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Home Front: Politix
Obama to revive immigration reform plan
2010-03-07
[Iran Press TV Latest] US President Barack Obama plans to focus on immigration matters next week by meeting at the White House with two senators crafting a bill on the issue.
"Think of them as 'undocumented Democrats'!"
According to The White House spokesman Nicholas Shapiro, on Monday the US president will meet with Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York. Shapiro said on Friday that the president "looking forward to hearing more about their efforts toward producing a bipartisan bill."

Obama started focusing on the issue last year; however, this meeting will be the first he has had with Schumer and Graham on the proposal they are developing ever since.

Immigrants and their advocates have been growing frustrated by Obama's failure to deliver on his campaign promise to address the issue in his first year of presidency.

Several community groups planned to vent some of that frustration in a news conference on Monday in Washington and are also trying to gather thousands of people for a March 21 demonstration in Washington

The alien population unlawfully remaining in the US is estimated to be about 11 million people, down from a historic peak of 12.5 million people in 2007.

According to a Pew Hispanic Center report, in 2005, 57% of illegal immigrants were from Mexico, 24% were from other Latin American countries, primarily from Central America, 9% were from Asia, 6% were from Europe, and 4% were from the rest of the world.
Posted by:Fred

#9  I think we should allow them to come in. However, any illegals caught will be used for either involuntary organ donors or for a variety of testing. Medical, automotive, safety, etc. Human testing for everything!

/sarc.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2010-03-07 16:22  

#8  Addressing immigration apart from other policies is just more smoke-and-mirrors. The immigration issue has not been addressed in regards to health care. Much of California's (and other states in the red)budget problems are the result of illegal aliens receiving health care, social service benefits, housing, education and in-state tuition rates, etc. that sometimes even citizens do not qualify for. We have competing philosophies here--either the US is a sovereign constitutional nation or we are global citizens, with international law superseding our laws and rights, with "human rights" for all but lawful Americans. Deport first, then bipartisan discussion can begin.
Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091   2010-03-07 12:13  

#7  The US electorate does not have the stomach for illegal alien amnesty – period. With near double-digit unemployment a “comprehensive” immigration bill is a non-starter. If you've seen this show before you may have noticed this nonsense gets floated about every couple of months. This seems to be one of The Great ObamagicianÂ’s favorite illusions. Watch with amazement as he fools the useful tools in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and simultaneously distracts his critics. In the Biz it's known as ole' the Chicago Two-fer.
Posted by: DepotGuy   2010-03-07 11:28  

#6  Keep going Wonder Boy, get behind another unpopular and foolish initiative - trying to ensure one term. Although McCain prolly would not have been much different, GWB wasn't good on immigration either. Build a wall, deport (or as I like to say repatriate lost foreign citizens) illegals and crush all companies that knowingly hire them. Problem solved - minus our politicos have no spine for this.
Posted by: Broadhead6   2010-03-07 09:31  

#5  Truman and Hoover, regardless of their policies or politics, were still well rooted as being 'American'. They identified themselves as such. They took their oath of office as a obligation to the American people. The current crowd are transnationalists and socialists raised and schooled by the non-American tax subsidized academia. They have no loyalty to any American, only power and special interest groups.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2010-03-07 09:30  

#4  Here is another view from San Diego:

Ladd: It isnÂ’t impossible to stop illegal immigration


Many people would have us believe that it would not actually be possible to round up and deport all illegal aliens in the U.S. This is most definitely not the case. It is merely a lack of resolve to do so. How can I say this? Easy. ItÂ’s been done successfully multiple times in the past. In fact, three of our most well-known presidents initiated successful illegal alien deportation programs.


William Ladd is a radiologist in San Diego.
First, President Herbert Hoover, during the great depression, ordered the deportation of all illegal aliens in order to make jobs available to American citizens that desperately needed work. My question is, why would you have to make an exception to “business as usual” to enforce the law?

Next, the greatly respected President Harry Truman deported over two million illegal aliens after World War II to create jobs for returning veterans. Were they allowed in because of a workforce shortage during WWII? I suppose that could be a reason they were here.

Read more at the link.

So the situation is similar but this time we have Zero and Company.
Posted by: Jack Ebberert6731   2010-03-07 09:20  

#3  "Think of them as 'undocumented Democrats'!"

LOL. I needed that. Priceless comment Fred. Thnx.

However, not a priceless program like everything else coming down the pike lately. Full plate? Just think of it as smoke and mirrors or distraction.
Posted by: JohnQC   2010-03-07 08:49  

#2  How about we just enforce the laws we already have?
Posted by: Parabellum   2010-03-07 08:30  

#1  Is the plate full enough yet?

naaaaa.
Make another law.
Posted by: newc   2010-03-07 01:32  

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