Obama Puts Immigration Reform on Docket ( Wants Illegals given citizenship )

boston.com ^ | March 19, 2009 | staff

[kellynla]

On his very full plate, immigration was one issue that President Obama had yet to take on - until yesterday, when he discussed it with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

At a town hall meeting in southern California yesterday, Obama renewed his support for comprehensive reform, including a possible path to citizenship for law-abiding people who entered the country illegally, along the lines of the bill that stalled in Congress in 2007.

According to the White House account of yesterday's one-hour closed session, it was "a robust and strategic meeting" in which Obama announced he will go to Mexico next month to meet President Calderón and discuss, among other issues, effective, comprehensive immigration reform.

After the meeting, Representative Luis V. Gutierrez of Illinois, chairman of the Hispanic caucus's immigration task force, and advocacy groups said they were hopeful that Obama would address immigration reform this year.

"Although it is very early in his administration, he understands that for the immigrant community it's the 11th hour, and there is no time to waste," Gutierrez said in a statement.

Janet Murguía, president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza, added, "While we agree that our priority should be fixing the nation's economy, we also believe that we can initiate an immigration reform that will help us achieve long-term economic growth."

[rabscuttle385]

Is that what you are telling us, you brain-dead traitor?

And you really believe McCain?

Darn, are you really that gullible?

[Dante3]

It is chaos in Washington. Only because the illegal aliens have a sociopathic sense of entitlement and break our laws, Obama wants to reward them with a shortcut to citizenship.

It is not only these criminals Obama caters to. He seems to have a fondness for tax cheats and other lawbreakers for Cabinet and other positions.

One of the many investigations involves Vivek Kundra, appointed to a White House technology post. One maybe could argue he has reformed since shoplifting shirts from JC Penney. But then there are those working for him in the DC's technology office who were arrested in a huge theft/bribery scheme. Now they total three: Farrukh Awan, Yusuf Acar, and Sushil Bansal. And all this time Kundra was unaware of this massive corruption?

[kellynla]

“It is chaos in Washington?”

Well, I don’t know why anyone would be surprised...college & university students have been indoctrinated by Socialists/Marxists/Leftists/Communists for decades...so it it is only logical that what we have now is a society full of under forty year old good little Comrades...and with HALF the population dependent on the government for their livelihood, who says “Communism is dead!”

Lenin, Stalin & Khrushchev must be laughing their asses off!

[Polybius]

Is that what you are telling us, you brain-dead traitor?

And you really believe McCain? Darn, are you really that gullible?

Believe what? Whether or not some f***ing Mexican goes to the back of the Green Card line when he goes back to Mexico or if he is barred from the list all together? Who gives a rat's ass? You might as well be spending your time obsessing about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.

Barack Obama makes Bill Clinton look like Ronald Reagan by comparison and YOU worked very hard prior to the election to help Barack Obama get elected.

The fact of the matter is that, after Obama became President of the United States, illegal alien raids have been STOPPED.

So, again, THANK YOU very much for helping destroy America. < /sarc>

America's enemies also thank you for helping destroy America. < Absolutely no sarcasm there. >

[AuntB]

“because McCain said that illegals that WENT BACK TO MEXICO AND GOT AT THE END OF THE GREEN CARD LINE would be considered for admission to the U.S. once their number came up many years down the road? Sheesh”

BS. McCain lied and you know it. No alien had to go back or get in line. They’re here and McCain was never going to send any of ‘em back to ‘get in line’. We’re in this mess because SOME people insist on the McCainRino type. You should be happy. Obama is just following the McCain lead.

[AuntB]

What are you going to do to fight amnesty?

NOTHING...just like McCain. We’re in this mess because of people like you. Can’t you just be happy that you’ve helped in this destruction and shut up with the McCain nonsense.

[Polybius]

BS. McCain lied and you know it.

So, you people did everything you could to help a Marxist like Obama get elected President because you "knew" that McCain was lying about whether or not some Mexican was going back to Mexico?

Gee, thanks. That makes it sooooo much easier to deal with the fact that the Marxist that you helped elect to the Oval Office has STOPPED illegal alien raids.

We’re in this mess because SOME people insist on the McCainRino type.

We conservatives make up 60% of all Republicans but Republicans only make up 27% of all American voters.

You know what an "Absolute Republican Purity Party" like you insist upon gets you in a general Presidential Election?

A 73% to 27% ROUT, that's what it gets you.

Grow up!

You are not a 3 year old anymore. You should not be expecting to get 100% of what you want anymore. Not on the Planet Earth.

Whether you like it or not, that other 73% also gets to vote and, after George W. Bush, the "Conservative brand" was lower than whale scat at the bottom of the ocean in popularity for the Election of 2008.

Yes, McCain was a Moderate but, to any conservative with half a brain, a Moderate in the White House is infinitely better for America than a Marxist in the White House.

There is NO excuse for you people helping get Barack Obama elected President of the United States. NO excuse whatsoever.

[Regulator]

Quisling traitors are now running our country

They're beyond traitors - they're foreigners and enemy aliens at that!

[AuntB]

Most of us, including me voted for McCain.

SHUT UP!

[Travis McGee]

Sounds like the plot of my third novel, that I'm finishing this week after 3 years.

[RC2]

A non-citizen giving a non-citizen citizenship. Great, just great. Maybe we should let Mexicans give themselves citizenship.....that would work.

[roamer_1]

You lying sack of crap.

He and Bush tried six ways to Sunday to ram "normalization" down our throats, and when the PEOPLE rose up to defeat him, he threw a hissy fit and finally grumbled: “By the way, I think the fence is least effective. But I’ll build the goddamned fence if they want it.”

And never you fear- Whatever Obummer comes up with for Amnesty, you can bet money that John "The Traitorous Bastard" McAin't will be prancing naked and smiling at the front of the parade, holding his baton.

[Polybius]

A non-citizen giving a non-citizen citizenship. Great, just great. Maybe we should let Mexicans give themselves citizenship.....that would work.

Did your barn run out of straw after creating all those Straw Men?

The son of an active duty U.S. Naval officer and a U.S. citizen mother is "not a citizen" because his father was overseas on active duty defending America?

Yeah, whatever floats your boat.

There is NO excuse for you people helping get Barack Obama elected President of the United States. NO excuse whatsoever.

[AuntB]

“There is NO excuse for you people helping get Barack Obama elected President of the United States. NO excuse whatsoever.”

You just never stop. YOU and McCain got Obama elected because you just could not STAND the thought of a conservative in office.

We puked and voted for the silly old fool. You got your ounce of blood out of us. With Fred Thompson’s help. Go on your way and find us some more rinos, that’s the only thing you’re good for.

[RC2]

Hope you’re pointing you comments at me. If so, you totally misunderstood me.

[roamer_1]

after George W. Bush, the "Conservative brand" was lower than whale scat at the bottom of the ocean in popularity for the Election of 2008. Yes, McCain was a Moderate [...]

Geo. Bush and John "the Traitorous Bastard" McAin't are of the same exact political cloth. BOTH are Bakerite moderates. Both come from the exact same wing. "Big Tent" NeoCons. McCain't was in the can until he named a somewhat conservative VP. That should tell you all you need to know about your theory.

Without the Conservatives, McCain would have been routed (WAY worse than he was). And were a true Conservative to stand as a candidate, Obama would have been soundly defeated. As always, it is the Republicans to lose.

[rabscuttle385]

Who gives a rat's ass? You might as well be spending your time obsessing about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.

If you don't give "a rat's ass" about the rule of law, then hell, you might as well just surrender to the Socialists.

Barack Obama makes Bill Clinton look like Ronald Reagan by comparison and YOU worked very hard prior to the election to help Barack Obama get elected.

Oh yes, I'm the sole reason why the pitiful, pathetic RINO McCain lost to a light-weight, empty-suit novice Socialist who's in love with a teleprompter. /sarc

Quit blaming the voter for being smart enough to recognize that McCain was, is, and always be a lying, treacherous sack of RINO dung...and for refusing to kneel before the RINOs.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

George W. Bush, the "Conservative brand" LOL!

Polybius, your graphs cover the period that an amnesty loving "R" President, GWB, was in the White House. GWB was a huge help to Obama getting elected.

However, now that voters have seen Obama and the Dems in action this year, Link: The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 41% said they would vote for their district’s Republican candidate while 39% would choose the Democrat. That poll had favored Dems every week for at least 2 years. In fact that poll before election day 2008 favored the Dems by 7 points. The numbers can change in the future of course, but I am beginning to see a few rays of hope.

Rabscuttle and AuntB are right about McCain's lying on Amnesty. You don't like Dems controlling congress and the presidency? McCain's amnesty (if he had been elected) or Obama's, would grant leftists tens of millions of new voters.

[Polybius]

You lying sack of crap. He and Bush tried six ways to Sunday to ram "normalization" down our throats, and when the PEOPLE rose up to defeat him, he threw a hissy fit and finally grumbled: “By the way, I think the fence is least effective. But I’ll build the goddamned fence if they want it.”

A fence IS the least effective.

Do you seriously believe that Mexicans have never heard of a shovel? ($100,000 stretch of fence defeated by a $10 shovel.)

Do you seriously believe that Mexicans have never heard of a ramp or a ladder?

"20 people had crossed into the U.S. and put up welded metal ramps over the top of the border fence.” Upon the BP’s arrival they all took off back into Mexico but the ramp was left behind

"You can climb over a fence with a ramp? I never knew that!"

Has it ever occured to you that the most efficient way to stop the flood of illegals coming for work is to crack down on illegal EMPLOYERS so that, even if they dig under the fence or climb over the fence, there will be NO WORK once the illegal alien gets here?

Do you realize that, after you McCain-haters helped elect the Marxist Obama, illegal alien raids have been STOPPED?

Now, after you have helped get Marxist Obama in the White House, you will end up with NO fence, No raids and NO employer penalties.

There is NO excuse for you people helping get Barack Obama elected President of the United States. NO excuse whatsoever.

[SoConPubbie]

A fence IS the least effective.

As opposed to what????

1. Doing nothing?
2. A "Virtual" electronic fence?
3. Granting Amnesty?


You, my friend, are full of it!