create a legal twilight status for millions of illegal aliens. Even though this legislation doesn’t explicitly confer a path to citizenship — it doesn’t mean future legislation won’t — a fact admitted by one of the Republican co-sponsors.
Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., said in an interview when talking about individuals living in the country under Temporary Protected Status that this legislation would give them “dignity” and “at some point in the future another legislator will write another law to give them a path to citizenship.”
While her comment makes no sense since individuals with TPS are essentially on a path to permanent residence and citizenship already, it has a broader implication: All DIGNITY recipients — including those who entered the country illegally — could be positioned for future citizenship status with just one more piece of legislation.
To be clear, illegal aliens are already reshaping our political landscape without formal citizenship. Congressional apportionment and Electoral College votes are based on population — not citizenship. Blue states that have incentivized mass illegal migration and policies get increased representation and can dilute the representation that American citizens have. Rep. Yvette Clark, D-N.Y., said as much in 2021 that her district could “absorb a significant number of these migrants” because “I need more people in my district, just for redistricting purposes.”
O’Rourke’s, Frost’s and Clark’s comments show that Democrats aren’t interested in American sovereignty. They’re interested in securing permanent political power. If Republicans want the country to endure, they must finish the deportation job — no exceptions, no compromises.