Just imagine for a moment that you are Barack Obama… I know it’s distasteful, but do it anyway… and assume that your number one goal, politically, is to make it possible for your party to win U.S. elections in perpetuity, with little or no chance of a strong challenge from Republicans. What would you do?
Putting that task in the hands of party hoodlums such as James Carville, Rahm Emanuel, and the leaders of the AFL-CIO, ACORN, and the SEIU could get you into a lot of trouble. In fact, you might even picture yourself standing in the dock next to former governor Rod Blagojevich. But if you were looking for a solution to the problem that you could pass right under the noses of the American people and it would pass the smell test, what would you do?
If you were Obama you might say, “We want to tie up the Hispanic vote, just like we’ve bought and paid for blacks, blue collar workers, gays and lesbians, and government workers, so find me a young Hispanic who is: a) clean-cut and attractive, b) a bit on the pitiful side… no ‘macho’ amigos, c) in the country illegally, and d) taking full advantage of the American Dream. Then, when you find just the right person, I want you to initiate deportation proceedings.”
The Obama Administration has found just the right man… the new “poster boy” for immigration reform. His name is Eric Balderas, a 19-year-old Mexican citizen who has been in this country, illegally, since he was four years old and is now studying molecular and cellular biology at Harvard University. According to the Huffington Post, Balderas was detained by immigration authorities on Monday, June 7, as he attempted to board a plane from San Antonio to Boston after visiting with his mother.
What alerted immigration authorities was the ID Balderas attempted to use as identification: an American consulate card obtained in Mexico and his Harvard student ID. As he explained, he had previously used his Mexican passport to board planes in the U.S., but recently lost it. He said, “I made it through before so I thought this time wouldn’t be any different.”
According to the Huffington Post, Balderas does not remember living in Mexico. He said, “All I can think about was my family.”
Then, as if on cue, Obama’s radical left friends began to circle the wagons around Balderas. Christine Heenan, Vice President of Public Affairs and Communications at Harvard, said, “Eric Balderas has already demonstrated the discipline and the work ethic required for rigorous university work, and has, like so many of our undergraduates, expressed an interest in making a difference in the world.”
One wonders, if such people are so interested in “making a difference” in the world, why do they insist on bringing that passion to the United States where we’re all pretty comfortable and where we’re not looking for foreigners to make a lot of “difference” in our lives? Why don’t they stay at home and try to make a “difference” in the hell-holes where they were born?
Maybe they come because they heard some idiot say, “My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you’ll join me as I try to change it.” After hearing that bit of insanity they just couldn’t resist coming to see what it was all about.
Of course, making a “difference” can be a dangerous thing. For example, look what happened when Obama’s grandfather decided to send his son to America to “make a difference.” Well, he made a difference; he made Obama and now look at the mess we’re in.
The Huffington Post tells us that Balderas’s case has “sparked a buzz on social media sites and among student immigrant activists who see the Balderas situation as the ideal test case to push the proposed DREAM Act – a federal bill that would allow illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship via college enrollment or military service. (Emphasis added)
“Mario Rodas, who was an undocumented student in Chelsea, a small city near Boston, until Sen. John Kerry and the late Sen. Edward Kennedy came to his aid, launched a Facebook page Friday highlighting the Balderas case. ‘He’s an excellent student and an example of someone this country needs,’ said Rodas.”
Balderas has it all: a) he doesn’t remember living in Mexico, b) he was brought to the U.S. to escape a domestic violence situation, c) he can only think of his family, d) he has demonstrated discipline and the work ethic, e) he is an excellent student, f) like Obama, he is attending Harvard on someone else’s dollar, g) he has expressed an interest in making a difference in the world, h) his case has sparked a buzz among liberal activists, j) his case is an “ideal test case,” and last but not least, k) the country needs him.
Not surprisingly, Balderas confesses to having been active in student immigration groups in the Boston area that have staged sit-ins and protests aimed at getting Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) to support the DREAM Act.
It’s such a neat package. Obama could not have found a more perfect “poster boy” for his radical immigration reform agenda if he had placed a call to Central Casting in Hollywood. He knows that, if the deportation of a young man like Eric Balderas doesn’t melt away opposition to broad amnesty for illegal aliens, creating millions of new Democrat voters for the future, then nothing will.
Who said Obama is not transparent?