The American people did not mince words in 2007 when Congress tried to foist on our nation the legalization of millions of illegal alien invaders. Lawmakers, fearful that they would be voted out of office, listened to the massive public outcry and finally backed down from their plans to grant amnesty to the estimated 11 million to 20 million illegal aliens who now live in the United States.
But some lessons apparently have to be learned again and again.
Now, Senate Democrats — aided by moderate to liberal Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina — are renewing their push to legalize millions of illegal alien lawbreakers.
They are trying to make their proposal more tolerable by adding provisions such as requiring that illegal aliens pay back taxes. But ultimately, the legislation would reward millions who knowingly broke the law by coming to the United States without permission or by overstaying their visas. Sen. Graham’s help is vital, because it would give Democrats the one Republican vote they need to get the bill through the Senate.
Ironically, President Barack Obama warmly addressed thousands of pro-legalization demonstrators in Washington on the same day that his Democrat colleagues in Congress rammed through equally unpopular ObamaCare legislation.