and the boy should know, he's neither...
Posted on 07/01/2010 2:27:54 PM PDT by MissesBush
President Barack Obama said Thursday that being American “is not a matter of blood or birth,” but said that “no matter how decent” the 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. are, they should be held accountable for breaking the law.
Speaking at the American University School of International Service in Washington D.C., Obama expressed an understanding for why states would pass individual anti-illegal immigration laws, but said taking such action is “ill conceived.”
The president said laws, such as the one signed by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer in April, are “divisive,” put pressure on local law enforcement, burden state and local budgets and could potentially violate the rights of innocent American citizens and legal residents.
The Obama administration has come out against Arizona’s immigration law, which requires police officers to question a person’s immigration status if there is reasonable suspicion that the person is in the country illegally. The law takes effect July 29.
Obama said Thursday that while America has always defined itself as a nation of immigrants, and while the “overwhelming majority” of illegal immigrants come to the U.S. in search of a better life, “The presence of so many illegal immigrants makes a mockery of all those who are going through the process of immigration legally.”
“Ultimately, our nation, like all nations, has the right and obligation to control its borders and set laws for residency and citizenship,” he said. “And no matter how decent they are, no matter their reasons, the 11 million who broke these laws should be held accountable.”
The president called for a “pathway to legal status that is fair, reflective of our values and works,” a process he said has been “held hostage by political posturing and special interest wrangling.”
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As you intimate, I can certainly see where Obama is coming from here. How could he think it mattered if you were or were not a citizen by birth or blood?
What a transparent dumb ass.
and the boy should know, he's neither...
What a slip! This is up there with "my muslim religion." Was it in this speech? Where? What part? What did he say? (Not doubting you, I just want full details!)
Worse than when Rosie O'Donnell did it?
Actually it was part of a 'conditioning' plan. Have the Anthem sung poorly, and you condition people to associate the anthem with irritating noise. Then, when you don't have it played, people like you better.
Likely, and while it’s true in general, his case is plain dire...
To fly a bird would be too obvious...
First Tuesday in November, folks...
THEN BY THAT SAME REASONING... BEING BLACK IS NOT A MATTER OF SKIN COLOR.
LLS
How can a man take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution when he doesn’t even know what it is?
I’m declaring a do over!
No, it's "not a matter of blood or birth."
You can be the grandchild of White business people from Kansas, Seattle, and Honolulu and attend exclusive White schools and still end up the first African-American President.
Skin color, though, probably does have a little to do with it, though.
1 Certified copy of original birth certificate
2 Columbia University transcripts
3 Columbia thesis paper
4 Campaign donor analysis requested by 7 major watchdog groups
5 Harvard University transcripts
6 Illinois State Senate records
7 Illinois State Senate schedule
8 Law practice client list and billing records/summary
9 Locations and names of all half-siblings and step-mother
10 Medical records (only the one page summary released so far)
11 Occidental College Transcripts
12 Parent’s marriage Certificate
13 Record of baptism
14 Selective Service registration records
(Did Obama Actually Register for Selective Service?
This supposed revelation of 0's SS records has been debunked here and here.)
15 Schedules for trips outside of the United States before 2007
16 Passport records for all passports
17 Scholarly articles
18 SAT and LSAT test scores
19 Access to his grandmother in Kenya
20 List of all campaign workers that are lobbyists
21 Punahou grade school records
22 Noelani Kindergarten records are oddly missing from the the State of Hawaii Department of Education.
23 Page 11 of Stanley Ann Dunham's divorce decree.
24 Why isn't Barack Obama still a member of the Illinois bar and where are all of the relevant documents?
25 Why isn't Michelle Obama still a member of the Illinois bar, after only about four years of practice, and where are all of the relevant documents?
Anyone who cares about their country would be very concerned that a POTUS had hidden every scrap of information of his life that he possibly could.
May a POX be upon him.
May a POX be upon him.
I don’t remember O’Donnell, but I DO remember Roseanne Barr. That was pretty bad.
I completely agree. My parents are naturalized citizens, they're very patriotic Americans, and they are distressed by what is befalling us. Mom is 85, and she still writes letters to congress and challenges some of the sweet old fools in her ladies' groups. Dad is nearly 90, and although he stays informed, he spends more time fishing and relaxing than fighting commies. I'm sure he's sending out campaign donations though.
Being an American citizen is a matter of birth.
14th Amendment, section 1:
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction there of, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.
You've got a good point. I don't believe that Obama ever learned American history or civics. I'll bet he couldn't pass a Citizenship test. Don't new applicants have to know how many states we have?
The Alien pseudo American President speaks. I expect this Muslim/Marxist faker to say things like this. I'm not surprised.
Wow . . . you learn something new every day on Free Republic. I'm glad I haven't been listening to his blahblah; I've already lost enough gray matter just by being a parent of teenagers.
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