Originally Posted by kane

This is not new news. Bush talked about creating a "pathway to citizenship" for illegals a few years back because he knew two things. 1. We currently don't have the money or resources to find and removed as many as 20 million people and 2. If a republican paved they way for them to stay here, they may then vote republican.

His party tore him up for it so it never happened. Obama is wanting to do the same thing.

The black and Latino populations in this country are going to increase by 300-400% over the next 12-15 years. Both parties desperately want those voters.