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Topic: White House pushes forward
on immigration ahead of
bigger reform fight |
White House pushes forward
on immigration ahead of
bigger reform fight
Washington Post, by David Nakamura and Tara Bahrampour
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Posted By:Dreadnought, 1/3/2013 11:28:56 PM
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| The Obama administration’s decision this week to ease visa requirements for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants represents its latest move to reshape immigration through executive action, even as the White House gears up for an uncertain political fight over a far-more-sweeping legislative package in the months ahead. Immigration advocates on Thursday hailed a rule change at the Department of Homeland Security that would make it easier for many undocumented immigrants to stay in the United States as they seek permanent residency
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
a man over thirty, 1/3/2013 11:41:15 PM (No. 9097518)
Heck, just push it all through by executive order. Who´s gonna try to stop Obama from doing whatever he wants anyway?
Constitution?? We don´t need no stinking constitution. We´ve got The One.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Objectivity, 1/3/2013 11:48:32 PM (No. 9097528)
per leading constitutional law professor at G´town U ... the Constitution is archaic ... and has some bad, outdated words/concepts ...so guess time for the Saul Alynsky variant .... is that right Brian Williams, NBC and CNN?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
2dogs, 1/4/2013 12:14:27 AM (No. 9097559)
Seriously, where IS the Republican House? Does Obama have an FBI file on ALL of them? NO ONE ever calls Obama on anything! Oh yes, the pundits do, the Talkers do, but where are ANY Congressmen/women out there being outraged ? Going on Fox isn´t enough. They should be having town meetings, giving speeches on enemy media, getting in the face of Ameica, educating. But NOOOooooo. Where are they?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
bighambone, 1/4/2013 12:20:00 AM (No. 9097568)
They already have an immigration law that was passed by the US Congress and that was signed into law by the US President on the books now. The problem is that millions of illegal aliens simply refuse to abide by that law. The liberal Democrats use any excuse to refuse to enforce the immigration laws, and now support the illegal aliens because they consider them to be future Democrat voters.
Under those conditions how can anyone believe that aliens will ever abide by any new immigration laws that the liberal Democrats pass and President Obama signs into law?
By allowing Obama and the liberal Democrats to pass a "path to citizenship" amnesty for up to twenty million illegal aliens, the Republicans would be committing what amounts to long-term political suicide by eventually providing the Democrats with many millions of new voters in the years ahead.
You can also bet that any new immigration laws written by the liberal Democrats will make it much easier for additional millions of illegal aliens to come into the USA in the future, and also to become eligible for additional "path to citizenship" amnesties that essentially amount to an "open borders" policy supplying the liberal Democrats with untold numbers of new foreign born socialist oriented voters on into the future.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
King of all trolls, 1/4/2013 12:23:53 AM (No. 9097573)
Now is the time to throw down the gantlet. Historically, 70% of Latinos vote for the Democrats. Amnesty will turn AZ, CO, NV, and FL permanently blue. Game, set, match. No goodies for criminals who have violated immigration law, employment laws, and who´ve falsified government documents.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Pearson365, 1/4/2013 12:45:56 AM (No. 9097586)
#4, Illegals are not future Democrat voters, they are current Democrat voters that Obama wants to thank for voting for him once, twice, perhaps multiple times. As to Repubs, they have to go to court immediately for injunction to stop Obama´s brazen attempt to destroy what Congress has passes. If courts refuse to issue temporary restraining order until hearings can be held, then start impeachment proceedings. If Repubs cannot make case that Obama is acting as illegally as illegals, then they should stop being law makers.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Twiggy, 1/4/2013 1:50:35 AM (No. 9097613)
I couldn´t agree more.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Attercliffe, 1/4/2013 3:29:37 AM (No. 9097639)
It´s not as if there isn´t any evidence of the chaos that will follow/is already following. All one has to do is look at the numbers and unintended and intended consequences in the UK, where remedial measures by the current Conservative/LibDem coalition are having little effect. The UK problem grew too big under the previous 13-year-term Labour government and the EU is shoving more immigrants in the direction of the UK. Sounds like the White House is becoming the USEU.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 1/4/2013 3:30:02 AM (No. 9097640)
Forget the mexicans. I´m more worried about all those jihadists that illegally crossed our borders. You want them given green cards?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Stopstoreload, 1/4/2013 1:01:12 PM (No. 9098518)
"(H)e shall see that the laws be faithfully executed.".
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