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Do You Think the U.S. Should Stop Deporting Young Immigrants? (Obama Does)
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2012/06/15 23:15:45
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Barack Obama made headlines Friday as he stated that his administration will no longer deport young illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. when they were children. His announcement, as expected, was met with part-joy and part-skepticism -- as well as a heckler who constantly kept interrupting the president as he spoke.
"These are young people who study in our schools, they play in our neighborhoods, they're friends with our kids, they pledge allegiance to our flag. They are Americans in their heart, in their minds, in every single way but one: on paper," the president said in his speech Friday morning. But he was also quick to add that this is not a permanent answer. "This is not amnesty. This is not immunity. This is not a path to citizenship... It's not a permanent fix," Obama said. Do you think the U.S. should stop deporting young immigrants?
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Demonic Rat Hunter 2012/06/16 01:16:44
I am glad your parents rectified their status and became citizens. The truth is, most of the illegals will never assimilate even if given citizenship. I know of legal families that have not learned English in four generations. There was never a need to. There was a time when one would go to a store or walk ...
I am glad your parents rectified their status and became citizens. The truth is, most of the illegals will never assimilate even if given citizenship. I know of legal families that have not learned English in four generations. There was never a need to. There was a time when one would go to a store or walk in town, and immigrants would be speaking English amongst themselves. They were proud to be here, and wanted to adopt their new home fully. That is no longer the case. We are already a dual language nation, and it has happened gradually and with little fanfare.
Oh he is telling the latino population that he pay for them now.
For all those who are so hateful and bigoted...1) YOUR ancestors were immigrants (unless you are 100% Native American). Unless you have papers in your hand showing their legal status upon arrival here, you don't know if they were legal or not.
2) If the US deported all of the illegal immigrants, California and other heavy agriculture states would COLLAPSE. US citizens won't do the kind of farm work that immigrants will for the kind of pay they get and the agribiz corps won't pay more anyway...not without greatly increasing prices to the consumer. If you want everyone deported, who will pick your lettuce, strawberries, soybeans, oranges, etc? Better start planting a garden!
3) While I agree some sort of reform should occur (I've come up with a preliminary idea myself), simply deporting them is not going to work...not for them and not for us.
4) US signed a treaty (after the war THEY started, though they say the Mexicans started it-however it was USA that crossed the border with arms first) stating that Mexican citizens had the right to come to certain states freely (the ones they had previously inhabited, such as oh wow look at...
For all those who are so hateful and bigoted...1) YOUR ancestors were immigrants (unless you are 100% Native American). Unless you have papers in your hand showing their legal status upon arrival here, you don't know if they were legal or not.
2) If the US deported all of the illegal immigrants, California and other heavy agriculture states would COLLAPSE. US citizens won't do the kind of farm work that immigrants will for the kind of pay they get and the agribiz corps won't pay more anyway...not without greatly increasing prices to the consumer. If you want everyone deported, who will pick your lettuce, strawberries, soybeans, oranges, etc? Better start planting a garden!
3) While I agree some sort of reform should occur (I've come up with a preliminary idea myself), simply deporting them is not going to work...not for them and not for us.
4) US signed a treaty (after the war THEY started, though they say the Mexicans started it-however it was USA that crossed the border with arms first) stating that Mexican citizens had the right to come to certain states freely (the ones they had previously inhabited, such as oh wow look at that...CA!). The US has been going back on its word every since...not really surprising. I believe it is named the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Get over yourselves. Remember that really tall stone thing in NY? You know, the Statue of Liberty? The very symbol of our country? Yeah, remember her? Part of the poem ON THE STATUE says:
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Seems we forget about that when the people are any shade of brown.
2)f the US deported all of the illegal immigrants, California and other heavy agriculture states would COLLAPSE. I thought liberals didn't use fear mongering. Guess people were wrong.
3) While I agree some sort of reform should occur (I've come up with a preliminary idea myself). We don't necessarily need reform. We just need action. It like not fixing that rusty pipe in your basement. One day it becomes an issue and you need to then redo the whole plumbing.
4) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
It is all a matter of interpretation.
You do realize the poem was added at a later date as has been other plaques. I believe early 1900s 15 or so years after. The only thing originally inscribed was the date of the Declaration of Independence.
Read up on what the Statue of Liberty is about. There are many things that are the spirit of our country. First and foremost -Our constitution.
Just because it was added 15 years latter doesn't mean it means what the statue was first created for...
Sure it is fear mongering.. Besides California is having troubles finding agricultural workers now... Strange how that is.. Like I stated fear mongering.
BTW... I WANT MY MONEY back for educating them, and FEEDING them and housing them and paying unemployment taxes for Americans who can't find a job because their Mom and Dad committed a CRIME crossing our border illegally.
On another note, laws are broken all the time by people with money enough to buy themselves out of getting into trouble. If we hold immigrants and poor and middle class and everyone else to the laws and consequences for breaking them, then we must not allow others to get away with breaking the law just because they have money or corporations in their pockets.