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White House: Obama to delay immigration action
AP ^ | Sept. 6, 2014 | By JIM KUHNHENN

Posted on 09/06/2014 7:00:49 AM PDT by Perdogg

Edited on 09/06/2014 8:05:33 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Abandoning his pledge to act by the end of summer, President Barack Obama has decided to delay any executive action on immigration until after the November congressional elections, White House officials said.

The move instantly infuriated immigration advocates while offering relief to some vulnerable Democrats in tough Senate re-election contests.

Two White House officials said Obama concluded that circumventing Congress through executive actions on immigration during the campaign would politicize the issue and hurt future efforts to pass a broad overhaul.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; demagogicparty; elections; immigration; kenyanbornmuzzie; obama; randnesty
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To: TexasFreeper2009

“Only NOW is everyone starting to see (even the Democrats) that the vast majority of Americans want this invaders OUT!”

The politicos don’t care a whit that the “vast majority of Americans want these invaders out”. Their constituency isn’t “we the people.” It’s the National Chamber of Commerce representing BIG business interests for cheaper labor, thus a stronger bottom line that they care about.

BIG business, and COC represent a huge amount of money for the politicians.


41 posted on 09/06/2014 8:49:59 AM PDT by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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To: rockinqsranch
I have never understood this argument.

If there were no illegals doing work for cheap, then yes average salaries would go up... but they would go up for everyone thus balance would be restored.

Illegals working for less off the books is only an issue when some businesses use them and others don't giving those that do an unfair advantage since they can then undercut their competitors on price.

But if it was nearly impossible to hire illegals... then every business would be in the same boat and would just adjust the price of their cost of goods or services accordingly.

42 posted on 09/06/2014 9:00:16 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: Perdogg

Hopefully the pro-illegal groups will feel really burned by this. They can get in line with the rest of us who have been let down by this loser.

It’s all politics with him.


43 posted on 09/06/2014 9:07:13 AM PDT by austinaero
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To: Michael.SF.

No surprise to me. I don’t understand why some people thought it was going to happen. It is one of those things that always doesn’t happen.


44 posted on 09/06/2014 9:22:22 AM PDT by AceMineral (Some people are slaves of their own stupidity.)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Exactly right!!
We saw Dims do this in CA, NV, OR, AZ and TX.

And the GOP-e response was to attack conservatives.


45 posted on 09/06/2014 9:26:47 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: BenLurkin; DestroyLiberalism; clintonh8r
Such a T-Day announcement will be done (after the election losses, especially in the Senate) to: 1) get the new voters in, 2) Cloward-Piven the system, to make gubmint workers seem more needed and important, 3) excuse and declare martial law and 4) prevent the new Congress being installed.

In the chaos, more gun store owners will be raided and "clingers" (and I mean that in the nicest way) will be provoked and betrayed, from within to fire upon gubmint agents, with dozens if not hundreds of deaths (gubmint automatic weapons spray and predator strikes).

That'll be used as a ruse to remain in power instead of being impeached and removed, but it won't work.

Even my die-hard Obama supporting acquaintances will throw in the towel on him (after the election), and it's because his actions will show he doesn't care about anyone else, just his power-and-mooslime-bro'hood-loving agenda.

This announcement now is out of recognition and advice (ok, call it puppet-string) that he needs and wants his die-hard supporters to vote for Obama-loyalists in November.

HF

46 posted on 09/06/2014 9:34:57 AM PDT by holden
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To: Perdogg

It’s amazing to see the corporate interests aligned up in favor of amnesty because the companies are feeding at the trough of crony capitalism.

Right now, Wal-Mart is heavily promoting on Spanish radio stations the chain’s cheap money wiring service.

If Wal-Mart lost access to the welfare EBT crowd, the store’s stock would collapse.


47 posted on 09/06/2014 9:43:41 AM PDT by Author Mike Carnegie
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To: TexasFreeper2009
Democrats running scared!

Probably a lot of relief from Republicans as well that support this nonsense.

48 posted on 09/06/2014 9:47:24 AM PDT by voicereason (The RNC is like the "One-night stand" you wish you could forget.)
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To: Perdogg
Why doesn't the headline read "White House: Obama to delay UNCONSITUTIONAL PEN AND PHONE immigration action"?
49 posted on 09/06/2014 9:54:49 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Perdogg
Here is the fascinating political calculus behind this.

Bobo was (happily) screwed coming-and-going on this.

Do this supra-Constitutionally before the election and you force your Dumbo incumbent Senators onto defense.

Do this after the election and you force your Dumbo challengers onto defense.

To wit: Bobo just gave up Lumberjack-Grimes in Ky (who wasn't going to win anyway) on the hopes of preserving Udall and Landrieu and maybe even Pryor.

Elaborating for the Rio Lindans: With the incipient 'delay' being signal-boosted by the regime-loyal media, any incumbent GOP Senator can now say "I'll block/challenge/lawsuit/filibuster/shame/ignore Bobo's supra-Constitutional/10A/14A treason...", yet incumbent Dumbo's can shade Bobo's folly the exact same way, with the deep irony of using mega-millions of pro-amnesty PAC money to run commercials against -- wait for it -- Bobo's amnesty.

This means in the meta is that the Democrats have conceded the Senate, which means that Madame Cankles transmitted to the Bobo Admin that she would rather run against McConnell as Majority Leader than have to explain away Reid (and his loose-cannon encroaching dementia).

Thanks. You may now resume your normal reprogramming...

50 posted on 09/06/2014 9:56:48 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (Own it.)
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To: Perdogg

Let’s skip Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, and have a revolution instead!


51 posted on 09/06/2014 9:59:14 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Politicians and diapers must be changed often for the same reason)
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To: Paine in the Neck
Enforce the US-VISIT program to track and deport visa overstays who comprise 40% of the current illegal population.

No amnesty, i.e., allowing the illegal aliens to stay and work here. Eliminating a path to citizenship is still amnesty. We should have attrition thru enforcement. No legalization whatsoever.

Streamline and expedite judicial processing of illegal aliens.

Drastically reduce LEGAL IMMIGRATION AND GUEST WORKER PROGRAMS.

52 posted on 09/06/2014 10:06:55 AM PDT by kabar
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To: eekitsagreek
I expect the GOP to continue to make this an issue.

Except for a few races, they are not making it an issue now. Here in VA Gillespie has yet to attack Warner on immigration and the fact that he voted for the Gang of 8 bill that triples legal immigration to 33 million over the next decade, doubles the size of the guest worker programs to 1.4 million annually, and provides amnesty to 12 to 20 million illegals.

The sad fact is that the RINOs support Obama's ends, they just have some differences about the means. The GOPe did very little about Obama's backdoor amnesty to the Dreamers in 2012, which sparked the current border invasion of unaccompanied minors.

I fully expect the GOPe to push for comprehensive immigrant ion reform during the lame duck session. The fix is in.

53 posted on 09/06/2014 10:14:49 AM PDT by kabar
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To: TexasFreeper2009
We have brought in 27 million LEGAL IMMIGRANTS since 1990. It is both legal immigration and illegal aliens that have driven down American wages and taken American jobs.


54 posted on 09/06/2014 10:20:27 AM PDT by kabar
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To: BenLurkin

NObama will announce amnesty on Christmas Eve 2014 — the same way the Dems did when they passed Obamacare a few years ago (also I believe on Christmas eve) as (they said) a “Christmas present” to the Americana people. Fools.


55 posted on 09/06/2014 10:29:40 AM PDT by ConservativeStLouisGuy (11th FReeper Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Unnecessarily Excerpt)
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To: Perdogg

He’ll have more flexibility after the election. :)


56 posted on 09/06/2014 10:45:02 AM PDT by Tzimisce
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Yep. If even the Democrats are afraid of the issue, you would think the Republicans could find enough back-bone to refuse to play along.

So far, they can’t. I consider this to be a major party ending scandal.

We can kid ourselves about what it will do to have the Senate majority, but the last time they had it they failed miserably to better this nation. IMO< we’re about to see round two of that.

They could come up with legislation to end illegal immigration and deport every illegal alien.

Think they’ll do it? NO FREAKIN WAY!

If we do take the Senate, it may be the hollowest victory in our nation’s history.


57 posted on 09/06/2014 10:46:54 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (We'll know when he's really hit bottom. They'll start referring to him as White.)
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To: Perdogg

Elite RAT donors to Obama: “At least put it off until after the mid-terms, we’ll ram it through in the lame-duck session.”


58 posted on 09/06/2014 10:55:26 AM PDT by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: DoughtyOne

You ain’t seen nothin’ yet. They’re gonna wait until the GOP has both House and Senate to collapse the economy. The whole blame game is renewed for Team Obama.


59 posted on 09/06/2014 10:59:14 AM PDT by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: Author Mike Carnegie

“If Wal-Mart lost access to the welfare EBT crowd, the store’s stock would collapse.”

True dat! Around here the EBT cards get “recharged” the first of the month and the SSI cards on the 3rd. I don’t go to the local WM store until the 6th or 7th to avoid the crowds and allow time for re-stocking the shelves.


60 posted on 09/06/2014 11:04:17 AM PDT by 43north (BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED.)
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