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caption id alignalignleft width120 caption Under the DREAM Act, these aliens would be helped to become US citizens. Photo Police Times img srchttpcdn2b.examiner.comsitesdefaultfilesstyleslargehashe16be16b22c448e8ec589c233ab8cbe48068.jpg alt width120 height86 captionThe GOP takeover of the House of Representatives in the New Year is worrying some members of theLatino population and leftwing activistswho were hoping the muchtouted DREAM Actwould pass and become a first step in achieving amnesty for millions of illegal aliens.The DemocratcontrolledSenate evenfailed topass the DREAM Act in December,leaving it to the newCongress which returns on January 5, 2011 to try again.divThe DREAM Act, which stands for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act,is being sold by the Obama Administration and the Democrat Party as agranted legalresidencyfor themany illegalaliens brought to the United States as children. However, the act would benefit adults as old as 30, which caused the Republicans to criticize it as a backdoor amnesty bill.divdivdivdivWhen thebill failed to pass, President BarackObama calledit maybe my biggest disappointment. Others have called it his biggest failure,divdivIn the November 2 election,63 congressional seatswere captured byRepublicans, giving them aan overwhelmingmajority in the House. However, the news media, pundits and illegal immigration advocates are telling the GOP establishment that continuing the partys position on illegal immigration will hurt them at the polls next election.divdivdivdivIf the GOP leadership keeps taking advice from the progressives in the Democrat Party and in the media, they will find themselves out of power. Someone has tofight for the majorityof Americans who want adequate border security coupled with a tough illegal alien policy, said political strategist Mike Baker.divdivdivdivAnyone who studies the history of the American left knows that they will not stop pushing until they achieve their goals. In this case, they are looking at millions of voters for their plantation voters who for the most part do not understand English and depend on plantation overseers to interpret, Baker said.divdivdivdivThe news media continue their drumbeat of an impendingbacklash by Hispanic voters who sympathize with the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States.divdivdivdivBut conservative lawmakers such as New Yorks Republican Rep. Peter T. King, who becomes chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee on January 5, has promised to to propose tough legislation to secure the border.divdivdivdivHis proposal would empower local police to arrest suspected illegal immigrants, a policy opposed by the Obama Administration but supported by a majority of Americans.divdivIn addition,Rep. Lamar Smith RTX, who will become chairman of the House Judiciary Committee replacing farleft Democrat John Conyers said he will seek legislation that requires employers to check the immigration status of job applicants, somethingis already law. He also saidhe wants to punish employerswho knowinglyhire illegal immigrants with tougher penalties.divdivdivdivWe could free up millions of jobs for Americans and legal immigrants if we enforced our immigration laws against illegal workers, Smith has said.divdivUnder the Obama Administration,the Homeland Security Department hasplaceditsenforcement emphasison deporting illegalaliens with criminal records.div