Posted on 01/04/2017 5:29:50 PM PST by ColdOne
President Obama has made an emotional pitch to President-elect Donald Trump not to reverse his executive actions that have shielded immigrants brought here illegally as children from deportation.
He told Democrats in a closed door meeting he felt strongly about the issue in personal terms, and apparently has made a similar appeal to his successor.
The issue is politically fraught and was central to Democratic appeals to Hispanic voters in their opposition to Trump's election.
'He said ... he felt very strongly about this and he understood former presidents are supposed to step back from the field, but he said this one means so much to him personally that he would not step away from the responsibility of saying something if necessary,' Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois told NBC.
Durbin said he asked Obama about the issue during a caucus meeting where Democrats strategized about how to protect Obamacare from Republican repeal.
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Obama WHO??
Obama WHO??
Trump already backed way off of “lock her up” so we’ll see how he does...
Illegal aliens should be arrested and deported. What’s not to understand. They are here illegally. They have no right to be in the USA. End of story. Adios.
Obama has made an emotional pitch to President-elect Donald Trump not to......enforce the law.
“Laws, schmaws,” the departing potus was heard to say early on in his oval office tenure.
Knock it off, Hussein.
I think Trump said “just pack your stuff dipsh*t”
Yawn.
Deport obama!
If they are employable above the poverty line and we don’t keep relatives, why not?
If people want to be here and can be employed above the poverty line and be off of social programs, why not?
If they are dependents, bye bye I guess.
Chicago is a war zone and Durbin’s only concern is the wetbacks
Yeah, I suspect if Barky speaks up a lot of people who've held their tongue out of respect for the office will drop the charade.
I have a dream just like the rev. doctor martin luther the king- except in my dream, all the mexicans are shot over the kryptonite border wall using circus cannons
If he want’s them then that is THE reason to get rid of them all.
>>The issue is politically fraught and was central to Democratic appeals to Hispanic voters in their opposition to Trump’s election.<<
No matter what he does, Hispanics in their singular inability to understand English even when it is their native tongue, are against Trump.
It isn’t politically fraught as they have been proven to NOT be a big deal.
Someone should remind these reporters that Identity Politics LOST.
Every illegal is a felon. They will be lucky if Trump just deports them. He’d be within his rights to prosecute all of them before a Trump-appointed judge who would sentence them to hard labor - to repay America for what they have stolen.
Elian exempt. Amirite, democraps?
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