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It's really not a Democratic objective to spend resources on undocumented immigrants for the sole purpose of getting votes, right? Because they don't vote.

But we are supporting them based on humanitarian and economic reasons, right?

With luck, once they become naturalized, the hope is that they'll vote Democratic, but there is never a guarantee.

Mostly, I don't think many of these newly Americanized immigrants, and I mean all of them, truly understand how politics works in this country. It's almost impossible to rewire the brains of those who suffered from socialist regimes to understand that when Republicans say they're anti-socialism, they mean they want to do away with social security and medicare. I've given up on the Democratic Party in getting that message across.