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Title: Despite High Unemployment, Obama Puts Amnesty on the Agenda
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FAIR
URL Source: http://www.fairus.org/site/News2?pa ... urity=1601&news_iv_ctrl=1721#1
Published: Feb 23, 2009
Author: FAIR
Post Date: 2009-02-25 12:26:01 by X-15
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Views: 4967
Comments: 180
This week, as a guest on a Spanish language radio show, President Obama stated his continued support for giving amnesty to 12 million illegal immigrants, which would force Americans looking for a job to compete with amnestied aliens for work. (El Piolin Interview, February 18, 2009 and CBS4—South Florida). During the radio interview, President Obama said: “We’re going to start by really trying to work on how to improve the current [immigration] system so that people who want to be naturalized, who want to become citizens . . . are able to do it; that it’s cheaper, that it’s faster, that they have an easier time in terms of sponsoring family members.” Following that, President Obama acknowledged what legal American workers already know intuitively—that amnesty is not in their best interest—but then endorsed amnesty anyway. President Obama said: “And then we’ve got to have comprehensive immigration reform. . . . Politically it’s going to be tough. It’s probably tougher now than it was, partly because of the fact that the economy has gotten worse.” (El Piolin). According to the U.S. Department of Labor, over 11.6 million Americans are currently unemployed and the number of unemployed Americans has increased by 4.1 million over the past year. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 2009). Millions more have simply stopped looking for work. Just last month, 598,000 Americans lost their jobs. Particularly troubling among the unemployment data is the fact that certain minorities such as African-Americans are experiencing greater unemployment (12.6 percent) than the nation as a whole. President Obama also said his staff was working on amnesty already, stating: “we’ve got some wonderful people on my White House staff who are working on this issue on an ongoing basis.” Earlier this week, open-borders advocates suggested that they expect that Congress will debate amnesty legislation in the fall of 2009. (NDN, February 20, 2009). Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s director of Hispanic media has confirmed the likely timing for debate as well. (O Jornal, January 30, 2009).
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#102. To: X-15 (#0)
"Immigration reform" has become the new euphemism for amnesty. When McCain and Kennedy tried to push amnesty through Congress, they also called it "immigration reform."
Notice that NOBODY in either party will mention the word "quota", much less say "that country is cut off for a few decades" as needs to be done with mexico.
Doesn't it seem as though there are two issues that are a litmus test for legitimacy in US politics? The first is support for amnesty for illegal aliens, the second is being pro- Israel. If you dissent on either of these issues, you can pretty much say goodbye to a shot to high office. Politicos learn this fast: for example, Jim Webb started out as anti-amnesty and in favor of immigration restrictions. After a couple of years in the Senate, he learned to toe the party line.
Ditto for a turn around in Jim Webb's initial stated concerns about America's blind support of Israel.
I missed something when I said that there are two litmus tests for political legitimacy. In addition to being pro-amnesty and pro-Israel, you also have to be a free trader. Anything else might be negotiable. These three bases aren't.
Obummer does not exhibit any characteristics of being a free trader, at least none that I can discern. The very fact that he talks about "health care reform" and all it's socialistic permutations moves him light years from the Austrian school of economics and place him as a firm supporter of a command economy.
On NAFTA and GATT, BHO has more or less the same positions as Bush and Clinton. All of them favor pro-outsourcing, anti-tarrif trade policies.
On NAFTA and GATT, BHO has more or less the same positions as Bush and Clinton. All of them favor pro-outsourcing, anti-tarrif trade policies.
That picture is almost perfect: something about it just doesn't seem kosher for some reason....
#169. To: X-15 (#168)
Dees really gets it.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest“And then we’ve got to have comprehensive immigration reform
#108. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#102)
President Obama said: “We’re going to start by really trying to work on how to improve the current [immigration] system so that people who want to be naturalized, who want to become citizens . . . are able to do it
#109. To: X-15 (#108)
#112. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#109)
for example, Jim Webb started out as anti-amnesty and in favor of immigration restrictions. After a couple of years in the Senate, he learned to toe the party line.
#140. To: scrapper2, X-15 (#112)
#160. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#140)
In addition to being pro-amnesty and pro-Israel, you also have to be a free trader.
#161. To: X-15 (#160)
Obummer does not exhibit any characteristics of being a free trader,
#165. To: Rupert_Pupkin, X-15, Twenty Twelve, Original_Intent, ferret mike, WEASEL MIKE, mike mkKarthy, ALL Amnesty Loving NAU Globalist NEOCON NEOCOMMIE world socialist UN-loving Bots, you know who u r, *North American Union*, *Obama Reality Check*, *Constitution (#161)
Obummer does not exhibit any characteristics of being a free trader
#168. To: Rotara (#165)
Replies to Comment # 168. That picture is almost perfect
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