Irony in Wisconsin

From this:

An immigration reform organization recently conducted an investigation into possible voter fraud in Wisconsin. The probe revealed that non-citizens of the United States could decide the 2004 presidential election.

Susan Tully, the Midwest field director for the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), says she became concerned about possible voter fraud in the Badger State when an admitted illegal alien suddenly was named a deputy registrar of voters in Racine, Wisconsin...

...So the FAIR Midwest field director sent one of her activists to take the class in Racine to become a deputy voter registrar. What Tully discovered concerns her.

"At no time was asked to show identification; at no time was she asked for her Social Security number; and at no time was she asked if she was a citizen of the United States," she says...

...Suspecting voter fraud, FAIR sent two activists from another state to the office of the former illegal alien who is not only a deputy registrar of voters in Racine but also the leader of a Hispanic organization. Tully gave the activists specific instructions.

"I wanted them to specifically tell this person they were illegal aliens, but that they wanted to register to vote -- and she registered them both," she says. The two activists received a similar response at the Milwaukee office of the Hispanic group. "This time one of the men in the office at least said it's a felony to register someone who's not a citizen to vote -- but the office manager went ahead and registered them..."

Unfortunately, the report Group sent couple to 'test' voter registration sites contains a quote from a District Attorney in which he says that not only will he not pursue this case, but "Anyone who tries to test the system from now on will be criminally prosecuted no matter who they claim they are working for or what they're testing."

However, another District Attorney says they are investigating this case of voter fraud, for what it's worth.

This incident is also mentioned in Michelle Malkin's column The illegal alien swing vote.

So, where's the irony here? One of the things that makes living here illegally much easier is the widespread acceptance of Mexican ID cards, called "Matricula Consular" cards. Those cards are only of use to illegal aliens.

Banks are allowed to accept those cards, including, as detailed here and here, banks in Wisconsin. If banks, local governments, and other companies, organizations, and agencies didn't accept those cards it would serve as a disincentive to live here illegally; as it is now, it serves as an incentive to live here illegally. And, the Bush administration supports the use of those cards.

Thus the irony, as I'd imagine very few of the recipients of the Bush administration's "largesse" will be returning the favor.

Immigration2004 · Wed, 10/27/2004 - 20:23 · · Importance: 1