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Obama’s Immigration Speech Showcases Plans for Amnesty
The Heritage Foundation ^ | 7/01/10

Posted on 07/05/2010 8:12:13 PM PDT by starczar66

...However, the country did an amnesty in 1986 — and what it did was push the illegal immigration problem on to another generation. Now in 2010, the population has increased to 10 to 11 million. It’s clear that such a move only encourages more illegal immigration, and doesn’t get to the root of the illegal immigration problem. Yet, Obama not only used his speech to push for a mass amnesty; he also pushed for the Dream Act, which would grant an amnesty to individuals inside the United States who came here before the age of 16.

Any kind of amnesty — whether the Dream Act or a mass earned legalization — would have the same results of encouraging more people to come to the United States illegally...

(Excerpt) Read more at blog.heritage.org ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; arizona; bho44; immigration

1 posted on 07/05/2010 8:12:19 PM PDT by starczar66
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To: starczar66

Manufacture a lot of new on-the-dole rat voters. That’s the goal. It will come to a point where the non-taxpayers exceed the tax payers.
Time to go Galt.


2 posted on 07/05/2010 8:33:25 PM PDT by RedMDer (Throw them all out in 2010... Forward with Confidence! Forward!)
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To: RedMDer
Time to go Galt.

Yep Ayn Rand saw this coming back in 1957...

3 posted on 07/05/2010 8:34:57 PM PDT by Niteflyr ("The number one goal in life is to parent yourself" Carl Jung)
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To: Niteflyr

I read it about 25 or 30 years ago. My wife just finished reading it today actually and really refreshed my memory this evening.
Lady Thatcher was also right and its gonna hit the fan when we run out of other peoples money.


4 posted on 07/05/2010 8:41:06 PM PDT by RedMDer (Throw them all out in 2010... Forward with Confidence! Forward!)
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To: starczar66

I think the government should be charged with conspiring against the American people.


5 posted on 07/05/2010 8:41:20 PM PDT by taxtruth (Something really stinks In The Federal Government/Mafia and I think it's BO!)
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To: taxtruth
I think the government should be charged with conspiring against the American people.

I think that is my next tag line. It couldn't be more succinctly or better stated

6 posted on 07/05/2010 8:53:02 PM PDT by RedMDer (Throw them all out in 2010... Forward with Confidence! Forward!)
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My “DREAM Act” is massive deportations to the 3rd world hell holes from whence they came.
7 posted on 07/06/2010 7:21:12 AM PDT by HenpeckedCon (What pi$$es me off the most is that POS commie will get a State Funeral!)
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