Why Are Eva Longoria and Rosario Dawson at the White House? Closed-Door Meetings to Build Support for Immigration Reform

Sorry. I meant Hispanic company.

“When we made an effort of this sort a few years ago, it was under the leadership of John McCain and Ted Kennedy,” he said. “And because there was a bipartisan effort, we were actually able to generate a majority of votes in the Senate, and we just missed being able to get it done in the House. If we can re-create that atmosphere — I don’t expect to get every Republican vote, but I need some help in order to get it done.”
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McCain was massacred for his stance, and has learned his lesson. There is no re-creating that atmosphere, because voters have spoken.

By ‘get this done’ he means grant amnesty to all the lawbreakers to beef up his base, right? Right??
Traitor.To.America.
Not just him >>> ALL Dems that support amnesty.

He just uses celebrities so he can name drop. There are plenty of average citizens who could speak to this topic. “The other day when I was hanging out with Justin Bieber.” Besides, celebrities and journalists don’t know everything just because they happen to have microphones in front of them. And, I agree with MAYBEE. This is clearly intended to have racial overtones so any criticism can be demolished by playing the race card.

Eva Longoria was born in Texas, Rosario Dawson was born in NY, America Ferrera was born in Los Angeles, and Barbara Bermudo was born in Puerto Rico; all US citizens by birth. Shouldn’t there be more immigrants involved?

As a conservative liberal, I’m curious if my ideas on how to solve the illegal immigration problem seem good or bad to right, middle and left-wingers:
1) Make the first offense for hiring an illegal a huge fine and public front page news in their local paper. Second offense is mandatory jail time and a bigger fine.
2) There isn’t any way to deport that many people, realistically and logistically. Give illegals 6 months to register as an illegal and another 6 months to go home. If they lack funds, give them a free ride. At the border on their departure their documentation of their return home should put them on a list to be considered for a legal immigrant, after they are vetted like those entering legally are now and keeping our quotas higher for the next five years.
3) Any illegal who hasn’t declared himself after 6 months, when found out will be deported and their name and fingerprints kept on file to never be considered for a work permit or to enter our country legally. Ever.
4) Our border should be guarded by the National Guard.
My views on illegal immigration is that is very harmful to our economy, it has lowered wages for our workers in certain industries, as well as workers here legally on work permits. As for the illegals, they work for low wages without any worker protections. It has contributed to our national debt, as those workers aren’t paying into the tax base. Illegals get free medical care and free education for their children, which has put a big strain on some local budgets. Only dishonest businessmen who hire illegals are benefiting.
So, what are your views on these 4 points and if you don’t mind saying, how would you place yourself politically, right, middle or left?

“The President wants a constructive and civil debate” and you’re racist if you disagree with his amnesty proposal.

Obama’s position on immigration is definitely one of the most disturbing during his term. Of course, we all know this is all about getting easy votes from the hispanic community. And let us not forget that, on spanish radio, he referred to anyone trying to get a handle on illegal immigration as “enemies” that need to be “punished”.
My gut feeling is that, like so many other things he strings his supporter along with, this “immigration reform” is another. It will never happen the way the hispanics have been led to believe.
Btw, why must this be a closed meeting? I can’t see it being a security risk or any other bogus excuses the WH gives for so many other meetings. Meetings w/the union leaders shld at least be available as transcript. Enough secrecy!

Jose, thanks for responding.
Social Security is actually healthy, it is just the i.o.u.’s owed by our government that are the problem. But we owe a lot of money to China and I don’t hear anyone saying we should renege on those loans!
Back to the topic, I don’t see why we can’t guard our border with the National Guard. It seems crazy that it is wide open!

The birth certificate issue was a distraction, Obama stated, and the White House decision to release his long-form birth certificate was an attempt to re-focus national attention on the important issues, specifically his budget proposal. But which media outlets were most guilty of sustaining attention on the issue? On cable news, at least, the answer runs contrary to the usual media narrative.
As it turns out, one was 35 times more likely to hear about the birther issue on CNN or MSNBC than on Fox News during the week of April 11 through 17, when Obama was touting his budget. The cable network most often railed against as the birther-enabler was least likely – by far – to even mention the issue.

Social Security’s actuaries make such a calculation on page 64. It says that Social Security’s unfunded liability in perpetuity is $17.5 trillion (treating the trust fund as meaningless). The program would need that much money today in a real trust fund outside the government earning a true return to pay for all the benefits that have been promised over and above future Social Security taxes. In effect, the capital stock of the nation would have to be $17.5 trillion larger than it is right now.

Posted by: Lydia
So should Obama be re-elected in 2012?

J.R. yes, I think Obama should be elected in 2012.
The Republican Party’s ideas of today are too illogical, as they are only about benefiting the wealthy and scr*wing the middle class. They can’t seem to understand that we are all in the same boat.

They are almost all Hispanic because Obama is cultivating his power base of
Hispanics – many illegal – in California
and the rest of the southwest.
Would I vote for a man with no regard for fiscal responsibility, for a man who wants to control all of us “colonials” through Obamacare, cap and trade, designer inflation, Marxist restriction of business, high gasoline prices by restriction of petroleum exploration, open borders, socialist international gun control, sovereignty down the drain, and Constitution down the drain? ANSWER: NO, and HELL NO!

Gallup three-day rolling average today is approve 42 (down one) and disapprove 49 (up one).
Some bounce.

Well let’s see Mr. President!! Did you promise a reform to the Mexican population, (which would be prefrenual treatment and is discriminatory) or to the legal citizens of the United States? Have you read Article 1 Section 8 Paragraph 4, Article 1 Section 9 Paragraph 1, Article 1 Section 10 of the Constitution of the United States of America, for which by oath you have pledged to uphold and defend, lately?

Chuck, the wealthier got richer largely because the Republicans wouldn’t cancel the Bush tax breaks. Sheesh. The President can’t change policy, that is
Congress’s job.
Remember that the rich have been getting richer since Reagan policies, expanded on by Bush sr. and jr. while the middle class incomes have been stagnant.

Obama’s immigration meeting is just another way to party with the stars on the taxpayer’s dime. He has no interest in securing the borders. in June all the National Guard troops that have been on the border, doing paper work, are being sent back home. Border Patrol officers in AZ are instructed not to apprehend illegals caught in the AZ desert. It’s not just illegals either, terrorists are crossing into the US unchecked.
The US govt has installed signs in AZ along I-8 and in national parks cautioning us about travel and warning of illegal aliens, drug smuggling, human smuggling and so forth. There are signs less than one hour from Phoenix. We’re not talking just border areas anymore, the violence is creeping throughout AZ.
The office of the US Secretary of State has also issued travel warnings about visiting Mexico.
The US govt was involved in gun trafficking to the drug cartels in Mexico. Google the ATF Gunwalking program – this is true. The feds sold 1,000 guns undercover so they could then track the guns being used in Mexico. One of those guns was used to kill a US officer.
Obama wants to give amnesty to the illegals. He refuses to deport, he refuses to prosecute. Why are American citizens punished for their crimes yet illegal alliens from other countries are not?

Of course, because the only people who care about this issue are Hispanic. And who better to consult than celebrities and journalists.
I hope they’re not expecting to see any action prior to the election. I read his saying that “he wanted to create conditions under which Congress could act to push a comprehensive bill” to mean that he needs a Democratic majority in both chambers of Congress again so that he can “push” immigration legislation abhorrent to a majority of Americans through.
I wouldn’t expect much out of President Obama for the next year and a half beyond establishing presidential commissions and summits and meetings like this sandwiched between fund raising and thinly veiled campaign events. His promise to the voters this time will be that he’ll for sure do all those things he promised to do the first time around. In the meanwhile, the nation’s business will stagnate.

“the wealthier got richer largely because the Republicans wouldn’t cancel the Bush tax breaks. Sheesh. The President can’t change policy, that is Congress’s job.”
Posted by: Lydia | Apr 28, 2011 6:21:29 PM
Congress (and all legislation) was controlled by Democrats at the time, not Republicans. Obama could have vetoed the Bush tax breaks. Instead, he signed them into law. He also personally took advantage of them, saving himself $100,000 on his 2010 taxes. He didn’t send that money back to the IRS. Pelosi and Reid took advantage of the tax breaks as well.
Obama is one of the wealthy you constantly vilify yet you defend him while he only pays a paltry 27% of his income in federal income taxes and continues to play you for a fool. Sheesh.

[[immigrants have been the energy, brainpower, and entrepreneural spirit]] an arguable point, at best. Especially if one looks at the types of immigrants, the reasons they came, the method upon which they came, and the net gain of those immigrants. As well as how long the alledged “gain” took to happen (often multi-generational) happened versus the “loss” in terms of environmental, educational, cultural, political, criminal, and other negative aspects of those immigrants- at least during the first, or several, generations.

Chuck, the wealthier got richer largely because the Republicans wouldn’t cancel the Bush tax breaks.
Posted by: Lydia | Apr 28, 2011 6:21:29 PM
Please be advised that the “rich” can contribute more at any time. Obama has tried to demonize the “rich” when he has made millions. Has he made any “extra” contributions to the IRS? Has Immelt, Buffett, Gates, Zucherberg, ANY stars that Obama keeps inviting to meet? How about Oprah?
Hyprocrites ALL. Put up or shut up.

“Eva Longoria was born in Texas, Rosario Dawson was born in NY, America Ferrera was born in Los Angeles, and Barbara Bermudo was born in Puerto Rico; all US citizens by birth.” – GreggW
US citizens by birth only if their Parents were in the country legally.-Noz
Noz you are wrong!!!

The quicker this no talent O’BUMMER is out of office the better. Let him move to mexico and take his other criminal invaders with him!

Chuck, Obama has said again and again that he wants to do away with the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, to bring them to the rate they were under Clinton. Do you agree or disagree that the deficit warrants this, especially since a big chunk of the national debt is due to all those years of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy? And also that those tax cuts were proven to not create jobs?

“”Obama’s approval rating has slipped below the 46 percent ‘break even’ point for re-election,” said Andrew Smith, Director of the UNH Survey Center. “Presidents with approval ratings above 46 percent typically get re-elected while an approval rating below 46% typically results in electoral defeat.”
The poll also shows that Obama’s approval rating among independent voters has dropped from 65 percent after his inauguration to 32 percent while among Republicans, it has slipped from 39 percent in February 2009 to 4 percent. Even among Democrats, his approval has dropped from a high of 97 percent in April 2009 to 85 percent.

“if you don’t believe we should give preferential treatment to those who register as illegal and leave on their own, why would they do it?” – Lydia
That’s just it, I don’t think we should even institute that plan. Increase the work verifications laws and the penalties and increase enforcement and these people will deport themselves.

“Obama has said again and again that he wants to do away with the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, to bring them to the rate they were under Clinton.”
Posted by: Lydia | Apr 29, 2011 3:11:42 AM
Obama says a lot of things again and again. I watch what he does. With Democratic majorities in Congress in December, he RENEWED the Bush tax cuts. He could have vetoed them, but he didn’t. He knew that not passing the cuts would hurt the economy. He just vilified them to placate his sycophants. And while he duped you, he took advantage of those tax cuts himself, saving $100,000. He knew you’d cover for him. And you did. Why aren’t you complaining that his tax rate is a paltry 27%? He made $1.7 million and his entire lifestyle is supported by taxpayers. Why hasn’t he returned the money to the IRS? HE DOESN’T NEED IT. And he continues to play you for a fool while getting wealthier and wealthier.
I’m all for raising taxes. Let’s start with yours. At least 50% of your income is a good start. You’ll figure out very quickly which federal services you’d like to cut.

Chuck, how do you get the idea that raising my taxes to 50% is a way to discuss anything. Who is paying that high of a tax rate?
As for your whining about Obama signing a bill keeping the Bush tax cuts in place, everyone knows the Republicans insisted on that for stuff the Dems wanted passed.
I know it is difficult for someone like you to understand partisanship, but that’s what that was about.
Now that the Repubs are running on cutting the national deficit and debt, they should have no problem canceling the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, right? Especially since they historically don’t increase jobs or stimulate the economy.

“How do you get the idea that raising my taxes to 50% is a way to discuss anything.”
Posted by: Lydia | Apr 29, 2011 3:19:23 PM
Because I don’t think you pay any federal income taxes at all. You probably receive credits beyond what you pay in. In fact, I’m sure I’m subsidizing you. It’s time you started paying your fair share.

Hope Obama issued chest waders to all of the attendees at his “let’s all get together and do what I wanna do” gab fest on illegal immigration reform.
Sounds (and smells) like just a whole lotta more horse hockey issuing from the incomptetent-in-chief.
Here’s a clue about how unserious Obama is about resolving the entire illegal immigration mess — you do not see any sign at all that the Arizon governor was included as a participant in any of these Obama “come together” meetings.
The whole affair is One Big Fat Joke, just like the entire Obama presidency.

How can someone have a constructive meeting, when their are no Governors or Governor’s representatives at such a meeting? Sounds like a one way street to no good, if you ask me!! Shouldn’t our elected officials be included in such meetings?