Not like we didn’t see this coming last November. I’m just surprised it took them this long to do it:

Congress last night passed a giant new spending bill that undermines current plans for a U.S.-Mexico border fence, allowing the Homeland Security Department to build a single-tier barrier rather than the two-tier version that has worked in California…The 2006 Secure Fence Act specifically called for “two layers of reinforced fencing” and listed five specific sections of border where it should be installed. The new spending bill removes the two-tier requirement and the list of locations.

House Democrats said they were just adopting the Senate version, which was backed by a bipartisan group of border-state senators and passed the Senate several times this year.

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, the Texas Republican who has led the charge to change the 2006 law, said she wants to give Homeland Security more flexibility and wants local officials and landowners to be consulted.

“Senator Hutchison believes that Customs and Border Protection can better decide how to utilize limited resources to secure the border than a congressman from Maine,” said Matt Mackowiak, Mrs. Hutchison’s spokesman. He said double-tier fencing has worked in San Diego, but it might not be the right solution for the entire fence.

But Rep. Peter T. King, who sponsored the Secure Fence Act, said if the goal was to give DHS flexibility, the senators have failed.

“This is either a blatant oversight or a deliberate attempt to disregard the border security of our country,” the New York Republican said. “As it’s currently written, the omnibus language guts the Secure Fence Act almost entirely. Quite simply, it is unacceptable.”

I’m betting on the latter, myself. Democrats have made no secret of the fact that they don’t want this fence built, and they want to welcome illegal immigrants into the country and shower them with all kinds of welfare benefits.

That’s because, quite simply, they want the illegal immigrant vote, regardless of whether they can legally vote or not. Doubt me? Read this … and that’s just for starters.

Stop and think about it for a second. Why do you think the Democrats are hell-bent on giving illegal immigrants drivers licenses? So they can drive? Bwa-hahahaha! No, because they want them to be able to walk into a voting booth, show an i.d., and vote. No questions asked.

Ask yourself another question. Why are they so opposed to any efforts as preventing voter fraud? Because they have a long history of pulling all kinds of illegal stunts and committing voter fraud, that’s why. If we actually start to make sure that people who are legally able to vote are the only ones casting ballots, then that puts a serious damper on Democrat shenanigans.

Anyway, there’s more to be alarmed about than just this. Michelle Malkin points out that the Democrats passed a massive bill giving emergency funding to — ready for this?? — attorneys for illegal immigrants. Nice to know where their priorities are, right? I can see it now. Come next spring, when John Edwards pulls out of the race, he’ll suddenly become an immigration lawyer. Wouldn’t surprise me one bit. Instead of chasing ambulances, he’ll be following ICE whenever they go raid a meatpacking plant here in Iowa.

I’m telling you, these people will pander to anyone to win an election and to stay in power once they get there. Doesn’t matter what group it is, what they’ve done, what they stand for, etc., the Democrats will ignore all of that if there’s even the slightest chance of getting their vote.

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