Green cards on the table - President Obama lets slip his scheme for a permanent majority

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President Obama lets slip his scheme for a permanent majority
The White House intended to remain silent about its plans for immigration.Revealing a scheme to open the floodgates of amnesty would be disastrous onthe eve of the critical midterm elections. But this is the gang that can'tshoot straight.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Friday threw open the doorto as many as 100,000 Haitians, who will now move into the United Stateswithout a visa.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, rightly and accurately denouncedenabling Haitians awaiting a U.S. visa to enter the country and legallyapply for work permits as "an irresponsible overreach of the executivebranch's authority."
That was just the beginning. The immigration agency earlier this month hadsolicited a printer able to handle a "surge" of 9 million green cards "tosupport possible future immigration-reform initiative requirements."
In an ordinary year, about 1 million green cards are issued, and over thelife of this contract the company is expected to produce up to 34 millioncards, a figure representing an increase of the population of the UnitedStates by 10 percent.
The cards do not come with automatic voter registration, but that'sobviously what the scheme portends. President Obama's promised "executiveactions" to bring about this enormous wave of amnesty constitute atransparent and cynical ploy to expand the Democratic voter base, creating apermanent majority.
Republicans running for the House and Senate should demand that Mr. Obamalay his green cards on the table now, before - and not after - the Nov. 4elections. No other campaign issue carries as much of an impact on thefuture of the nation.
In economic terms, importing millions of unskilled workers createscompetition for the diminishing number of available jobs. Combine a floodedjob market with the Democratic proposals for a doubling of the minimum wageto $15 an hour, and millions more American citizens will be without a job.
Those who do have jobs will pay to provide federal freebies, fromObamaphones to Obamacare, to the formerly illegal aliens now with a greencard.
As the recent influx of minor children over the southern borderdemonstrates, word of amnesty on the way travels fast. Handing green cardsto those who cheated the system and entered the country illegally creates anincentive to millions more to follow in their path, collecting as manybenefits as possible along the way.
It's a disaster in the making - indeed already here - for public health andnational security, straining the welfare state to its limit.
Most Americans want no part of this.
A Gallup survey finds that 74 percent of Americans want the level ofimmigration to stay where it is, or reduce it. Mr. Obama has no support forhis amnesty scheme except from those who want to transform America into anation that no one would recognize.
Voters can get to work on stopping the transformation on Nov. 4.