the article is so so so poorly written with no journalistic standards or basics...
the contention is NOT that theses DREAMERS were illegally voting as the headline and most of the article tried to imply, but that they got the LEGAL Hispanic American CITIZENS who were registered to vote, to actually get off their butts, and go out, to vote, by calling them and reminding them, to go out and vote!
As I have mentioned many many times before in various posts, Hispanic citizens are the least likely people to go out and vote.. statistics show this, election after election, a very low percentage of legally registered Hispanic voters, actually show up at the polls to vote.
And I have even mentioned that it is bull crud that Dems support illegal immigration because they want their votes, and then I usually also point out that illegals can not vote and that we do not even need their votes....
all the Dems needed was for LEGAL HISPANIC American citizens to go out and vote, and we would win in every future election as long as the Republican party continues to ignore these citizens!!! imo....
The article then goes in to a side bar about naturalized American citizens then being able to bring their parents here blah blah blah blah.... and them voting, but doesn't mention that it takes at minimum, those entering on legal VISAs to immigrate here, have to wait 5 years before applying for citizenship, and once they get it, it takes a few years living here as a citizen before applying for their parents to be able to come, and then once the parents get here, another 5 years for them to have a clean record and show that they supported themselves without government assistance before they could apply for citizenship, if they even wanted to. None of these people are going through all of this process just because they want to vote..... and give Democrats a win.... it is the least of their concerns.... proven by Hispanic American citizens not showing up to the polls to vote, unless dragged, kicked, and pulled there...
Chain migration is not a bad thing, it is a stabilizing thing for all Americans to have a close knit family around...
My father married overseas, an Italian girl (she spoke fluent English)... a half year or so later when his overseas tour was up he got Stationed back to the USA... a few years later, after my sister and I were born, mom became an American citizen, and a few years after that, my Italian grandparents, who were very very rich, richer than my American born grandparents...that's for certain, got a Visa to emigrate here.... I think I was about 3 years old when they arrived, and from that point onward, I had grandparents, loving, wonderful, caring, hard working grandparents, that were anxious and excited and proud to some day become American citizens, of which they both did, 5 years after they got here.... I had them for 40 years before they passed onward and am grateful for every darn minute, I had them.
I don't think they ever voted? Maybe, eventually, my grandfather did... cuz he was able to somewhat speak English but I don't know for a fact that he ever did..I dunno,
my grandmother...well... not so much on the speaking English front, but not for the lack of trying....never had a problem getting a job or grocery shopping in NYC, even without speaking our language... her boss and the lady who worked next to her, spoke Italian and English...
I think they felt America was a wonderful place and the Americans who understood politics were doing a fine job with our nation and voting, and they didn't want to mess anything up by voting themselves!
My point is, there is nothing wrong with chain migration, limited to immediate family of the naturalized citizen, and having to qualify before accepted... you have to be able to show you will provide for yourselves and not need govt assistance, and have a USA sponsor sworn to take care of you, if you fall in to a bad way, and can not provide for yourself... get shots, clean bil of health, all before being accepted and coming here...
My grandparents being here, actually had the money to help my parents and us kids... my dad was simply an enlisted man.... didn't make much at all in the Air Force... not in the beginning of his service... it wasn't until taking courses/classes, many promotions later, and a tour in Viet Nam with combat pay, that we as a family, actually had some money... my Italian grandparents were pillars that my parents relied on, for a decade at least...!!!