Posted on 11/20/2014 6:14:04 PM PST by Steelfish
'We're Not Going To Deport You': Obama Announces Amnesty For Millions Of 'Anchor Baby' Parents And Illegal Immigrant Children – as long as they've been in US for five years Obama addressed the nation to outline a new executive order that will allow millions of illegal immigrants to remain in the country
President acknowledges that it's a temporary fix and demands help from Congress to make it permanent Anyone who takes advantage of the program will have to pass criminal and national security background checks, pay their taxes, pay a fee and prove their eligibility Two Republican aides complained about an 'amnesty' for people who came to the US illegally and then had children here – calling their children 'anchor babies' By DAVID MARTOSKO 20 November 2014
President Obama announced a plan Thursday night to mainstream millions of illegal immigrants with an executive order allowing them to stay instead of facing deportation, bringing howls from Republicans who complained about so-called 'anchor babies' helping their illegal parents remain in the U.S. The president calmly explained in a 15-minute speech – subtitled in Spanish – the parameters of what angry Republicans are calling a lawless 'amnesty.'
'We’re going to offer the following deal,' he said: 'If you’ve been in America for more than five years; if you have children who are American citizens or legal residents; if you register, pass a criminal background check, and you’re willing to pay your fair share of taxes – you’ll be able to apply to stay in this country temporarily, without fear of deportation.' 'You can come out of the shadows and get right with the law.'
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I have a sick old man. All I can do is write checks. I will follow but don’t have the energy to lead.
I will not vote for a moderate or liberal republican. If we join together we can choose a leader and work a few years, but Ill be dam if I vote for someone who insults and won’t enact what I believe in. Fool me four times double shame on me.
At least he’s being honest about what the policy has been all along.
WTF??
You establishment RINOs make me sick. Err I mean sick of libs.
When Ted Cruz takes the WH after losing to Cristie who loses to Hillary then by using our Second amendment options we will take back our country from Hillary (as Sharon Angle promised just before her big win in NV in 2010) and we will hang you compromisists by your willy wally RINOs by their libtards before we do it to the Obama Pelosi libs.
Time for revolution, we got the most guns. Lets all rise up
FRiends : Can I play this imaginary game or can I play it dudes?
>> WTF?? You establishment RINOs make me sick. Err I mean sick of libs. <<
Well, there's not a lot to choose from, if we look at all the Presidents we've had "since Ronald Reagan". The choices are:
George H.W. Bush (1989-1993)
Bill Clinton (1993-2001)
George W. Bush (2001-2009)
Barack Obama (2009-present)
Given that sorry list, I would agree George W. Bush is the "best" of the lot. But being the "best President after Reagan" is like being the "best Superman movie since Superman III". The choices range from "meh" to "horrible train wreak". The sad fact is that our country has declined considerably in the last 30 years.
Well, my FRiend, I’m a sick “sort of” old man myself. Just finished up six Months of Chemotherapy and am waiting to see if my Blood Work will improve. I am a profound believer that any day above ground is a good day.
Best wishes to you. I hope your Health improves. Do what you can but always take care of number one.
Yes, I understand your frustrations. I think most people here feel they have no Representation, no matter the direction of the Political winds.
To be frank, I feel like we are Preaching to the Choir and the Church Pews are empty. All we can really do is share our insights, but until Common Sense takes hold in this Country we are simply arguing amongst ourselves and not changing any minds outside our FR bubble.
Although our opinions what actions to take differ, we are united in our love of Country. Of that I have no doubt.
Again, take good care of yourself, from one Old Guy to another. Off to bed I go...
“Just hold your nose ONE LAST TIME”.
Bingo!
Democrats need voters
Those RHINOS that got voted in need slave labor for their corporate donors.
We’re screwed again. Bye, bye Republican party and we did it to ourselves.
Obama's using "The Gruber MO"..... thinks stupid Americans can't figure it out.
This is what I sent to my Tyranny Tracker distribution list earlier today...It fits well on your thread.
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We must ask ourselves what was accomplished last night in the President’s announcement that he is going to act without legislation. Let us first review the section of the US Constitution that assigns responsibility regarding Immigration and Naturalization:
Article I - The Legislative Branch
Section 8
Clause 4:
To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
In other words, only the Legislative Branch (The House of Reps and The Senate) has any Constitutional authority to take any action regarding Immigration policy. The only charge given to the Executive Branch (POTUS) is to “dutifully and faithfully enforce laws (legislation.)” This actually places a restriction upon the POTUS to prevent the Executive Branch from acting without the Legislative Branch representing the people. Many will claim that the “failure of the Legislative Branch to take action” requires that the Executive Branch must act unilaterally! Those folks are actually calling for a consolidation of powers into a single branch of our government, in other words they are calling for ending our system of separated powers. Or to be more frank, they are actively begging to be ruled by a Tyrant!
Remember, by not taking legislative action in the Congress, the representatives of the people ARE speaking loudly and clearly. They ARE re-affirming the current laws! Not legislating IS ACTION and this action is as valid as any other action.
Now, let us review the comments that have been made by our POTUS over the last few years. We can see that he acknowledges this division of power, we can see that he admits that the division of power creates a system without a single ruler (King/Emperor) and we can see that after acknowledging our system that he has decided to act outside of that very system. In other words, he is actively deciding to act outside of his constitutional authority, therefore he is actively deciding to act in a tyrannical manner! He admits that this action would make him a Tyrant, and then decides to take the action.
Our once fine Representative Republic is lost and these next 2 years will likely be one of the most dangerous periods of time in our history. We must return to Constitutional Conservatism, or our progeny will suffer greatly.
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Obama on March 28, 2011: Univision Town Hall: “Well, I think it is important to remind everybody that, as I said I think previously, and I’m not a king. I am the head of the executive branch of government. I’m required to follow the law. And that’s what we’ve done. But what I’ve also said is, let’s make sure that we’re applying the law in a way that takes into account people’s humanity. That’s the reason that we moved forward on deferred action. Within the confines of the law we said, we have some discretion in terms of how we apply this law. The same is true with respect to the kinds of the length of time that people have to spend outside of the country when their spouses are already here for example.”
Obama on Feb. 14, 2013: Google Hangout “The problem is that you know I’m the president of the United States. I’m not the emperor of the United States. My job is to execute laws that are passed, and Congress right now has not changed what I consider to be a broken immigration system. And what that means is that we have certain obligations to enforce the laws that are in place, even if we think that in many cases the results may be tragic. And what we have been able to do is to make sure that we’re focusing our enforcement resources on criminals — as opposed to somebody who’s here, just trying to work and look after their families.”
“What we have tried to do is administratively reduce the burdens and hardships on families being separated. And what we’ve done, obviously, is pass the deferred action which made sure that the dream, uh, uh dreamers, young people who were brought here and think of themselves as Americans, are American except for their papers, that they’re not deported. Having said all that, we’ve got to stretch our administrative flexibility as much as we can. And that’s why making sure we get comprehensive immigration reform done is so important.”
Obama on Sept. 17, 2013: Interview with Telemundo’s Jose Diaz-Balart: “Here’s the problem that I have, Jose, and I have said this consistently. My job in the executive branch is to carry out the laws that are passed. Congress has said, here’s the law when it comes to those who are undocumented, and they allocate a whole bunch of money for enforcement. What I have been able to do is make a legal argument that I think is absolutely right, which is that given the resources we have, we can’t do everything that Congress has asked us to do, what we can do is then carve out the DREAM Act folks.”
“But if we start broadening that, then essentially, I would be ignoring the law in a way that I think would be very difficult to defend legally. So that’s not an option. I do get a little worried that advocates of immigration reform start losing heart and immediately thinking, well, somehow there’s an out here — that if Congress doesn’t act, we will just have the president sign something and that will take care of it, and we won’t have to worry about it. What I have said is that there is a path to get this done and that is through Congress.”
Obama on November 20, 2014: National address: ‘We’re going to offer the following deal,’ he said: ‘If you’ve been in America for more than five years; if you have children who are American citizens or legal residents; if you register, pass a criminal background check, and you’re willing to pay your fair share of taxes – you’ll be able to apply to stay in this country temporarily, without fear of deportation.’”
Call and melt the phone lines.
Don’t moan about it here—let your reps know—especially the Dems—how you feel about EO Amnesty.
We heard from the Usurper in Chief last night.
Today, they need to hear from us.
“Executive Orders aren’t permanent. Vote in the right person in 2016 and the EOs go away.”
True, but this action is permanent. There is no way to reverse legalization of illegal aliens. Those “new americans” will always be.
prostate survivor so far.
Best wishes!
” HAHA, you sound like sjb”
I noticed the improvement : )
“...WTF??
You establishment RINOs make me sick. ...”
THERE’S MY OLD BUDDY SOL!!! HE’S BAAAAAAAACK!!!
See?!?! I KNEW I could bring you back from the “Edge of Optimism” (sounds like an old song by Vixen)!! Hahaha!!!
Who loves ya baby....
I was merely trying to cure Sickoflibs from his “seeming” optimistic outlook...
He likes to yell at me whenever I go “Bushy”... Haha!!
” I was merely trying to cure Sickoflibs from his “seeming” optimistic outlook...”
This is important!
“...you sound like sjb...”
He’s my MENSCH!!!!! haha!
Whenever I see a politician, I have to ask “ Who OWNS ya baby? “
” I think I’ll go light a cigarette in The Federal Building in Boston.
I wonder if I’d get amnesty?”
Boston? You get 20 years!
I was really trying to say what I think they should do, and so far they are are not doing it ,as usual.
But I always enjoy a joke especially when it gives me an opening to play.
So should we go for Christie or Jeb ? I just cant decide. Both great choices. How about another Romney run?
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