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White House extends status of Liberians in US
Associated Press ^ | March 19, 2010

Posted on 03/19/2010 1:53:22 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is allowing thousands of Liberians living in the United States to remain in the country for an additional year and a half.

A presidential memorandum issued Friday applies to Liberians who fled the country amid years of civil war and who are living in the United States under "deferred enforced departure status."

Their stay was to have expired on March 31, but Obama is directing the Department of Homeland Security to extend it by 18 months.

(Excerpt) Read more at hosted.ap.org ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; immigration; liberians

1 posted on 03/19/2010 1:53:22 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Gee I wonder why ...


2 posted on 03/19/2010 1:57:45 PM PDT by DontTreadOnMe2009 (So stop treading on me already!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

They may be citizens by the end of the year.


3 posted on 03/19/2010 1:58:05 PM PDT by Know et al (Everything I know I read in the newspaper and that's the reason for my ignorance: Will Rogers)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Man,

at first I thought he was letting Libertarians stay in the USA

and I thought gee that’s mighty .........


4 posted on 03/19/2010 1:58:37 PM PDT by DontTreadOnMe2009 (So stop treading on me already!)
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To: Know et al

And so will all of the illegal aliens if he has his way.


5 posted on 03/19/2010 1:59:14 PM PDT by demkicker (Helping Democrats Become Extinct)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“A presidential memorandum issued Friday applies to Liberians who fled the country amid years of civil war and who are living in the United States under “deferred enforced departure status.”

Don’t be surprised when Obama pulls this same stunt with millions of illegal alien Mexicans and anyone coming through there to get here. With the war going on down there, he’s got the excuse he wants.


6 posted on 03/19/2010 1:59:26 PM PDT by AuntB (WE are NOT a nation of immigrants! We're a nation of Americans! http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Kept reading that wrong. Thinking about libertarians and librarians
7 posted on 03/19/2010 1:59:43 PM PDT by w1andsodidwe (How can you tell when the President is lying? When his lips move, of course.)
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To: AuntB

That is great; the libraries will now be open.


8 posted on 03/19/2010 2:00:18 PM PDT by rjones42
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The way I read it:

White House extends status of Liberlans in US

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And NO! We have too many Liberals as it is. Send them to Liberalia.


9 posted on 03/19/2010 2:03:29 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Free ThinkerNY

So...the descendants of the slaves who returned to their homeland after they were freed have actually returned to the abominable country who enslaved their ancestors?


10 posted on 03/19/2010 2:03:52 PM PDT by FrdmLvr
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To: DontTreadOnMe2009

The reason... sharia and caliphate... and skin color.

LLS


11 posted on 03/19/2010 2:05:09 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Wolverine)
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To: DontTreadOnMe2009
at first I thought he was letting Libertarians stay in the USA

Yeah, I thought it said 'Librarians'.

12 posted on 03/19/2010 2:10:18 PM PDT by UCANSEE2
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To: UCANSEE2

Libraians, Libertarians, not so bad.

But ...

How many people are there in Liberia?

Didn’t every one of them want to run away and “seek asylum”???????

Do we let em all in?

Do we let em all stay?


13 posted on 03/19/2010 2:13:54 PM PDT by DontTreadOnMe2009 (So stop treading on me already!)
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To: FrdmLvr

Only a minority of Liberians are descended from freed American slaves. Liberia has been beset by violent sociopaths—a fate which we in America all face now. I knew a Liberian former govt. official before the criminal coups, and he was a neat guy. We are all up against the same evil. I don’t want Liberians, or any other foreign group, settling here in large numbers, but we should work to help them achieve what we all want: freedom and security.


14 posted on 03/19/2010 2:16:30 PM PDT by hellbender
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To: FrdmLvr
WINNER !
15 posted on 03/19/2010 2:25:08 PM PDT by stylin19a (Never buy a putter until you first get a chance to throw it)
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To: DontTreadOnMe2009; Free ThinkerNY
My reading of the title brought a thought somewhat similar to yours...

"Well, I guess that is good news for my mom. I don't know why Librarians need any special consideration but its good to hear she's safe until the Medicaid cuts and death panels arrive."

Had to actually read it to see that they were talking about refugees from some third-world hell hole. Yay!!
16 posted on 03/19/2010 3:13:46 PM PDT by philled ("There's always money in the banana stand."-- George Bluth)
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To: hellbender

Thank you for being a voice of reason.


17 posted on 03/19/2010 3:47:23 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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