In another signal that she’s an open borders proponent, Speaker Pelosi criticized the border fence currently being built. She made these comments as part of her pandering to the Hispanic Engineering, Science & Technology Week conference (HESTEC).

“I have been against the fence, I thought it’s a bad idea even when it was just a matter of discussion,” said Pelosi, D-Calif. “These are communities where you have a border going through them, they are not communities where you have a fence splitting them.”

In making these comments, Ms. Pelosi is essentially saying that she’s placing a higher priority on not splitting up communities than on enforcing the law. She’s also essentially saying that ‘not splitting up communities’ is a higher priority than closing down the border so we can stop terrorists before they get here.

Ms. Pelosi’s pandering shows that Democrats put politics ahead of national security. Simply put, Ms. Pelosi’s panderfest is meant to collect votes. Based on these quotes, it’s obvious that she either doesn’t care about setting intelligent national security policy or she’s willing to deceive Hispanics with her rhetoric while practicing another thing.

That isn’t the only subject on which she pandered:

Pelosi also touted legislation known as the DREAM Act that would make it easier for some illegal immigrants to receive higher education benefits. She spoke at a conference that drew more than 5,000 students for activities designed to inspire careers in science and technology.

The DREAM Act would eliminate a federal provision that discourages states from providing illegal immigrants with lower in-state tuition rates. It also would allow permanent residency for illegal immigrants who entered the country as children and have been admitted toan institution of higher education.

“It just isn’t fair,” Pelosi said. “Those young people who came to America one way or another…their opportunities are curtailed because of the situation. And it’s not only harmful to them; it’s harmful to the country.”

We fought against the DREAM Act here in Minnesota. In fact, conservative activists and legislators like Dan Severson got it dropped from the conference report after differing versions had passed the House and Senate. Activists pointed out that Minnesota taxpayers subsidize the lower in-state tuition rates.

Ms. Pelosi wants to talk about what’s fair? Let’s talk fair then. What’s fair about forcing parents, whose burden is stiff enough in sending their own children to college, much less burdening them with additional taxes so illegal immigrants can get the same tuition rates as their children? What’s fair about illegal immigrant children then using that college degree to compete with students who got the lower tuition rates legitimately?

I don’t think that that’s fair at all. I’d bet the ranch that most people across the nation would agree with me.

It’s our job on the Right Blogosphere to expose such duplicitousness. If we don’t expose the folly of Democrats’ policies, then we deserve to get beat next November.

Technorati Tags: Border Fence, Nancy Pelosi, Hispanic Vote, DREAM Act, Illegal Immigration, National Security, Election 2008

Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

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2. […] Oh. My. God (insert politically correct deity here). I’ll tell you what’s unfair, Madame San Fransicko Treat. It’s unfair that an American citizen from one state has to pay out-of-state tuition at a college or university located in another state, but a criminal alien who is a citizen of neither the country nor the state that he/she invaded gets to pay an in-state tuition rate! In other words, when I moved from Tennessee to attend Florida State University, I had to fork out some bucks for out-of-state tuition. Under the DREAM crap, I’d still have to, but Pepé the lettuce picker who is here illegally would be treated as a Floridian. If that’s not effed up, I don’t know what is. Also, while we’re at it, let’s address Peloco’s little P.C. euphemism “Those young people who came to America one way or another”, shall we? That same term can also be interpreted (and properly so) as “by hook or by crook”, or “in flagrant violation of federal immigration law.” Peloco is saying that she doesn’t give a rodent’s rump if someone is a criminal alien, so long as they get the tuition break. Enforcing our laws is a horrid idea, according to My Damn Speaker. As California Conservative puts it: In making these comments, Ms. Pelosi is essentially saying that she’s placing a higher priority on not splitting up communities than on enforcing the law. She’s also essentially saying that ‘not splitting up communities’ is a higher priority than closing down the border so we can stop terrorists before they get here. Ms. Pelosi’s pandering shows that Democrats put politics ahead of national security. Simply put, Ms. Pelosi’s panderfest is meant to collect votes. Based on these quotes, it’s obvious that she either doesn’t care about setting intelligent national security policy or she’s willing to deceive Hispanics with her rhetoric while practicing another thing. […]

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