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Barack Obama makes a fresh pitch fo
comprehensive immigration legislation
1 posted on 04/23/2010 11:13:36 AM PDT by GOP_Lady
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126 posted on 04/23/2010 11:04:26 PM PDT by mojitojoe (“Our leaders seek to pit us against one another, and torment us relentlessly."Mark Levin)
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" his administration would examine the measure to see if it is consistent with federal law. "

Obama will have the DOJ investigate if it is constitutional for authorities to ask for documentation,.....right after he releases his long form birth certificate

130 posted on 04/23/2010 11:12:23 PM PDT by KTM rider ( ..........tell me this really isn't happening ! !)
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FUBO


131 posted on 04/23/2010 11:18:45 PM PDT by meadsjn (Sarah 2012, or sooner)
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President Barack Obama on Friday harshly criticized a proposed law in Arizona to crack down on illegal immigration and said his administration would examine the measure to see if it is consistent with federal law.

How dare they enforce those pesky laws.

136 posted on 04/24/2010 2:02:42 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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We should be sensitive to the pResident's concerns!

Now if obama comes to Arizona, the police will be compelled to arrest him and have him deported back to kenya.

137 posted on 04/24/2010 2:33:47 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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This dumb**s affirmative-action self-aggrandized community organizer lawyer is going to find himself up against the very Constitution he claims to have teached (of course, we have no record of that). Guess he missed the part about:

STATES' RIGHTS
9th and 10th Amendments to the United States Constitution! Oops!

Not to mention SO many States filing lawsuits (22now?) against his Obamacare, and others building on their 2nd Amendment rights.

Got fear Obambi, Reid, Pelosi? You're going down along with all your marxist ideals. Call us all the bad names you want, but we are ALL strict Constitutionalists and your time is coming to an end. Pass everything you want, come 11/10 your socialist/marxist crap will be defunded! Watch!

BTW, obambimarxists, Arizona became the third State to allow unrestricted concealed carry - no permit required. There are many more States' legislatures looking at same. Others are looking at open carry. Others are passing resolutions and legislation for States' sovereignty.

You managed to wee weed of much of the entire nation.

Do you have any idea what that means to your agenda? Do you also realize that your marxist agenda has created the largest gun sales in recent history? Think about it, you pr**cks.

138 posted on 04/24/2010 2:40:27 AM PDT by A Navy Vet
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The “boy-king” has been in office over a year. Where is any kind of legislation to protect American citizens along the borders? BUZZER!!! No such thing! Where is his official outburst of “an act of war” by the Mexican Army, when it invaded Texas, these past few months? BUZZER!! Again, no such thing!! Oh, but can we not call a Mohammedan, a ‘terrorist’? BUZZER!!! No! The “boy-king”, who is SUPPOSED to be, a Constitutional lawyer (no paperwork that I can see to back that up), does not understand that the 10th Amendment means, Washington, ‘don’t gimme no lies, and keep yo’ hands to yo’self!”


140 posted on 04/24/2010 4:16:57 AM PDT by Prussianone
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the state law is the same as current federal law.

Federal Immigration and Nationality Act
Section 8 USC 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv)(b)(iii)

State and local law enforcement officials have the general power to investigate and arrest violators of federal immigration statutes without prior INS knowledge or approval, as long as they are authorized to do so by state law. There is no extant federal limitation on this authority. The 1996 immigration control legislation passed by Congress was intended to encourage states and local agencies to participate in the process of enforcing federal immigration laws. Immigration officers and local law enforcement officers may detain an individual for a brief warrantless interrogation where circumstances create a reasonable suspicion that the individual is illegally present in the U.S. Specific facts constituting a reasonable suspicion include evasive, nervous, or erratic behavior; dress or speech indicating foreign citizenship; and presence in an area known to contain a concentration of illegal aliens.


142 posted on 04/24/2010 5:47:50 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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Everyone ... stand back, let me handle this one...

Mr. Obamma, Go F$%K yourself Kenyan dirtbag!


143 posted on 04/24/2010 6:09:25 AM PDT by PA-RIVER
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Obama can't Ass Hail even his wife, how will he accomplish that on a legitimate Arizona Law?

He can send in the troops?

If he does it will be civil war.

Obama can choose to secure the border, or NOT.

The Southern tier of states will do it.Arizona is just the first. Parallel laws will soon come from Texas and New Mexico.

California is lost. It is already a colony of Mexico.Thats why its local and state governments are bankrupt. More handouts than revenue.Arizona, Texas and Mexico have NO plans to become like Californicatia.

147 posted on 04/24/2010 6:59:07 AM PDT by Candor7 (Now's the time to ante up against the Obama Fascist Junta ( member NRA))
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Obama can't Ass Hail even his wife, how will he accomplish that on a legitimate Arizona Law?

He can send in the troops?

If he does it will be civil war.

Obama can choose to secure the border, or NOT.

The Southern tier of states will do it.Arizona is just the first. Parallel laws will soon come from Texas and New Mexico.

California is lost. It is already a colony of Mexico.Thats why its local and state governments are bankrupt. More handouts than revenue.Arizona, Texas and Mexico have NO plans to become like Californicatia.

148 posted on 04/24/2010 6:59:07 AM PDT by Candor7 (Now's the time to ante up against the Obama Fascist Junta ( member NRA))
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From the article:

Mr. Obama said he instructed the Justice Department to "examine the civil rights and other implications" of the new law.

The same "Justice Department" that saw NOTHING WRONG with club-wielding thugs at a polling place intimidating voters.

153 posted on 04/24/2010 9:23:42 AM PDT by red-dawg (We have learned to stop terrorism on planes by ourselves, it's time to do that in D.C.)
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What would you expect from an illegal immigrant?


155 posted on 04/24/2010 12:17:37 PM PDT by BlackjackPershing (The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree - Thomas Campbell (Scottish poet))
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He looks like something out of a horror movie.


160 posted on 04/24/2010 4:58:41 PM PDT by mowowie
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Arizon has been very impressive lately.

GO GET’EM SHERIFF JOE!!


161 posted on 04/24/2010 5:03:21 PM PDT by mowowie
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FINALLY found what I knew I had somewhere. An article about what Mexico’s immigration policy is like.

http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/gaffney/060403

The Mexican solution

The Congress has received lots of free advice lately from Mexican government officials and illegal aliens waving Mexico’s flag in mass demonstrations coast-to-coast. Most of it takes the form of bitter complaints about our actual or prospective treatment of immigrants from that country who have gotten into this one illegally — or who aspire to do so.

If you think these critics are mad about U.S. immigration policy now, imagine how upset they would be if we adopted an approach far more radical than the bill they rail against which was adopted last year by the House of Representatives — namely, the way Mexico treats illegal aliens.

In fact, as a just-published paper by the Center for Security Policy’s J. Michael Waller (www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/Mexicos_Glass_House.pdf) points out, under a constitution first adopted in 1917 and subsequently amended, Mexico deals harshly not only with illegal immigrants. It treats even legal immigrants, naturalized citizens and foreign investors in ways that would, by the standards of those who carp about U.S. immigration policy, have to be called “racist” and “xenophobic.”

For example, according to an official translation published by the Organization of American States, the Mexican constitution includes the following restrictions:

* Pursuant to Article 33, “Foreigners may not in any way participate in the political affairs of the country.” This ban applies, among other things, to participation in demonstrations and the expression of opinions in public about domestic politics like those much in evidence in Los Angeles, New York and elsewhere in recent days.

* Equal employment rights are denied to immigrants, even legal ones. Article 32: “Mexicans shall have priority over foreigners under equality of circumstances for all classes of concessions and for all employment, positions, or commissions of the Government in which the status of citizenship is not indispensable.”

* Jobs for which Mexican citizenship is considered “indispensable” include, pursuant to Article 32, bans on foreigners, immigrants, and even naturalized citizens of Mexico serving as military officers, Mexican-flagged ship and airline crew, and chiefs of seaports and airports.

Article 55 denies immigrants the right to become federal lawmakers. A Mexican congressman or senator must be “a Mexican citizen by birth.” Article 91 further stipulates that immigrants may never aspire to become cabinet officers as they are required to be Mexican by birth. Article 95 says the same about Supreme Court justices.

In accordance with Article 130, immigrants — even legal ones — may not become members of the clergy, either.

* Foreigners, to say nothing of illegal immigrants, are denied fundamental property rights. For example, Article 27 states, “Only Mexicans by birth or naturalization and Mexican companies have the right to acquire ownership of lands, waters, and their appurtenances, or to obtain concessions for the exploitation of mines or of waters.”

* Article 11 guarantees federal protection against “undesirable aliens resident in the country.” What is more, private individuals are authorized to make citizen’s arrests. Article 16 states, “In cases of flagrante delicto, any person may arrest the offender and his accomplices, turning them over without delay to the nearest authorities.” In other words, Mexico grants its citizens the right to arrest illegal aliens and hand them over to police for prosecution. Imagine the Minutemen exercising such a right!

* The Mexican constitution states that foreigners — not just illegal immigrants — may be expelled for any reason and without due process. According to Article 33, “the Federal Executive shall have the exclusive power to compel any foreigner whose remaining he may deem inexpedient to abandon the national territory immediately and without the necessity of previous legal action.”

As the immigration debate in the Senate moves into a decisive phase this week, legislators who believe America’s southern border must be secured, the Nation’s existing immigration laws enforced and illegal aliens not rewarded with permanent residency and a direct path to citizenship are being sharply criticized and, in some cases, defamed as bigots and xenophobes. Yet, even their maximalist positions generally pale in comparison with the treatment authorized by the Mexican constitution.

So the next time such legislators — and the majority of Americans for whom they speak — are assaulted by Mexican officials, undocumented aliens waving Mexican flags in mass demonstrations here in the United States, clergy and self-described humanitarians, businessmen and other advocates of illegal immigration ask them this: Would they favor having the U.S. impose the same restrictions on immigrants — legal and illegal — that Mexico imposes on their counterparts there?

Nothing of the kind is in the cards, of course. Nor should it be. Legal immigration and the opportunity for foreign investors and other nationals to contribute to this country are not only one of its hallmarks; they are among the reasons for its greatness.

Still, we should not allow the hypocrisy of others’ treatment of undocumented aliens in their countries to induce us to refrain from taking effective steps to prevent further illegal immigration: by building a fence along our southern border; by enforcing immigration laws in the workplace and elsewhere; and by discouraging more such violations — with potentially grave national security implications — by dealing effectively with those who have already broken those laws by coming here without permission.

© Frank Gaffney


162 posted on 04/24/2010 5:41:38 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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Those who are not illegal have nothing to fear from the AZ law. Obama is telling AZ that it should not enforce existing laws ...... that it should do nothing (ala Congress) about illegals in this country. He is encouraging contempt for the law.

Illegals are a burden on our society, since they use billions of dollars in public services, but don’t pay income taxes. Also, we don’t know how many of the millions of illegals are actually terrorists who have entered the U.S. to kill Americans. Some of them must be terrorists.

Obama & his fellow socialists claim that the AZ law is unconstitutional. They are all wrong. If asking for documentation of legal status is unconstitutional, so is the entire process used at airports by the TSA.


169 posted on 04/25/2010 6:32:19 AM PDT by pleikumud
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