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Title: Obama calls on Latinos to create a national movement to force GOP support on immigration reform
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URL Source: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/po ... -create-a-national-1588873.php
Published: Jul 26, 2011
Author: Gary Martin
Post Date: 2011-07-26 02:17:32 by socalv8
Keywords: obama, amnesty, carrot/stick
Views: 4918
Comments: 13
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama courted the vote-rich Latino community Monday and urged activists to build a national movement to pressure Republicans to overhaul the nation's broken immigration laws. Obama reiterated his promise to usher in comprehensive immigration reform, but told the National Council of La Raza, the nation's largest Hispanic rights organization, that it could not be done without GOP help. “Let's be honest, I need a dance partner here, and the floor is empty,” Obama said. “I need you to keep building a movement for change outside Washington, one they can't stop.” The president made the comments during the NCLR annual conference, where he was received with boisterous applause and cheering. Hispanics overwhelmingly supported Obama in 2008, helping him win the swing states of New Mexico, Colorado, Florida and Nevada. The minority community is considered key to his re-election next year. Obama was praised by NCLR President Janet Murguía for naming the first Latina to a Cabinet post, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. But Murguia denounced the “record number of deportations” carried out by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. She pointed out Obama's failure to get comprehensive immigration reform or DREAM Act proposals passed by Congress. Obama said he swore “to uphold the laws on the books, but that doesn't mean I don't know very well the real pain and heartbreak that deportations cause.” When he said he could not bypass Congress and change the laws on his own, the audience erupted in a clapping chant: “Yes, you can! Yes, you can!” “The audience reaction sent a loud and clear message that the Latino community wants more than speeches,” said Frank Sharry, executive director of America's Voice Education Fund, an immigration advocacy group. The non-partisan National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials called on Obama to pass increments of sweeping immigration reform, starting with the DREAM Act. The DREAM Act, passed last year by the House but killed in the Senate, would provide eventual citizenship for immigrants brought here illegally by parents but who complete two years of college or military service. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, which writes immigration law, opposes the DREAM Act as an “amnesty.” Congressional Republicans instead support a bill recently filed in the House and Senate that would prevent ICE agents from using prosecutorial discretion in deporting DREAM Act youth. Obama told the NCLR conference that five years ago nearly two dozen Republican senators supported comprehensive immigration reform. “Today they've walked away,” he said. Republicans also helped write the original DREAM Act legislation, Obama said, “because they knew it was the right thing for the country. Today, they've walked away.” Obama said political winds have shifted, with states trying to pass a patchwork of laws to curb illegal immigration. “We can't have 50 immigration laws across the country,” Obama said. He implored Latinos to remain loyal to Democrats. “Remember who it is that we need to move in order to actually change the laws,” he said.
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#1. To: All (#0)
Obama has to walk a fine line here.
"I swore an oath to uphold the laws on the books. That doesn't mean I don't know very well the real pain and heartbreak that deportations cause. I share your concerns and I understand them," he said Monday. "We work every day to make sure we are enforcing flawed laws in the most humane possible way." hObama is ignoring the rule of law as bad as Bush. I believe that Bush actually loves Mexicans. hObama hates them, but is trying to milk them for votes.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
I am creating a national movement to piss on his and Michelle's graves when they pass from the earth. I'm getting started early. Any volunteers?
Dibs on Michelle's.
and continued,"After all,look at the hoops I had to jump through to pretend I had nothing to do with protecting my own illegal auntie and uncle,and keeping the illegal alien auntie in public housing and drawing a SS check." When he said he could not bypass Congress and change the laws on his own, the audience erupted in a clapping chant: “Yes, you can! Yes, you can!” In their defense,these illiterate idiots DO think they are still living in Mexico. “The audience reaction sent a loud and clear message that the Latino community wants more than speeches,” said Frank Sharry, executive director of America's Voice Education Fund, an immigration advocacy group. Yup. They clearly want the destruction of our legal system and way of life. I'm old enough I remember when an American citizen working to overthrow the Constitution was considered to be a traitor and a criminal,and could go to jail for such activities. AND....,for a foreigner to do it was considered to be a act of war. Now such a suggestion gets standing ovations by people who are parasites that are sucking the system dry and contributing NOTHING to it that is positive. After all,if the political system in Mexico was so freaking great,why ain't they still there The non-partisan National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials called on Obama to pass increments of sweeping immigration reform, starting with the DREAM Act. Yeah,they are about as non-partisan as the Jewish Defense League,the SOW gang,the ACLU,and the DNC. And when it comes to race,they are about as open-minded as the KKK and the Black Panthers.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
Whatever did happen to his illegal alien Aunt?
I checked...Granted Asylum! What great luck!
IT'S A MIRACLE! Notice how nobody talks about his illegal alien uncle that is still missing
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
Your post above is the first I've heard of the uncle...
hObama was afraid that she'd be kidnapped by right-wingers in Kenya, who'd try to force him to do something pro-American. The uncle's probably a community organizer for the Rainbow Push Coalition.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
I read bare mentions of him a time or two back when the auntie was big news. Seems like he entered the country and disappeared before she did. As I said,nobody is talking about him anymore.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
What do you mean "force"? It was George W. Bush's idea in the first place, fully supported by 2008 Pres candidate Juan McCain. "Force" my ass.
The D&R party are Aztlan reconquista NWO globalists. It pays well.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
Nobody hates the Mexicans like the blacks hate the Mexicans.
#2. To: socalv8, *Border Invasion* (#0)
Pinche mayate Obama tells La Raza, no I can't! 
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#3. To: socalv8 (#0)
#4. To: A K A Stone (#3)
Any volunteers?
#5. To: socalv8, *Crime and Corruption* (#0)
Obama said he swore “to uphold the laws on the books, but that doesn't mean I don't know very well the real pain and heartbreak that deportations cause.”
#6. To: hondo68 (#2)
the real pain and heartbreak that deportations cause.
#7. To: sneakypete (#5)
...I had nothing to do with protecting my own illegal auntie
#8. To: socalv8 (#7)
I checked...Granted Asylum! What great luck!
#9. To: sneakypete (#8)
Notice how nobody talks about his illegal alien uncle that is still missing
#10. To: socalv8, sneakypete (#7)
Granted Asylum!
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#11. To: socalv8 (#9)
Your post above is the first I've heard of the uncle...
#12. To: socalv8 (#0)
force GOP support on immigration reform
#13. To: Skip Intro (#12)
"Force" my ass.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
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