Immigrant Students Seeking Executive Order Disappointed After White House Meeting

My initial thought was why are they even getting Whitehouse face time? But this is really a tragic situation. The law is quite clear, but through no fault of their own being an American is all these kids have known. Certainly worth trying to find a solution, but sadly I agree a simple Executive Order giving them a pass on the clear law is just not it.

And take Zeituni with you!
At least these people were trying to contribute, not just suck up services and demand more and more of other people’s resources.
I still say we need to enforce our laws or we will have even more illegal immigrants with greater demands.

Glad Tapper has caught up my 2 pm post:
A Harvard University student who grew up in Texas , won a full scholarship to the Ivy League school and is studying molecular biology faces the possibility of being deported before he can start his sophomore year.
Yet, our Greatest Smartest Clueless Leader’s aunt entered and stayed in the US illegally, took the valuable resources on welfare, and after PBO was elected, granted legal status to remain in the country.
He promises to be with you; yet, he keeps those non-productive relatives who only take from you in this country, while he would enforce the Law to deport a freeking smart scientist who probably will one day develop a drug to cure cancer.

How easy is it to get two meetings with Valerie Jarrett ?

Illegal is still illegal, no matter how long you might have evaded detection……because frankly, the government has been failing to do its job, for decades.

So let’s say we grant these students legal status, in exchange, the parents who brought them here get deported.
Do you think immigration reform activists would go for that? Or would we hear sob stories about breaking up a family and such??
J.R. | Jun 15, 2010 4:06:44 PM
Those aren’t mutually exclusive you know. A just solution can also be heart breaking. If you do give the kids citizenship, that’s a green light for every parent trying to do the best for their kid to jump the fence.
A middle ground might be grant them asylum until they complete their education, then deport them. A US University education is quite an asset overseas, and they can then immediately enter the normal line for legal immigration (with perfect English a major leg up on the HB-1 quest).

As Senator, Obama sponsored the Dream Act and supported its inclusion in a comprehensive immigration reform framework hammered out by Senators Schumer and Graham earlier this year.
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I would guess that half the people who talk about that initiative don’t know that it was included in the work. Just another example of why we cannot allow this congress to get anywhere near amnesty, or Immigration Reform.

The American Taxpayer did not commit the crime of border jumping illegally. The illegal aliens did, and they brought their children. There is no way in the world that it is humanitarian to demand the American People be punished with taxes for the conduct of the illegal aliens. The democratic congress refused to address the issue for over twenty years, and they still have not give us the law enforcement tools of the real I.D. and the biometric Social Security Card, and the working E Verify. Why? Punish us? How crummy can you get?

According to Gallup there are another 6.2 million people in Mexico who want to immigrate to the US. Worldwide Gallup estimates that there are 165 million of the total 700 million possible immigrants who want to come to the US. I think they have under estimated the number who wish to come here.

Pass the Dream Act. The kids didn’t break the law…their parents did.
To hold them accountable is to make the kids of slave owners pay for their parents’ crime.
Or make Germans who are all descendants of Nazi regime guilty of their forefathers supporting terrorism.
We don’t support morally or legally passing blame on the blameless. For each his own.
Besides I would like the taxpayers be made whole after the amount of education the kids of illegals took from the public school system. Once they get jobs, I want them to pay us back.

too bad they aren’t a relation of Obama, like an aunt for example. Then these illegals would be granted citizenship or asylum without any problems!
Ed | Jun 15, 2010 6:15:32 PM
That hilarious. One week they’re beating up Obama for not helping his half brother starving in a hut, the next week they’re attacking him for an Aunt who won her asylum appeal (after accusing Obama of throwing her under the bus for how quickly he disowned her when her situation first became public).
Consistency is not important if your flinging mud at Obama. That’s why the Republican election strategy is to demonize him personally – they don’t have any policy ideas or accomplishments to campaign on, only hate.

Hello Duh,
The problem with comparing a student case with an asylum case is very clear to those who read immigration law. I read it, but not very fluently.
The aunt Zeituni case you are referring to is not a student situation and many things are discussed in some asylum cases that the public may never know about. That is why it is called ” asylum”.
If my US English reading and interpreting US immmigration rules serve me well, sometimes a judge can decide to hold a non-public hearing for a deportee to whom a public hearing would impose safety issues.
Zeituni or Raleqaqailana, asylum cases debated on public forums can expose us to new ideas but still leave us in the dark as to the specific matters before an immigration judge. Again, I could be wrong. English is not even my second language. Ke bua Sesotho!

What do you expect. You voted for him. He doesn’t have to do jack for you! What are they gonna do? Vote Republican.
Oh what fun it must be, to be so naieve!
Like th Democrats are going to hold their messiah accountable! Give me a break!

Nassir Hussein, You make such educated comments that it is refreshing to read from you.
Regarding juveniles, United States used to or is still applying the parens patriae doctrine (father/mother/parent of the fatherland or home in Latin)and if it is true that the children of illegals have not committed any crimes, they most likely will attain protection of their home, where that is, I have no idea.

Rewarding illegal activity???? Nothing like dumbing down our legal system….

Why are you all so fear full of foreigners? Because they are hard working and can take your jobs? Because they have the advantage of being bilingual? Is that why you rather keep them in the shadows? And to the person who said you can join the military to gain legal status, that is not true. YOu can’t join the military if you do not have a SSN in other words you’d have to be here legally. But yeah, you all pretend like you know what you are talking about, when in fact you are all ignorant on this issue. All your motives are based in hatred and prejudice just as those people back in the 60′s who thought they were better than the black people. Ignorant silly people!

All males 18 and older and regardless of citizenship are reguired to register for the Selective Service system. If Eric hasn’t done it, it is another example of foreigners wanting only one part of our system while avoiding another.

They are NOT Undocumented IMMIGRANTS. They are ILLEGAL INVADERS. Here, I’ll prove it to you.
I’ll come over to YOUR HOUSE, and I’ll sneak in during the night, and I’ll set up house in YOUR house. Okay?
Am I now considered an UNDOCUMENTED HOMEOWNER? Or did I just commit BREAKING and ENTERING.
Stop with all the NEWSPEAK garbage. Wake up, before our Country is GONE.

Yes the child did break the law. He has been in this country 15 years illegally nad is now old enough to be responsible. He even said he was concerned about getting stopped at th airport. BTW did he have a US passport??? or a Mexican passport??? If it was US how did he get that without a legal US birth certificate or proof of being naturalized citizen??

I just read the “Dream Act”
The Dream Act would make remove many of the conditions normally applied to those that enter legally. Including health reasons, some crimes, etc. All of that would not be considered in giving this special group a pseudo legal status.
Not talking about the cream of the crop here.
Only a two year degree required and it is retroactive.
A stay is put on deportations and plenty of other benefits for those that entered and stayed illegally.
This is nothing but another huge amnesty and the US people do not need it.

Re: “What do you expect. You voted for him. He doesn’t have to do jack for you! What are they gonna do? Vote Republican.”
Or stay home.

Deport every illegal alien.

““I have been in the U.S. since I was two years old,” said 22 year-old Carlos Roa, one of the students who met with Jarrett. “There is no way for me to adjust my immigration status in the only nation I know as home… ”
Blame your parents Carlos. They did this to you. The American citizens did not create your predicament. Go home.

My family and I are from an impoverished country in Africa. We actually came to this country legally, and I had to wait 5 years without my parents in order to come here lawfully. Ever since I have been in this country at 11, I have kept a 4.0 GPA and worked my hardest because I believed that if I did so then I would actually have a future and be able to do something with my life. I have received countless college letters, and as I am about to graduate high school next year I have found out that my visa will not allow me to go to college or receive any of the scholarships I qualify for. It is extremely painful to realize that I worked so hard for all these years and it’s all for nothing. It saddens me to see my classmates who are privileged enough to be born here and have all the opportunities they want but don’t care and decide to waste it by coming to class high or just dropping out of school. This Dream Act would help me and countless others get a future, but it is obvious that the government is not 100% dedicated to making it happen. I just wish somebody had told me the truth instead of making me believe for all these years that I could actually do something with my life. It is just painful that I had done what the law asked and came here legally just to find out it was all for nothing. As of now my only hope of going to college and becoming a pediatrician is in God. I just wish more people would realize that not every immigrant is from Mexico and some of us did come to this country legally seeking a better life, but cannot have one because of the severe limitations that are in place.

They should re-name this legislation these activists are (again) attempting to fob off on the American public. “The DREAM Act” is misleading. “The Smaller-Scale Amnesty” would provide a little more truth in advertising. It’s real simple, if what is proposed were to become law, tens of thousands of illegal aliens would be legalized each year. Just like a larger-scale amnesty would accomplish, the DREAM Act (if passed) will reward families of illegal aliens for having successfully violated U.S. laws over an extended period of time.

Apparently the Dream Act should have been named the Dream On Act.
So students came to the country illegally with their illegal immigration status parents. At some point someone needs to take responsibility for their behavior. Go home and immigrate legally.
Take responsibility.

It’s just one thing after another with these illegal aliens. When is it all going to end? It will end when all the illegal aliens are out of this Country and back in their own Country where they belong with their families. Let’s get the Arizona Law in all 50 states and get the Federal Government to do it’s job. ENFORCE THE DAMN LAW!

These kids are human beings, just like your kids. They are stuck in an impossible situation.
If your problem is that their parents came illegally, why not fix the process so that they CAN be legal? I don’t get it.
“We don’t want them because they’re here illegally!”
“Well, then let’s give people a reasonable legal path to change that.” (i.e. the Dream Act, or a reasonable worker visa process)
“No, we can’t do that!”
“Why not?”
“Because they’re here illegally!”
This circular logic means that there IS no way to change their illegal status.
You can’t deny them any chance of changing that status, and then blame them for continuing to be “illegal.”
Your problem isn’t that they are here illegally– it’s that they’re here at all, and they have brown skin, and they talk funny. And we can’t have THAT.

Why don’t these illegal aliens just go back to their own Country and save this Country a lot of money and problems.
I, for one, am just sick and tired of these illegal aliens snubbing their nose at our immigration laws and the many other laws of this Country. If our Federal Government can not ENFORCE our immigration laws, and get these illegal aliens out of this Country, then let the States do it! One way or another, an end has to come to this illegal immigration, and not with AMNESTY! Amnesty will only encourage more illegal aliens to invade our Country and reward those who broke our laws and raped the American taxpayer in many ways…depressing our wages, taking our jobs, overwhelming our schools with their illegal alien children, driving without a license or car insurance, all the crime from stolen identities to rape, drugs and everything else.
It’s time for ZERO TOLERENCE with these illegal aliens. It’s time for them get out of this Country and back in their own Country where they belong. When we get rid of the illegal aliens, we will get rid of all the problems that go with them. THAT IS A FACT!

This Progressive Agenda has nothing to do with being a Democrat. Thank God we are seeing this before it is too late, this is dangerous and the real Democrats need to take the party back. NO to Obama and his destruction of this country. My God, we don’t eben have enough jobs for citizens!!!!!!!!11

These students, who are now young adults are blaming the wrong place for their status problems. The parents are at fault, not the U.S The parents entered the U.S. illegally, knowing their children would also be illegal. What logic is it to start awarding all the children of illegals citizenship? Should the U.S. start such a program, there would be no end to illegal border crossings.
Americans know they can’t enter other countries without obeying their laws, so why are Americans sticking up for those who ignore our laws and even have the nerve to openly protest the system rather than respecting the laws of the other country, as we would expect to do.