Though it would seem unlikely that our President would introduce a controversial immigration reform strategy on the cusp of a healthcare decision in the Senate, he did indeed do that today.
DHS Secretary Napolitano introduced a broad outline for reform during a speech to the Center for America Progress this morning. In it she cited the many advances DHS has made in securing the US Border with Mexico. One of the centerpieces of this effort is the screening of 100% of southbound rail shipments for weapons and cash. While that sounds like a good thing for Mexico the logical question is this: What percent of northbound rail shipments are "screened" and what does "screening mean? Not to sound cynical but this Administration does not have a good record when it comes to spin and telling the absolute truth. The President demonstrated that clearly last week with Healthcare Reform.
The plan calls for a path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal aliens already in the US. On this the administration also seems a bit out of touch. That the vast majority of Mexican illegal invaders according to a recent Zogby Poll have no interest in becoming American Citizens and regardless would hold primary allegiance to Mexico is apparently lost on the President and Secretary Napolitano.
The White House also believes a temporary worker program will decrease the flow of illegal aliens heading north. Again, a fact unsupported by a Pew Study. His plan will provide for a temporary worker program and what a Mexican media report calls an establishment of:
“…guidelines for a migration plan that will end the criminalization of undocumented immigrants, to give a more humane treatment and tone to the immigration rules in order to end the family separation.” (roughly translated).
Also contained in the proposed measures is the continued construction in some form of border barriers or fences and the use of virtual fences along the Mexican line.
The Secretary's speech, while citing the many successes necessary for the consideration of broad immigration reform neglected to mention that her agency has only secured about 10% of the nation's borders.
The speech provides early insight into the administration's Comprehensive Immigration Reform strategy. They will announce that the border security measures required for reform have been met and that now is the time to finally fix our broken immigration system. That the foundational claims are only partly true, and specious at that, is apparently insignificant.
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Comments
Who are you? The new Lou Dobbs that flooded the Ammerican people with his xenophobic retoric. Get a life.
wow this article is full of misinformation about immigrants, your work cited does not support the rhetoric of your article, please stop making a joke out journalism. this is the second article i have read by you thatwas filled with false information. when are establishments like your going to realize that the majority of the civilized america understands the impact removing 12 million people from country would have on small towns everwhere in this county. Are you going to start writing whiney articles about paying too much for produce and resturaunts if they do leave.
I only heard of the term 'bird-brainer' before, but now I actually found a real life example. Another one of those junk articles from this bird-brainer guy. All this guy does is copy paste some anti-immigrant, immigrant-bashing sources and adds in some words that would stir up anger to attract comments and readers. Go get a life idiot. You are spoiling the quality of examiner and online articles on the whole. STOP WRITING. If you cant grow more brains and stop hatred, just quit writing. You are bringing big disgrace to all the genuine writers out there.
Melissa and Jay. Talk about misinformation and lies. People in glass houses shouldn't be throwing stones. You guys crack me up. There's some Goofy Grape in the fridge. Go drink your koolaid and stop trying to write intelligent comments. You are clearly not up to the task.
Melissa: "please stop making a joke out journalism"
Please dont even mention the word 'journalism' when replying to this guy. I would not bring him anywhere closer 'journalism' this is a big disgrace. He'll even fail elementary school composition, believe me. All he does is copy-paste blatant lies and add some words to make people angry. He is a joke, a total idiot. I know he has IQ less than a chimp. My Dobermann can understand immigration better than him.
I wonder is there is a way to report ultra-low quality, blatant lies articles to examiner and ban this moron.
Yes Obama bring this on. If you think there was push back at town halls over health care trot this out. The anger and response will be massive.
We need our government to enforce immigration laws. Secure our borders and move the estimated 12 to 40 million illegal aliens out of our Country.
Pass HR 1868 to end the so-called Anchor Baby route to citizenship. Finish the real border fence, and not the POS it has been reduced to. Fund more border patrols.
If you want see how a decent immigration program was run you have to go back to Eisenhower. Google Operation Wet Back and we should bring it back. For example, start shipping all illegals caught to Vera Cruz and not just drop them off over the border.
No way, no how. Until the 17% of Americans that are out of work find employment we will fight them tooth and nail!
"How Eisenhower solved illegal border crossings from Mexico"
By September, 80,000 had been taken into custody in Texas, and an estimated 500,000 to 700,000 illegals had left the Lone Star State voluntarily.
Unlike today, Mexicans caught in the roundup were not simply released at the border, where they could easily reenter the US. To discourage their return, Swing arranged for buses and trains to take many aliens deep within Mexico before being set free.
Tens of thousands more were put aboard two hired ships, the Emancipation and the Mercurio. The ships ferried the aliens from Port Isabel, Texas, to Vera Cruz, Mexico, more than 500 miles south.
The sea voyage was "a rough trip, and they did not like it," says Don Coppock, who worked his way up from Border Patrolman in 1941 to eventually head the Border Patrol from 1960 to 1973.
Mr. Coppock says he "cannot understand why [President] Bush let [today's] problem get away from him as it has...
I would love Jay, Melissa and Human to provide solid numbers and verifiable information about undocumented aliens in this country and how those who wish to protect our borders from undocumented aliens in this country are contributing to the tax base.
When immigration began in NYC at Ellis Island the United States government DEMANDED all foreign born peoples to sign a contract with this country that they would not be a BURDEN to our society. That no longer is a requirement to enter into this country. My point, we have 10.2% unemployment in this country. An undocumented alien working in this country is taking a job away from an American citizen, living on welfare, using our health care system while not being able to pay for it et al.
Jay, Melissa and Human it is all well and good to want people from foreign lands to come and live the free lives we enjoy. But not at our own expense. To think otherwise is truly ignorant.
Yeah HUMAN! Right on! Lets ban this guy and all other idiots with opposing views. Morons! Lets burn their books too! Who needs this kind of journalistic hogwash if it doesn't agree with our position! Pssst. You can report this guy by clicking on the Report Article button. I hear a lot of us are doing it. Its just that there isn't a box to check for opposing views so you'll have to lie. You can call it "objectionable content!" Yeah thats it!
Freaking idiots...
Clarification : I would love Jay, Melissa and Human to provide solid numbers and verifiable information about undocumented aliens in this country and how they are contributing to the tax base. Those who want protection on the borders are not hateful or racists. Are you BOTS or what?
When immigration began in NYC at Ellis Island the United States government DEMANDED all foreign born peoples to sign a contract with this country that they would not be a BURDEN to our society. That no longer is a requirement to enter into this country. My point, we have 10.2% unemployment in this country. An undocumented alien working in this country is taking a job away from an American citizen, living on welfare, using our health care system while not being able to pay for it et al.
Jay, Melissa and Human it is all well and good to want people from foreign lands to come and live the free lives we enjoy. But not at our own expense. To think otherwise is truly ignorant.
I just bought some stuff today at Target and paid taxes, I currently pay my bills of Verizon, Sprint, Water, etc and I pay taxes as well. The apartment where I live has also included taxes that I have to pay. I've been paying taxes since I was very young back in my country. I have a bachelor degree, I am about to take IT classes, I am not in a welfare program ( I don't need it) I was taught by my father to be a hardworking person, and know exactly what important is to contribute to this great country, nevertheless I am deeply dissapointed for certain politicians and journalists.
You lack of wisdom to see about America's future if politicians decide to deport all undocumented workers. Less taxes for cities, high vacancy rent, you will pay more in restaurants, you couldn't afford care for your children, immigrant communities will be even more afraid to report crimes, more suffering and broken families, where some are U.S. citizens. Prince Williams and Manassas are living examples.
why don't you just go away like Lou Dobbs did? Quit wasting your time hillbilly. Immigration reform will happen.
The Real truth is that those who oppose these poor migrants are the smae ones that stand in line and get welfare, I don't see any PROFESSIONALS, Doctors, Techs, Nurses, Financial Advisers, bankers, sitting here and posting hate, I see UNEDUCATED IGNORANT PEOPLE THAT BLAME THEIR OWN SHORT COMINGS ON THE POOR MIGRANT THAT WASHES OUR CARS, MOWS OUR LAWNS, CLEANS OUR HOMES, IF YOU AS A AMERICAN CITIZEN, CANNOT FIND WORK, ITS BECAUSE YOU ARE UNEDUCATED AND CANT FILL TODAY'S WORKPLACE REQUIREMENT.
GET EDUCATED BE READY TO MOVE TO ANOTHER PLACE DO WHATEVER IS NEEDED TO SUCCEED. THEN YOU WONT HAVE TIME TO SIT AND WALLOW IN YOUR OWN SELF DESTRUCTIVE THOUGHT FROM.
SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DON'T WASTE THEIR TIME BLAMING OTHERS, THEY PAVE THEIR OWN DESTINY, BY THINKING POSITIVELY.
YOU ARE A LOSER IF YOU ARE BLAMING YOUR JOB LOSS OR OUR NATIONS WOES ON TEH POOR FOOD PICKERS. GET THINK & GROW RICH BY DR NAPOLEON HILL, AND CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
I WISH ALL $UCCE$$ GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS.
Carl, What are your QUALIFICATIONS IN IMMIGRATION LAWS?????
Have you even read a immigration law book? what is EWI ?
There is no such word as ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT IN ,BLACKS LAW DICTIONARY.See you do not even have a clue that tehye is a law dictonary. HA HA, only follies will waste their time thinking that you KNOW WHAT YUORE TALKING ABOUT. THIS TIME AROUND YOU AND YOUR LIKE, MINUTEMEN, FIAR, NUMBERS USA, STEVE , BRITTANICUS, WILL NOT SUCSEED.
EVERY HUMAN HAS A RIGHT TO CHOSE THE PLACE THEY WANT TO LIVE , EVERY HUMAN IS CREATED EQUAL BY ALMIGHTY GOD.
CARL ANSWER ME THIS QUESTION, IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN, WHY ARE YOU AGAINST OTHER CHRISTIANS? AS FAR AS I KNOW THE POOR MIGRANTS ARE MOSTLY CHRISTIANS. WHY ARE YOU AGAINST ALMIGHTY GODS CHILDREN?
Jay, Truth, and all the other anti-American posters, learn to spell before trashing Americans. Per Rassmussen, Yahoo, Zogby, and other polls approximately 80% of Americans demand secure borders and enforcement of immigration laws. And the Americans protesting and demanding no amnesty include physicians, scientists, pastors, attorneys, business owners, journalists, etc..
Furthermore the government has been citing 11-12 million illegal aliens for almost 2 decades now. Americans are not that foolish, we realize this number is more than doubled or tripled.
Obama is sitting at -10 index rating with only 28% of the country on his side. Congress ratings are at an all time low in the teens. If amnesty and healtcare pass, this will cause a guaranteed counter-revolution. Americans do not want a dictatorship. Nor do we want criminal aliens, drug cartels, MS-13 gangbangers, and terrorists within in our borders.
Right on Paulo
Katt:
Well...I dont see any "solid numbers and verifiable information" from you either. When asked, you could easily copy paste from some source. There's been "solid numbers and verifiable information" from either side of the story. Some say illegal immigrants are a drain, some say they contribute to the economy through their hard work, pay taxes, social sercurity, etc...both sides are able to provide "solid numbers and verifiable information". So let's look at in a human perspective. We are human beings, not merely a 'data line' in a 'database'.
Anyone would agree that to uproot or separate a family, separate parents from the children, who were born and raised here, arrest and deport someone who has lived here for 20 or 30 years is plain inhumane, expensive, destabilizing and destroying a society. Did the early settlers obey Indian laws, learn their language, and accept their culture?...contd..
..contd..They mass murdered the ones living here, destroyed their civilization so that they can illegally immigrate here. Yes it was wrong. So for the ancestors' mistake do we deport their children and their grandchildren?
Yes, it's wrong to enter a country illegally. But if they entered some 20 yrs ago, lived without an criminal record, speak English, paid taxes, contributed to the economy, they can be given a chance to pay some penalty, and wait in line till they can be given proper papers. It's not that anyone who jumps in would be handed papers right away. That is wrong and that's not what it is.
Thankfully not all are merely heartless, brainless automatons whose only purpose is follow the laws that are programmed into them. Some can think, feel and are capable of writing and rewriting laws and steer things toward a new direction
PS. Truth, thank you for the laugh of the day!! Your reasoning skills and spelling have earned you a F grade today.
The majority of criminal aliens are Christians? Really, please cite your source. If they are Christians, then God is angry that they defied His laws, coveted their neighbors, stole from their neighbors, and displayed no faith in God by disrespecting His word.
The only way to get our E-conomy to Re-cover is to virtually turn back Time to January 2008 and Handle Immigration Re-form Re-sponsibly!
The Damage to our E-conomy has been Devastating to all States that participated in Deportations and had a Mass Exodus of these hard working HUMAN Beings.
E-njoy this Re-cession it is a Direct result of the E-thnic Cleansing Campaign, and matches it month for month!
To all of you people whining about jobs, this is what has Crashed our E-conomy causing the E-conomic job LOSS!
Not to worry, you Idiots can now wash dishes, clean bathrooms, Landscape ,or there is plenty of low paying jobs in the hot sun picking food, all with no benefits at all, my what a nice America this Racism has left us!
I guess you reap what you sew!
To: Prosperity, and Brotherhood from Sea to Shining Sea!
So American citizens who don't 'buy' government health care will be fined and imprisoned...
while actually law-breaking illegal aliens will, once again, be given amnesty and excused from their crimes - will in fact be rewarded for the law breaking.
Sounds about right.
you racist bitch
The haters are the liberals who would dump up to a hundred million Mexicans into our country in the next 30 years through chain migrationand births.Your children and grandchildren will be living in he!!. Bankrupt states because of the poverty, no water,scarce food, no room in the cities, pollution,outrageous crimes,The liberals are suicidal idiots .Escape from L.A. has you in the crosshairs.Liberals are sooooooo stupid.
Melissa, the number of citizens of another country that sneak into ours is closer to 40 million. And it obvious by some of these post that we have too many America haters that lack the intelligence to make a valid argument why Americans should continue to tolerate this invasion so as most ingrates do, they put on their bully arrogant attitudes and start with the name calling. Why if you are a proud American citizen would you contributing to our dimise?
NY Times/CBS Poll dated April 22-26, 2009; 65% would like to see undocumented immigrants legalized.
documents.nytimes.com/new-york-times-cbs-news-poll-obama-s-100th-day-in-office/page/16#p=16
Pew Research Center Poll: 63% of Americans Favour Path to Legalization for Undocumented.
immigration.change.org/blog/view/pew_poll_63_of_americans_favor_path_to_citizenship_for_undocumented
An April 30, 2009 ABC News/Washington Post poll finds 61% of Americans support Path to Legalization for Undocumented
abcnews.go.com/images/PollingUnit/1089a6HotButtonIssues.pdf
Middle Tennessee State University poll;
MOST TENNESSEE VOTERS FAVOR LEGALIZATION OF ILLEGALLY PRESENT IMMIGRANTS
www.mtsusurveygroup.org/mtpoll/f2009/MTSU%20Poll%20State%20Report%20Fall%202009%20final.htm
69% of Californians favor legalization of undocumented immigrants, including 62% of whites;
www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_13307850?source=rss&nclick_check=1
Comptroller for the State of Texas;
"The absence of the estimated 1.4 million undocumented immigrants in Texas in fiscal 2005 would have been a loss to our gross state product of $17.7 billion. Undocumented immigrants produced $1.58 billion in state revenues, which exceeded the $1.16 billion in state services they received."
www.cpa.state.tx.us/specialrpt/undocumented/undocumented.pdf
Francine J. Lipman
Professor of Law
Courses Taught: Federal Income Taxation and Corporate Tax
www.chapman.edu/law/faculty/lipman.asp
Taxing Undocumented Immigrants: Separate, Unequal and Without Representation
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=881584
The Undocumented Immigrant Tax
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1292960&rec=1&srcabs=881584
More immigrants = Less Crime?
www.wjh.harvard.edu/soc/faculty/sampson/articles/2006_NYT_OpenDoors.pdf
The graph above cuts off at 2006, so here is the FBI data for US murders in 2007 and 2008;
FBI Data on US Murders 2007;
Total -2.7
Northeast -8.6
Midwest -3.8
South +2.9
West -6.7
www.fbi.gov/ucr/2007prelim/table2.htm
FBI Data on US Murders 2008;
Total -4.4
Northeast -1.2
Midwest -5.2
South -5.2
West -4.2
www.fbi.gov/ucr/2008prelim/table_2.html
asd says:
you racist bitch
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See, asd is a perfect example of arrogant ignorance; is anyone impressed? I didn't think so. Low intelligence mixed with hate plus the inability to created a logical argument always resorts to name calling! Pathetic!
I see the cut and paste nonsense from the troll "human being" is being posted again.
No one of sound mind is buying Napolitano's phony talking points. She and Obama have gutted immigration enforcement by stopping workplace raids, weakening the 287(g), and halting construction of the double-layered fence etc.
And contrary to what Nappy says, opposition to amnesty has INCREASED since 2007 based on our highest unemployment rate in decades and the continued non-enforcement of our immigration laws.
She is peddling the same garbage as the failed 1986 IRCA amnesty, but we will NOT be fooled again!
Get involved now. Join NumbersUSA, FAIR, ALIPAC and make your voice heard.
I read with interest the small mindedness of some of the writers. Where is anyone asking the question of why is it ok for ANY PERSON to enter the United States of America without PERMISSION??? Guess the rule of law doesn't seem to be applied to those that have an agenda of stealing from American workers that which does not belong to them. The rule of law doesn't apply to those that wish to continue to exploit the poor illegals that come to The United State of America for a dream that their country, the coyotes, La Raza, and many others tell them is waiting,then exact a pound of flesh from the people. What gives Carl the right? What gives Carl the knowledge? Something that some of you don't have, the walk and the talk. He and many of us know what is really happening at the border. We see the trash, tons of trash, we see the rape trees, we see the bodies of hungry,hurt,dehydrated people. Before any of you try to critize, maybe you should try to become Americans.
Look at all the racist roaches crawling out against immig reform!
Wow- Did you get online while still detained in the County Jail?Who are the "racist roaches"? What race are you today or other days? BTW, immigration reform should mean securing borders and eliminating illegals and illegal immigration...If youare against these...are you a criminal? TRUTH- every human has the Right to choose where to live? Do you hang with Wow? Bwa-Ha-Ha...Keep them coming...
"majorman says:
asd says:
you racist bitch
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See, asd is a perfect example of arrogant ignorance; is anyone impressed? I didn't think so. Low intelligence mixed with hate plus the inability to created a logical argument always resorts to name calling! Pathetic!"
Majorman, you just described a liberal. Calling those who want American citizenship something to be cherished and those of us who want out border secure "racist" is laughable! I've been called that more times then I can count and I just laugh! It rolls right off my back along with the other vile disgusting names barked out by candy assed libs. They are a laughing stock to anyone who has fought and died for this country and I have grown to HATE liberals because of it. They need to be deported!
While I do not support illegal immigration and the breaking of laws; I must ask, who are illegal aliens?
If you are referring to people and their US born kids who entered without permission then everyone in the US should be deported as they are decendants of people who came here ILLEGALY, STOLE LANDS and KILLED THE NATIVES!!
Look at your coats before you call anyone else's dirty!!
QS- Many of US have ancestors who entered the country legally thru Ellis Island. These people did everything they could to become Americans, and built the country(roads, towns, farms, businesses,etc)on land bought from the gov't or traded from others. The natives you referred to could not conceive of the concept of a country, and continued to make war until many of them were slaughtered. Now we have the modern reality of their mongrelized descendants who also do not recognize the concept of sovereignty, and are making war thru the silent invasion of foods stamp, welfares, secsion 8 housins, free medikuls; etc.
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