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Decision Time on Immigration
NY Times ^ | 11/6/14 | NY Times Editorial Board

Posted on 11/06/2014 8:01:04 PM PST by jimbo123

President Obama said on Wednesday that he would act on his own by the end of the year to “improve” the immigration system, presumably by giving many — perhaps millions — of the country’s unauthorized immigrants temporary protection from deportation and permission to work. He has said this before, only to back off in deference to election-year politics.

Now the election is over, and the only thing to say to the president is: Do it. Take executive action. Make it big.

He must not give in to calls to wait. Six fruitless years is time enough for anyone to realize that waiting for Congress to help fix immigration is delusional. Senator Mitch McConnell and Representative John Boehner have warned Mr. Obama that executive action would destroy any chance of future legislation.

But Republicans have had many, many opportunities to move on immigration, and never have. They killed bipartisan reform in 2006 and 2007, and again this year. The party, whose hard-core members tried to stoke national panic at the border this summer, shrieking about migrant children, Ebola and the Islamic State, is not ready to be reasoned with.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; executiveamnesty; illegals; massamnesty; obama
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1 posted on 11/06/2014 8:01:04 PM PST by jimbo123
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So to the NYT, “fix” immigration means open the border.

Treasonous pigs


2 posted on 11/06/2014 8:02:32 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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NY Times calls for dictatorship


3 posted on 11/06/2014 8:02:44 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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NY Times to America...
4 posted on 11/06/2014 8:03:14 PM PST by jimbo123
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5 posted on 11/06/2014 8:04:27 PM PST by jimbo123
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6 posted on 11/06/2014 8:05:58 PM PST by jimbo123
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They are illegals.

Round them up and kick them out.

Fine any company that is caught hiring them.

Fine any apartment owner renting to them.


7 posted on 11/06/2014 8:06:39 PM PST by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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Predictably, the NY Slimes supports Obama acting as a dictator.


8 posted on 11/06/2014 8:06:49 PM PST by randita ("Is a nation without borders a nation?"...Noonan)
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Eh, I believe ‘decision time for immigration’ has come and gone. Last Tuesday, to be exact, Pinchy.


9 posted on 11/06/2014 8:06:57 PM PST by stanne
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Be careful about using the New York Times in your kitty litter box. It’s liable to poison your cats.


10 posted on 11/06/2014 8:07:28 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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Oh...and you can tell Paul Ryan.


11 posted on 11/06/2014 8:07:45 PM PST by stanne
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12 posted on 11/06/2014 8:08:01 PM PST by jimbo123
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“But Republicans have had many, many opportunities to move on immigration, and never have.”

The Orwellization of the language continues...

“move on immigration” = “accept amnesty”

I wish our wussy republican “leaders” would be awake enough to pick up on how the donkeys abuse them with their language.


13 posted on 11/06/2014 8:08:24 PM PST by aquila48
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14 posted on 11/06/2014 8:09:59 PM PST by jimbo123
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The New York Slimes demands a dictator.


15 posted on 11/06/2014 8:10:23 PM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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I wish our wussy republican “leaders” would be awake enough to pick up on how the donkeys abuse them with their language.

I'd be happy if they'd stop using dial telephones and realize there's this wacky new product out there called "social media."

16 posted on 11/06/2014 8:10:39 PM PST by workerbee (The President of the United States is PUBLIC ENEMY #1)
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The American public has made up it’s mind. And so far the idiots in Washington, D. C. have proven to be as tone deaf as they can possibly be.

Hey you assholes, you work for us. We are here legally, and demand you work on our behalf, not the behalf of the citizens of other nations.


17 posted on 11/06/2014 8:11:00 PM PST by DoughtyOne (The mid-term elections were perfect for him. Now Obama can really lead from behind.)
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What’s wrong with existing immigration laws?

Seems to me the simplest, easiest, cheapest, quickest way to enforce immigration is to abide by current law.

Period.


18 posted on 11/06/2014 8:12:08 PM PST by upchuck (The language of government now is word-spew. ~ h/t Peggy Noonan)
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19 posted on 11/06/2014 8:12:34 PM PST by jimbo123
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Now the election is over, and the only thing to say to the president is: Do it. Take executive action. Make it big.

Wow! What an interesting choice of words.

The Old Grey Hag openly declares war on Americans.

20 posted on 11/06/2014 8:13:20 PM PST by mplsconservative
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