{"id":15693,"date":"2020-07-16T17:18:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T22:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/?p=15693"},"modified":"2020-07-16T17:21:31","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T22:21:31","slug":"breitbart-news-grassroots-conservatives-view-daca-amnesty-as-end-of-the-road-for-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2020\/07\/16\/breitbart-news-grassroots-conservatives-view-daca-amnesty-as-end-of-the-road-for-gop\/","title":{"rendered":"Breitbart News: Grassroots Conservatives View DACA Amnesty as End of the Road for GOP"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grassroots Conservatives View DACA Amnesty as End of the Road for GOP<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo: DIS<\/p><\/div>\n

Breitbart News<\/p>\n

John Binder
\nJuly 16, 2020<\/p>\n

“Electorally, grassroots anti-illegal immigration activist D.A. King pointed to the 1988 presidential election of George H.W. Bush which came just two years after former President Ronald Reagan\u2019s amnesty for at least 2.7 million illegal aliens.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Note: Bonus info on amnesty and Republicans here.)<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

An amnesty for nearly a million illegal aliens could spell major losses for the Republican Party in November, while driving a surge of migration to the United States, grassroots conservatives tell Breitbart News.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, President Trump reiterated in the Rose Garden his intention to craft some form of an amnesty for the roughly 800,000 illegal aliens enrolled in former President Obama\u2019s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to work on DACA because we want to make people happy,\u201d Trump said. \u201cAnd I\u2019ll tell you, even conservative Republicans want to see something happen with DACA.\u201d<\/p>\n

In interviews with Breitbart News, a number of grassroots conservatives and immigration reformers took a different tone. They said Trump\u2019s comments left them \u201cstunned,\u201d \u201cappalled,\u201d and \u201cworried.\u201d<\/p>\n

William Gheen, who heads the anti-illegal immigration grassroots group Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC), said he surveyed his members on Trump\u2019s promise for a \u201croad to citizenship\u201d for DACA illegal aliens.<\/p>\n

Of the thousands of ALIPAC activists contacted, Gheen said he received thus far about 300 to 400 responses. On DACA amnesty, more than 90 percent of respondents said they opposed the plan.<\/p>\n

More importantly, Gheen said, his survey revealed no uptick in support for Trump should he sign a DACA amnesty, while 90 percent of respondents said they would be more reluctant to vote for him again in November. Gheen said:<\/p>\n

There is substantial, strong opposition to this that damages Trump\u2019s credibility even further because he campaigned on ending DACA and told us they had to go home in 2016. I believe if Trump signs anything like this for Obama\u2019s DACA illegal aliens, it will kill his campaign.<\/p>\n

Angel Mom Mary Ann Mendoza, the director of Angel Families, lost her 32-year-old police officer son Brandon Mendoza in 2014 when he was killed by an illegal alien. Mendoza told Breitbart News she was taken aback by Trump\u2019s comments considering the White House intends to rescind the DACA program again.<\/p>\n

Her biggest concern is House and Senate Republicans working alongside Democrat lawmakers to pass a DACA amnesty plan, with Trump\u2019s approval, without any consideration for or input from Angel Families.<\/p>\n

\u201cAngel Families know we are the true victims of illegal alien crime,\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cI don\u2019t care who it is in Washington, D.C. who is talking about DACA reform \u2014 you need to talk to the people who have been directly impacted by this.\u201d<\/p>\n

The chain migration impact, alone, from a DACA amnesty would ensure a flow of millions to the U.S. \u2014 primarily from Central America and Mexico \u2014 who would eventually be eligible to vote, Mendoza noted.<\/p>\n

RJ Hauman, a spokesperson for the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), said the White House\u2019s attempts to broker a deal with Democrats on the issue have repeatedly failed, and Trump should not expect any different this time around.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy would that suddenly change in an election year? The only option for the Trump administration is to re-rescind the program in a manner that adheres to administrative law,\u201d Hauman said. \u201cThe clock is ticking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Electorally, grassroots anti-illegal immigration activist D.A. King pointed to the 1988 presidential election of George H.W. Bush which came just two years after former President Ronald Reagan\u2019s amnesty for at least 2.7 million illegal aliens.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe respectfully advise the president to remember the proven results of legalization [for illegal aliens] on elections,\u201d King told Breitbart News. \u201cThe president, and Jared Kushner, should note that after the \u2018one time\u2019 Reagan amnesty of 1986, Hispanics rewarded Republican George H.W. Bush with 30 percent of their vote.\u201d There is more to read here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Grassroots Conservatives View DACA Amnesty as End of the Road for GOP Breitbart News John Binder July 16, 2020 “Electorally, grassroots anti-illegal immigration activist D.A. King pointed to the 1988 presidential election of George H.W. Bush which came just two years after former President Ronald Reagan\u2019s amnesty for at least 2.7 million illegal aliens.” (Note: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15693"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15693"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15698,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15693\/revisions\/15698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}