Obama Pressed from Left on Immigration

Another debt o owes and it sounds like he better pony up.

Of course he's being pushed from the left. They want to push up the number of people, legal or illegal, for the census. The higher the count, the more federal funding for all these social programs. More abuse of taxpayers for their own political gain.

How is importing poverty and a flood of unskilled labor prompting more unfunded mandates that we can't afford even if we wanted to, supposed to "help" the economy???

You want to lose more public services and spend more money for the privledge I've got a solution... Amnesty for breaking the law, and open borders to keep criminals, drugs, and God knows what else, flooding into the country...

I'm for comprehensive immigration reform, just along is it includes stiffer penalties for people who hire them and more ICE raids.

Are these Reps that are being elected working for the USA or other countries ? Do they feel they are a USA American or are loyal to another country ? I have never seen this happen in any other country that an elected government official would advocate for people who are in the country illegally, have broken the law and, in most cases, committed identity theft. I worked with a man that was from France and he was in the USA military. He did not want to become a citizen and did not apply. It is not unusual, believe it or not, for foreigners to be in our military. If they want to be a citizen they should apply to be one. What is wrong with that ? Why aren't the citizens in this country entitled to a country ? I am talking about all citizens of all races. Are we homeless ?

I'm still for sending all of them back to where they came from! These politicans are so stupid when they make comments about the civil rights of an Illegal. These people have no civil rights!!!! Kids or not, get them all out of this country. Any politician backing citizenship for these illegals needs to be voted out of office ASAP!!

I'm for comprehensive immigration reform, just along is it includes stiffer penalties for people who hire them and more ICE raids.

Posted by: Paul Cragle | Apr 17, 2009 7:08:05 PM
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That is exactly what they told us would happen on the last amnesty. It did not happen and it would not happen again.

Lost in the debate is the point that thousands of bright, energetic, and hard working Asian and non-Hispanic immigration applicants are playing by the rules, waiting patiently for their visa applications to be reviewed. In this country where equal protection and fairness are revered, why do people who illegally enter over the southern border get preferential treatment?

"It's impossible to deport 12 million people.." I declare BS! We can land a man on the moon, we have trains, buses and interstates; all the required infastructure. MAKE NO MISTAKE,WE CAN SEND THEM ALL BACK. The costs of such a mass deportation would be FAR, FAR cheaper than the continuing costs on our country due to social security and grant related fraud, hospital care, prison costs, education and so on at the hands of illegal immigration. So in short, "YES WE CAN!" Lastly let me say I have no problem with legal immigration. Some of the brightest minds in the 20th century were immigrants to america (LEGAL). That said, if you want to become a citizen, by spitting at our laws, and stealing someones SS#, and costing the american taxpayer out the wazoo, then YOU are the problem. We dont NEED immigration reform, we NEED the laws ENFORCED!

Very good question B. Bear. Why doesn't our president look into the "legal" system of immigration ?

Oh Boo Hoo! Relatives are being deported. Well, maybe they should have thought of that BEFORE they broke the law. They should not have been here in the first place. Obama is, supposedly, all about being fair... how fair is it to all of the immigrants who followed the rules & came here legally? It's not. I don't believe it would be impossible to deport these criminals.

Exactly right ellsbells930, they knew they were breaking the law when they sneaked across the border. They knew they were breaking the law when they gave false information to get a job, home, or anything else they applied for. We should award these people with a path to citizenship ? Give us a break. An American citizen does jail time if they write one bad check. These people have done far worse then that and our government will not do anything about it. I can not believe these politicians have that much support for this. We all need to let our Reps know how we feel.

If my family was being deported I would go with them. Hispanics are very "family oriented".........therefore go with your family back to country of origin.

Where do these "Hispanics" think they are? Back in Mexico, extracting "La Mordida" from yet another person? Corrupt b*stards!!!

They shouldn't have ANY political power. They represent ILLEGAL ALIENS who ought to be shipped right back to where they spawned.

TEXAS SECEDE!!!!! Take our state and country back!!!

It's a little disingenuous to talk about immigration "reform" when we have a government who does nothing to stand behind the laws already on the books. A nation's immigration laws should be created to protect the citizens of that nation, not the citizens of other nations who come here illegally and then whine about their "rights". My grandparents immigrated here from Germany and managed to succeed without government handouts and without German as a second language in the schools. Why? Because they came here to work hard and contribute to the nation as a whole, not to take and take some more, screaming about "rights" and totally forgetting about responsibilities. You may owe them, President Obama, but I don't.

By the way, that 12 million figure is just too conveniently being repeated over and over again by the MSM, so I have a feeling it's a much larger number than that. Anyone know where to get a more accurate number?

In 4 years when this idiot is run out of office there won't be any U.S. left!!!!!!!!!! He owes every far left radical group in the Country and if he doesn't Pelosi does. Between the 2 of them the next 4 years are going to be worse than Bush and I couldn't stand him. What a mess!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is one time that the right is right.
You have hit it right on the head Babs!

Massive immigration violation. The lack of enforcement has been compounded by abuse of the current implementation of law under the 14th amendment (i.e., if parents are here illegally and have a child the child is a citizen). The supporters of these law breakers then have the audacity to argue that “American Citizens” are injured when the illegal parents are not provided with a path to stay. These supporters of illegals should first have concern for the Americans that are unemployed and underemployed in our inner cities and elsewhere. Grant amnesty to illegals and they will compete for a larger range of jobs and demand special programs because they represent a disproportionate share of the poor. Ronald Regan took a massive step down this flawed path with 1986 amnesty. Enforcement did not follow and 40 million people placing a burden on the U.S economy and environment.

Massive immigration violation. The lack of enforcement has been compounded by abuse of the current implementation of law under the 14th amendment (i.e., if parents are here illegally and have a child the child is a citizen). The supporters of these law breakers then have the audacity to argue that “American Citizens” are injured when the illegal parents are not provided with a path to stay. These supporters of illegals should first have concern for the Americans that are unemployed and underemployed in our inner cities and elsewhere. Grant amnesty to illegals and they will compete for a larger range of jobs and demand special programs because they represent a disproportionate share of the poor. Ronald Regan took a massive step down this flawed path with 1986 amnesty. Enforcement did not follow and 40 million people placing a burden on the U.S economy and environment.