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Emanuel: 'What the president did was create an opportunity'
chicagotribune.com ^ | November 22, 2014 | Marwa Eltagouri

Posted on 11/22/2014 6:10:58 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe

A crowd gathered Saturday at a Chicago high school named for a Mexican president to rejoice in President Barack Obama's executive action to issue a reprieve for people living in the United States illegally whose children were born here — a decision that would shelter 4 million to 5 million from deportation.

Chicago leaders, including Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez, D-Ill., addressed the crowd, most of whom were immigrants, at Benito Juarez Community Academy in Pilsen. Although they praised the president's action, they cautioned that the order was only a first step in immigration reform.

"The hard work now begins," said Emanuel, Obama's former chief of staff. "What the president did was create an opportunity, not a certainty."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; illinois
"You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before." - Rahm Emanuel

1 posted on 11/22/2014 6:10:58 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe

What Obama did was shove blacks to the back of the bus, out the rear door, and into the gutter.


2 posted on 11/22/2014 6:16:08 PM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: cripplecreek

The blind support of the blacks is their own fault. They refused to see him catering to the Mexicans and voted for him anyway just like he knew they would. Guess they will wake up one of these days.


3 posted on 11/22/2014 6:22:03 PM PST by dandiegirl
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To: Tailgunner Joe

WTF! They are naming schools after Mexican President? The nerve, I wonder if there is a George Washington school in Mexico.


4 posted on 11/22/2014 6:28:44 PM PST by Patriot Babe
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5 posted on 11/22/2014 6:37:41 PM PST by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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What Obama did was shove blacks to the back of the bus, out the rear door, and into the gutter.

I wonder if the murder stats are about to change in Chicago and Detroit?

6 posted on 11/22/2014 6:44:15 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

What he did was spit on Americans.


7 posted on 11/22/2014 6:45:05 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Mastador1
The Detroit crime rate is in a free fall. A pro self defense police chief combined with open/concealed carry and stand your ground laws will do that.


8 posted on 11/22/2014 6:57:10 PM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: cripplecreek

That was before Lord Foul put more give me’s into contention for jobs and the federal money pot!


9 posted on 11/22/2014 7:18:07 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Well, this is not a problem for conservatives either. This is an opportunity for us to turn this against this evil bastard. We must make lemonade.


10 posted on 11/22/2014 7:22:10 PM PST by deweyfrank
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Punk progressives still in “preparation of the battlefield” mode, much like their totalitarian buddies.


11 posted on 11/22/2014 7:33:37 PM PST by PGalt
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To: deweyfrank

Well-said, deweyfrank.

See something, say something BUMP!


12 posted on 11/22/2014 7:34:34 PM PST by PGalt
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To: PGalt

Thank You P.


13 posted on 11/22/2014 7:39:14 PM PST by deweyfrank
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Well, this is not a problem for conservatives either. This is an opportunity for us to turn this against this evil bastard. We must make lemonade.

OUTSTANDING strategery BUMP!

14 posted on 11/22/2014 7:42:59 PM PST by PGalt
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To: cripplecreek

Good post, ‘creek. I hadn’t seen the stats before. Thanks. HOORAY James E. Craig!


15 posted on 11/22/2014 7:45:32 PM PST by PGalt
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To: PGalt

I’ve been keeping track.

http://www.detroitmi.gov/DepartmentsandAgencies/PoliceDepartment/CrimeStatistics.aspx


16 posted on 11/22/2014 7:54:26 PM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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I’ve been keeping track.

You do great work for Michigan FReepers and FR in general. I appreciate it very much.

17 posted on 11/22/2014 8:04:09 PM PST by PGalt
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