Posted on 04/27/2011 11:49:14 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
President Barack Obama has waded into the fierce debate over illegal immigration in Georgia, strongly criticizing the state’s Arizona-style legislation on immigration enforcement.
In an interview with WSB-TV Tuesday, Obama said of House Bill 87: “It is a mistake for states to try to do this piecemeal. We can’t have 50 different immigration laws around the country. Arizona tried this, and a federal court already struck them down.”
“The truth of the matter is that we’ve done more on enforcement than any previous administration,” he said. “We have more border patrols. We have been engaging in serious enforcement crackdowns on employers who are hiring undocumented workers.”
The author of HB 87 -- Republican Rep. Matt Ramsey of Peachtree City -- issued a prepared response Wednesday, saying Georgia has been forced to take action because the federal government has failed to secure the nation's borders. Illegal immigrants, Ramsey said, are sapping Georgia's taxpayer-funded resources.
"Unlike the federal government, the state of Georgia actually balances its budget each year and we simply cannot afford to wait on solutions from Washington, D.C.," Ramsey said in an e-mail. "We will continue to take decisive and necessary action as a state to enforce the rule of law and protect our citizens from the problems posed by the federal government’s failure to live up to its most basic responsibility to secure our nation’s borders."
Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for Gov. Nathan Deal has confirmed the Republican governor intends to sign the bill some time in the first two weeks of May.
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“We can’t have 50 different immigration laws around the country”....
Why not, Numbnuts?....You can’t put one together!
The government in Obama's own words claims federal responsibility for illegal immigration.
Translation of all this: “They’re here illegally, so they should be citizens...so they can vote for me...er...if they haven’t already.”
Now there’s some pretzel logic for you.
Let me be clear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Rex
We have immigration laws in place the Federal Government just does not enforce them.
and yet...Obama supports “hate crime” legislation. A crime is a crime....
That's not saying much.
Of course not...that would mean you'd have 50 separate lawsuits you scumbag.
“We can’t have 50 different immigration laws around the country.”
YES...WE CAN!!
These are done because the feds aren’t doing their damn job.
“Our Own Government Has Become Our Enemy,” says Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu
Your “representatives” have decided instead to replace you — with the 20+ million illegals already in country, and more on the way.
No, the court struck down a small portion of the AZ law which was then changed to comply the court ruling.
Now that we know Obama is an illegal.
Hey, President Jughead! “We can’t have 50 different immigration laws around the country...” Glad you finally figured that one out. So, when are you going to execute the office of President of the United States of America. There is one Federal Law that is within your purview which deals with illegal aliens. Guess you’re so darn busy giggling about the distraction you fabricated with this birth certificate thing, you didn’t have time for the law of the land. Sorry, shouldn’t have called you President Jughead. Should have called you President Pick ‘n Choose!
What Georgia is doing should satisfy due process. The federal government should get an Attorney General and enforce its own laws.
What Georgia is doing should satisfy due process. The federal government should get an Attorney General and enforce its own laws.
We obviously NEED 50 laws, Hussein, because YOU won’t enforce the one we already HAVE!!!!
BO is a deadly joke but a joke nontheless.
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