The 2010 U.S. Census when finalized will reveal the northern states will loose members of the House of Representatives and the southwest will gain members. The Electoral College that elects the President of the United States is determined by the number of congressmen (435) and senators (100) in each state plus 3 electors from Washington DC totaling 538 electors. In 2008, Obama received 365 electoral votes to win over McCain who received 173 votes. The 2010 U.S. Census gain will primarily be a result of ever increasing Hispanics in the USA. This translates into more Hispanic voters primarily in the southwest. In 2008, Hispanic voters delivered California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Florida — and were the tipping point in delivering arguably North Carolina, Indiana and Pennsylvania. For 2012, there will be significant more Hispanic voters and unless Immigration Reform as promised is delivered by the Obama Administration, maybe we should sit out the 2012 presidential election to send a message, Immigration Reform is our priority and it is urgent Immigration Reform be approved in 2010. The Senators Charles E. Schumer and Lindsey O. Graham Blueprint is a sham. Luis Gutierrez's bill criminalizes the undocumented.   We should not accept any plan unless it includes all items that are important to us.   We have great influence with our Hispanic votes. It is now time we achieve Immigration Reform without punitive measures. (See Hispanic News Immigration Reform Proposal). ― Jon Garrido Side by Side Comparison of Immigration Reform Proposals Obama's Promesa Por Cumplir (Unkept Promise) The Puerto Ricans Kill Immigration Reform for Thirty Pieces of Silver Not Just Any Immigration Reform is Acceptable Obama Says Immigration Bill will Not Happen in 2010 More Money for Border Fences, but Immigration Reform Must Wait Democrats Reframe Debate on Immigration with Strong ENFORCEMENT! Obama Risks Alienating Hispanics with Lack of Immigration Reform The Urgency of Immigration Reform Immigration Reform Draft Blueprint New Force for Immigration Reform: Conservative Evangelicals

Only Way to Stop AZ SB 1070 and Spreading across USA: Immigration Reform

 

Frustrated by Obama and Congress not Enacting Immigration Reform under Big Democratic Majorities, Hispanic News makes High Stakes Stand

 

PHOENIX (By Jon Garrido, The Jon Garrido Network) May 12, 2010 ― The outline for an immigration overhaul unveiled by Democratic senators on March 23 lays down a new starting point for any national debate: tough immigration enforcement. But perhaps, more significantly, it reveals how politics have shifted on the contentious issue.

The enforcement would be more far-reaching than anything in place now — or anything proposed by the administration of President George W. Bush.

It begins with “zero tolerance” for immigrants trying to enter the country illegally, by tightening border enforcement and by barring them from taking jobs in the United States.

“It shows how far the Democrats have moved in terms of tougher and tougher enforcement,” said Edward Alden, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations who studies immigration. “Across the board you see language that would be very comfortable in a proposal written by Republicans.”

The move to a more security-minded consensus comes as the Democrats and their leader in the Senate, Harry Reid of Nevada, face a challenging midterm election season.

The Immigration Reform proposal’s prospect of coming up in the Senate this year appear dim, after a tough immigration law in Arizona further polarized the national debate and President Obama said this week the time might not be right.

Yet, the Democratic Senate outline, with many game-changing measures would broadly redesign the system bringing immigrants to this country, is likely to be the centerpiece of immigration discussions this year, lawmakers and advocates said, whether or not it comes to the floor of the Senate.

The “conceptual proposal,” as the senators called it, is an outline, not draft legislation. No Republican signed on to it, not even Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who worked for months with Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, shaping sections of a potential bill.

Democrats Reframe Debate on Immigration with Strong ENFORCEMENT!

The blueprint, written primarily by Mr. Schumer, includes a proposal for a Social Security card containing a biometric chip all workers, including American citizens, would have to present to an employer when being hired.

Employers would be responsible for monitoring the immigration status of potential hires much more closely than they do now. Every employer would be required to use a new verification system, including a scanner at every business to confirm the validity of the Social Security cards of job applicants.

As part of the enforcement system, the outline calls for a national system to register births and deaths, to eliminate the fraudulent use by immigrants of documents of people who have died.

It would establish a system to monitor the departure of all immigrants as well as their entry into the country. If immigrants failed to leave when their visas expired, the immigration authorities would be required to deport them quickly.

Immigration officials have said creating an exit system would be a vast task that could take many years to complete.

Only High skilled immigrants need apply!

A significant change is the proposal opens the door wider than ever before to high-skilled immigrants. It would offer permanent-resident status, with a document known as a green card, to every foreigner with an advanced degree in science or technology from an American university. It would make it much easier for foreign students in the sciences to stay in the United States after they graduate, and eliminate numerical restrictions that have kept highly educated immigrants from India and China waiting for many years before becoming residents.

The outline would make it possible for the spouses and other close relatives of legal green-card holders to come immediately to the United States, reuniting many thousands of families and eliminating a wait that now stretches to eight years. It would create a commission to monitor labor markets and determine when the supply of foreign workers should be raised or lowered.

In exchange for more enforcement, the proposal offers a relatively simple path to legal status for an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants. They would register, admit their legal violation and pay penalties and back taxes up front. Then they would remain on provisional status for eight years.

Obama and Congress to Blame for Arizona SB 1070

According to Jon Garrido, owner and CEO of Hispanic News headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, the only way to stop SB 1070 and its spread across the United States is by enacting Immigration Reform as proposed by Hispanic News. Immigration Reform as proposed by Senator Schumer is not acceptable. Immigration Reform as proposed by Congressman Gutierrez is not acceptable.

Arizona Hispanics are furious with Democrats in control of the White House, the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives for not passing Immigration Reform. Many Hispanics, including me, believe we should purge Washington. A national defeat, they said, would send a warning to Democrats everywhere support from Hispanics cannot be taken for granted.

Why 125,000 persons marched in the streets of Phoenix, Arizona

Indeed, many Republicans think they've seen this script before. When Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., then chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, pursued an enforcement-only approach to immigration laws in 2006, Hispanics turned their anger against the Republican. In 2004, President George W. Bush won re-election with 44 percent of the Hispanic vote; four years later, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., attracted just 31 percent of Hispanic support and lost the presidential race to Barack Obama.

Republican House candidates won 44 percent of the Hispanic vote in 2004; four years later, they won only 29 percent, according to exit polls. That 15-point plunge was much worse than the party's 4-point drop among whites, 5-point decline among African-Americans, and 10-point fall among Asian voters.

Demographics dictate Hispanic votes are crucial to building a national political coalition. Hispanics are the fastest-growing minority segment of the population, in every region of the country.

In the past two election cycles, Democrats have gained seats in key states where the Hispanic vote is exploding ― including three seats in Arizona, two seats in New Mexico, and seats in such states as Florida, New York, and Texas. Tellingly, Democrats now control all nine districts that border Mexico.

But Republican candidates facing competitive primaries often steer to the right to try to score support from the most-ardent conservative activists. In Nevada, where Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid faces a difficult re-election test, all six of his potential Republican rivals voiced support for the Arizona law during a candidate forum just after the governor signed it.

If Hispanics reject Republicans, Reid will benefit perhaps more than most; Hispanics make up nearly 25 percent of the Silver State's population, and they were about 15 percent of the electorate in 2008, according to exit polls. A boost from Hispanic voters might be all Reid needs to inch across the finish line. And that is a trend Republicans are already seeing far too often across the country.

And it is an open question whether the Hispanic support for Immigration Reform will translate to high voter turnout on Election Day 2010 and 2012.