Amnesty Rally in D.C. Spurs Outrage • Illegal immigrants allowed to protest on National Mall as WWII vets banished behind barricades • Congress shouldn’t support job-stealing amnesty bill while millions of Americans can’t find work

By John Friend
“Illegal immigrants and
their supporters [are]
being given preferential
treatment over American
citizens as part of this
push for immigration reform
amnesty.”

—William Gheen


On Oct. 8, thousands of illegal aliens and supporters of immigration “reform”— which essentially amounts to granting U.S. citizenship to themillions of persons residing in the United States illegally—rallied at the National Mall in the nation’s capital. Due to the government shutdown, the National Mall was technically closed, but the rally was allowed to proceed because it was considered a “First Amendment demonstration,” according to a spokesman with the National Park Service. The rally has outragedmillions of Americans, especially considering that Americanmilitary veterans and other citizens have been denied access to various federally administered war memorials, monuments and national parks in Washington, D.C. and across the country due to the government shutdown. A number of legislators attended and spoke at the rally, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Republican Reps. Mario Diaz- Balart (Fla.) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Fla.). Similar rallies were held in other major American cities across the nation over the course of the past week. William Gheen, the president of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC), was furious with the pro-amnesty rally. He argued that it was organized to influence Republican legislators to support the immigration “reform” bill known as the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, (S.744) that has already been approved by the United States Senate. “We have another clear example of illegal immigrants and their supporters being given preferential treatment over American citizens as part of this push for immigration reformamnesty,” said Gheen. “Americans need to let these Republicans working to help Obama pass a bill in 2013 know that they share responsibility in what happened on the D.C. Mall, because that protest was designed to be a message to them.” ALIPAC has identified 32 GOP members of Congress who have indicated they are willing to support granting amnesty to the millions of illegal aliens currently residing in the United States as part of a broader immigration “reform” package. Repeated phone calls and emails to a number of the representatives who support amnesty seeking clarification on this matter were not returned. They included Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) andHouse Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). “The political theater we are witnessing inWashington is clearly designed to pass a formof amnesty for illegal aliens that will have an incredibly destructive impact on American workers, taxpayers and borders,” added Gheen. “We hope that enough Americans will hear our call today to get on the phones to Congress and tell them what they think of their amnesty bill and illegal alien friends parading around on our closed mall this week.” S.744 not only grants “legal status” and a pathway to U.S. citizenship to the estimated 12-20 million illegal aliens currently residing in America, it also “increases the availability of nonimmigrant workers to supplement all sectors of the workforce,” according to a guide to the bill released by the pro-amnesty Immigration Policy Center. The United States already has arguably themost generous immigration laws in the world, allowing roughly one million legal immigrants annually into America at a time whenmillions of U.S. citizens are struggling to find jobs and put food on the table. If S.744 becomes law, at least one million more legal immigrants will be allowed to enter the United States, in addition to granting American citizenship to millions of individuals who have violated U.S. law and compromised American sovereignty. ———

 John Friend is a writer who lives in California. He maintains his own commentary website at www.john-friend.net.

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