Today, Obama referred to Americans as "THEY".
Posted on 07/01/2010 2:27:54 PM PDT by MissesBush
President Barack Obama said Thursday that being American “is not a matter of blood or birth,” but said that “no matter how decent” the 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. are, they should be held accountable for breaking the law.
Speaking at the American University School of International Service in Washington D.C., Obama expressed an understanding for why states would pass individual anti-illegal immigration laws, but said taking such action is “ill conceived.”
The president said laws, such as the one signed by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer in April, are “divisive,” put pressure on local law enforcement, burden state and local budgets and could potentially violate the rights of innocent American citizens and legal residents.
The Obama administration has come out against Arizona’s immigration law, which requires police officers to question a person’s immigration status if there is reasonable suspicion that the person is in the country illegally. The law takes effect July 29.
Obama said Thursday that while America has always defined itself as a nation of immigrants, and while the “overwhelming majority” of illegal immigrants come to the U.S. in search of a better life, “The presence of so many illegal immigrants makes a mockery of all those who are going through the process of immigration legally.”
“Ultimately, our nation, like all nations, has the right and obligation to control its borders and set laws for residency and citizenship,” he said. “And no matter how decent they are, no matter their reasons, the 11 million who broke these laws should be held accountable.”
The president called for a “pathway to legal status that is fair, reflective of our values and works,” a process he said has been “held hostage by political posturing and special interest wrangling.”
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‘not a matter of blood or birth’
What else can he say, he strikes out on both.
‘not a matter of blood or birth’
Spoken like a true, honest to goodness Usurper indeed!
He should know....He’s neither....Not American by either...nor even his ideology....
I don't think he really considers himself an American, either.
Barry Soetoro accusing others of his sins, and as usual, holding everyone but himself “accountable”.
“Being American is ‘not a matter of blood or birth’”
Perhaps not, but qualifying to be president is.
Sounds like a commie school
Obama is a catastrope that will bring us to a Marxist state.
It’s just left wing rambling, how hard is it to say citizenship matters, we have to secure our borders?
I wonder when he switched from Barry to Barack. Was he called Barack by all his friends before he was selected as President? Before he became a sinawhore?
In Obama’s world the only real Americans are the ones on the dole or the ones on the take.
So if he’s never been an American either by birth or upbringing or both, can he still be labeled as a traitor?
Obama is an antiAmerican.
The first one — is that Obama’s crotch salute?
Are you an American, Barry?
I couldn't listen to him. Is it in the article above? Very telling.
...once again the muslim declares what HE thinks an American should be....."it's not what you know, it's what people think you know"
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