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I may be wrong, but it seems like there are lots of things wrong right now that are far more important than immigration reform. I'm sure that some of the millions of unemployed folks would agree with that. And the people who are facing foreclosure or are upside down in their mortgage may agree. I'm willing to bet that the countries that hold TRILLIONS of dollars worth of our debt might even agree.
obama plans to push for immigration reform... again. How about this, how about we seal our borders, make them secure, and then round up all the criminals in our Country and send them back where they came from. Any politician that is willing to talk about immigration reform before we accomplish those tasks should be fired immediately. Illegal aliens cost us (taxpayers) BILLIONS of dollars a year. Not hundreds, or thousands or even millions, BILLIONS, every year.
obama has one goal in mind, voters, that's it. He doesn't care that we can't afford millions of new leaches on our entitlement programs. He doesn't care that our healthcare system is already overburdened with illegal aliens using emergency rooms as primary care providers. He doesn't care that our school systems spend millions of dollars a year to hire spanish speaking teachers to instruct the non-English speaking children of illegal aliens.
These people should not be rewarded for breaking our laws. What kind of message does this send to the world. Our laws our all equal. It's not as if some laws are more important than others. Illegal aliens are called that because by entering our Country in a manner other than that prescribed by the law, it is ILLEGAL...
by Kelly Chernenkoff - FoxNews
President Obama has revealed fresh resolve in pressing for immigration legislation Tuesday; challenging Republicans to join his path for reform or face the electoral consequences.
"[P]erhaps some of my Republican friends are gonna start recognizing, if they looked at the last census, that they are gonna have a very hard time winning any elections if they continue to deliberately target anti-immigration sentiment," the president told Spanish-language CNN en Espanol Tuesday in El Salvador.
"I find it ironic that a president who promised immigration reform and failed to deliver, like he has on so many other issues, is now criticizing the other party for issues he has done absolutely nothing on," Republican National Committee Spokesman Sean Spicer tells Fox News.
Mr. Obama has been down this road before. He pushed for passage of immigration legislation in both 2009 and 2010. Those efforts failed.
Now the president wants to tackle the issue anew.
"The president will be making the case to the American people soon about why we need to fix the broken immigration system, as he has done before," a senior administration official tells Fox. "But as he has repeatedly said, it will require Democrats and Republicans working together to get it through Congress."
The president himself reiterated that need for Republican support on the issue Tuesday, then went on to critique the failings of GOP-backed ventures, like the Arizona immigration law. He cited the down-sizing of Republican Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's controversial immigration law because, Mr. Obama said, businesses recognize it's not good for them.
The president appears to think momentum is on his side, saying the American people can rally behind a strong immigration reform effort. He will be testing that theory again when he speaks out on the issue and notes one of the things people always underestimate him on is "how persistent I am."