Obama Administration Curtails Deportations of Non-Criminal Immigrants

“The Obama administration today announced it will no longer deport illegal immigrants who don’t have criminal records or pose a security risk to the United States.”
By definition, illegal aliens have broken federal law. This action all makes perfect sense when you consider that Obama is purposely destroying our economy, enlarging our welfare state, denying Americans the opportunity to work jobs taken by illegal aliens, and basically doing anything possible to garner more votes for Democrats. Lawlessness defines this administration. Obama needs to be impeached.

Does this mean that non-criminal illegal immigrants just need to turn themselves in to DHS and they’ll be given some kind of “stay of deportation” status and a work permit?

What happened to a country, based on the rule of law ?

What about illegal immigration is not a crime? Once again President Obama is shirking his constitutional responsibilities! This is an “Alice in Wonderland” experience!

In other words – the lunatic-left d-cRAT socialists absolutely, positively need and want MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD to get their clowns in office – and they don’t even care who commits the fraud: ACORN, unions, ILLEGALS, destitute people who will vote-for-cash-or-booze, etc.

First, buy the Union vote, Porkulus. Second by the Congress’s vote, Obamacare. Third by the illegal immigrant vote. I am now calling my elected representitives and demanding Impeachment proceedings to begin immediately. I suggest unless you want to be chanting hope and change in Spanish with a American gun pointed at your head, and Eric Holder laughing at you that you do the same. Enough is enough Obama. You crossed the line.

This socialist President is allowing illegal immigrants to stay, while telling taxpaying Americans that we must do our share of paying more taxes? And, according to our Homeland Security Secretary, this is their low priority? In the mean time, more and more illegals are sneaking into our porous borders, while the taxpayers are paying for their social services and education! This eff-ing fascist needs to be tried for treason! He’s betrayed the Constitution and every taxpaying American!

The Obama administration continues to break the law. Obama just think he can pick and choose which law to enforce or ignore.
Worst excuse for a president ever!

“Undocumented persons have always had the opportunity to apply for temporary work permits, which are reviewed on a case-by-case basis upon request.” Illegal immigrants have broekn the law; they are normally deported when apprehended. Is this how the president uphold the oath he swore to protecvt and dednf the constitution of the US?

Great job!! These are people who contribute to our country, we are a country of immigrants, and this whole “illegal” argument is xenophobic.
Businesses (i.e. the greatest contributors to the GOP) support this de-facto amnesty because immigrants have always made good workers, with strong work ethics, and they do many jobs that Americans won’t take. Our grocery stores would be empty had it not been for the “illegals” who pick the produce and cut the meat in slaughterhouses everywhere across America.

Obama has definitely done some things wrong and not resolved others, like health care and the lack of jobs. But immigration is not one of his weaknesses. People are calling him names and want to impeach him when he is deporting more illegals than any previous president and most of them have been violent criminals.

So he’s going to take it back down to the levels Bush did?

obama is working against the USA, listen to him talk about washington being the problem but he is the leader in washington. He wants the usa mad at all of washington so he can divide and conquer. AZ has a surplus budget . i do not know if it is because we are trying to do something about the illegal immigration

If you thought Obamanomics looked good today, just wait to see what is left of your 401K tomorrow. Thanks for the change Obama, have a nice vacation.

Then they are breaking the law!!! What do they not understand about the word “Illegal”? So can the President just decided he will not follow some other law to help his re-election? This is the most un-American President in my life time and I’m old.

So Obama wants all the illegals to stay here in America. Now we see where he is heading with his jobs program. Obama just shot the “bird” to America. 2012 can’t get here soon enough to end Obama’s reign of terror.
No Plan
No Clue
NOBAMA!

Really? What a shame that so many family have been destroyed before this announcement. This really won’t make any difference with power hunger ICE that goes around hunting for illegals. If people actually use their brain, this issue of illegals would have been solved many years ago. Has anyone addressed the 55,000 lottery visas handed out every year. What do you think will happen if 30,000 of those 55,000 awarded visas arrive in the USA. !!TAKE YOUR JOB OF COURSE!! GO FIGURE.

After watching Diane Sawyer’s report on 280,000 unemployed Americans in Atlanta the next report was that the President is ready to allow illegal imigrants to stay in this country and given work permits. What doesn’t he understand that Americans come first in America. We pay taxes, if the illegals want to be in the country, apply for citizenship, learn to speak English and do it in a legal manner. I’m tired of hearing press 1 for English, 2 for Spainish, This is America, we speak English here.

What about the ones not paying child support?

myopinion90…all fine but dont whine about unemployment.

Obama is the worst president in Americal History. He only cares about playing Washington games, getting re-elected and allowing the law to be violated by illegal immigrats. They are breaking the law by being here illegally, this is a no brainer. We as Amercians keep electing officials to run our country that are not capable of doing the job they were elected to do. Obama and his administration is just another fine example of the failed leadership that the country has at all levels of Government.

“and that it will review all existing deportation cases involving non-criminal immigrants on a case-by-case basis. ” – ABC News
All illegal invaders are in essence criminals because they have broken the law.
This double talk from the NoBo administration is pathetic.
Perhaps the justice department ought to look into prosecuting the Obama Administration for refusing to enforce the law.

These people also use our schools, health care and occupy the police- everything we say we need more money for. If you cant export the jobs, import the labor. Nice jobs plan to put America to work Obama. BTW good job gutting NASA and backing off on selling planes to India and Taiwan so they can go to our competitors. Thats putting America to work! You got my vote!

For those of you griping about liberals/Democrats maybe you’d best just check out what Rick Perry had to say about illegal immigrants on Tuesday (Monday?) this week. To whit; “We are not going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants currently in this country.” That sounds an awful lot like “amnesty” to me. If you’ve got a problem with a party, look to your own first!

““It makes no sense to spend our enforcement resources on these low-priority cases when they could be used with more impact on others, including individuals who have been convicted of serious crimes,” ”
makes you wonder how and why these serious illegal immigrant offenders need apprehending in the first place!
And they’re all called illegal immigrants for a reason. They have broken the law by entering the country illegally! Ridiculous.

More illegals? Is that part of Obama’s mysterious economic plan (which he’ll reveal after his vacation)?

Obama’s just shoring up the remainder of his base… the undocumented voter. He can’t afford to keep losing illegals. There’s not enough dead people in Illinois to vote for him to keep him in office now. Only the undocumented, illegal vote can save his reelection now.

Obama FLIPPED! That guy DOES NOT HAVE A CLUE!

Reply to Common _ Sense
Tone down you name calling and generalizations and you might have my ear. Not ALL Democrats agree with this invasion of our country. Obama has just about lost my vote with his pandering to the far left and ineffectiveness. I live in Texas so I KNOW what has happened to our cities because of illegal immigration. And it isn’t good, believe me.Unfortunately the GOP is going to the other extreme- the far right which is pretty scary too. Where have all the good moderates gone?

CATMAN –> Who are you to say that I whine about unemployment. You do not know what I whine about honey. I am the last person to whine about unemployment. People deserve to have a life. People should not think about themselves and only themselves. I have been unemployed before and I will not blame poor people who do not have money to eat or raise a family. Just like I deserve to have a life I believe others should as well.
I just believe that it is a little harsh for people to think about themselves only..I was not born here, I came here legally and my family suffered even though they were here legally, I can just imagine what illegal immigrants go through. Not to be rude, but I think you should think about that too and not only about work and money. People do not care about one another in this world anymore, or should I say mostly here in the US.

Obama operates like a Banana Republic dictator. The Mexicans will feel right at home

Obama has to retain his base somehow. Even the undocumented voter base. It’s far from “country first” but “0bama first”. The illegals are not “country first” people here.

Let’s put this another way. Like all of the Government, ICEs budget has gotten smaller with more duties to be performed by fewer people. therefore, they have to prioritize the work. How? By looking at the records and actively going after the criminals for deportation. I guess it is better to do this than deport on a first in, first out basis. This is what ALL agencies in the government are doing which means that services will be cut and things people think are priority may not fit the criteria. Welcome to the Republican “smaller government”.

It doesn’t seem like the people posting alarmist comments here have actually read the information in the article (above).
“The Obama administration has overseen a record number of deportations in each of the past three years. In 2010, DHS deported roughly 400,000 immigrants – an all-time high. More than half had criminal records.
“Officials said the overall number of deportations is unlikely to drop with the new policy, but that the composition of the numbers will continue reflect deportation of more criminals.”

President Obama has deported more illegals/year than any president before him–that’s what the rabid right-wingers seem to not be able to understand. So, despite the record-breaking number of deportations President Obama has accomplished, the conservatives will NEVER give him credit for it. So, why should Obama continue to pander to the “enforcement only” crowd? I’m glad he’s not bothering, now.
STILL, you see these conservatives claiming this administration is soft on illegal immigration. Thanks to the “no new taxes” Tea Party people, government agencies have less money for immigration enforcement, so it’s smart to focus on the illegal immigrants that have committed violent acts, to go after the ones who are a direct threat to public safety.
People who scream against raising taxes are the ones to blame for there not being enough money to deport all illegal aliens…like it or not.

Ignorance is killing

GINI –> haha that’s a good one. I agree with you as well.

Interesting that on the same day that unemployment among African Americans (those still seeking work) rose to 18%, the Obama administration announced that it would discontinue deportation proceedings against illegal aliens who only had minor law violations. No wonder his approval rating is now in Jimmy Carter territory. I suspect that finally African Americans are able to judge his ability DESPITE the fact that he is 50% African American.

Obama giving freedom to illegals:
a. Pandering for votes
b. Just that stupid
c. Shot the “rod” at America
d. All of the above
The correct answer is “D”…..Obama is one idiot!
988 days and counting…..
No Plan
No Clue
NOBAMA!

The Federal Government needs to be more like private industry and learn to do more with less. They can accept the help of states to identify illegals. The Federal Government will realize the savings for resources spent fighting the states!

Posted by: TheLoyalOpposition | Aug 18, 2011 9:02:31 PM
It doesn’t seem like the people posting alarmist comments here have actually read the information in the article (above).
“The Obama administration has overseen a record number of deportations in each of the past three years. In 2010, DHS deported roughly 400,000 immigrants – an all-time high. More than half had criminal records.
“Officials said the overall number of deportations is unlikely to drop with the new policy, but that the composition of the numbers will continue reflect deportation of more criminals.”

Ha HA HA, TheLoyal, you best go read up on Rick Perry’s ideas about how to deal with illegal immigration! (Here’s a hint: it doesn’t involve deportation AT ALL)

puppyf —- the CORRECT way to solve the problem involves NO DEPORTATION… you simply make it harder for illegals to work legally here and they will make their way back to their homelands ALL BY THEMSELVES… just the way they got in!!

More and more illegals don’t come here to work, but to leech off the American taxpayers. Why is our government giving illegals food stamps, welfare, free education and medical? Los Angeles recently completed a study that estimated $52 million a MONTH is spent on illegals. Stupid.

JIM —- From the article “The Obama administration today announced it will no longer actively seek to deport illegal immigrants who don’t have criminal records and that it will review all existing deportation cases” —- Oh, yeah… that sounds SO like the “Strongest approach yet”!! — While they now review THREE-HUNDRED-THOUSAND “PENDING” DEPORTATIONS a whole lot of other work is going to get done!! — Just stop arguing, Jim, you know this slows the process… meaning less deportations… more illegals with excuses like college and military to stick around!!

Posted by: TheLoyalOpposition | Aug 18, 2011 9:17:17 PM
How can you continue to miss the point?
President Obama’s administration has set RECORDS in deporting illegal immigrnts. They intend to continue this, but simply shift the focus further towards criminal elements.
So it IS the strongest and the smartest approach yet.
Far stronger than what Bush accomplished. And far smarter now that is will target criminals.

JIM — And YOU continue to miss the point…. whatever Obama has “accomplished” in your eyes is now OVER!! — Now he is setting in motion HIS agenda… which means LESS deportations… more excuses (college/military) to stay — “AMNESTY LIGHT”!!! —– You can say the same thing over and over and it doesn’t get any closer to the truth!!

Thanks again liberals for voting this criminal into office. YES WE CAN.

Simply put… Having failed in the legislative process, the Obama administration has simply decided to usurp Congress’s constitutional authority and implement an amnesty program for millions of illegal aliens!!!

“The Obama administration today announced it will… review all existing deportation cases”..maybe the “reviews” could be done by some of the hundreds of unemployed people who stood in line looking for work in Atlanta today.

Jim — Obviously “on the payroll”, you continue to use the phrase “Obama… deported record numbers of illegal immigrants for 3 years straight” —- Have I ever said you were wrong… but you look at it, this is an “accomplishment”! — I am saying it is like the bandit who says “I have never killed a man for three years, but tomorrow I’m going to start!! —- You look at three years of deportations… “hurrah for that” … now look at his ACTIONS to DO AWAY with that record!! — He is trying to stop all deportations “except criminals” which are like WHAT percent (10%?) of the total!!

JIM — The GOP has sent dozens of bills to the Senate, just to be blocked there — there is no point in passing any more legislation that they are going to sit on…. the Dem-contolled Senate has just earned the honor of “least productive” legislative body in modern history….. and the progressives have the GALL to call the GOP “obstructionists”!! — LOL!!!

JIM — The GOP has sent dozens of bills to the Senate, just to be blocked there —
Posted by: TheLoyalOpposition | Aug 18, 2011 9:46:49 PM
Nonsense. Now you’re just revealing you don’t care whether you post facts.
Name those bills and point out where they address creating jobs in the short term.

So, send em all back until they can get there papers and do it right.
Posted by: Bill | Aug 18, 2011 9:58:57 PM
I think it’s easier said than done Bill.
As it states in the article, the Obama administration has set records in the numbers of illegal immigrants deported, surpassing anything Bush was able to accomplish. Still many remain.

The fact is that if they are here ILLEGALLY, then by definition THEY ARE CRIMINALS.
DEPORT THEM.
AND DEPORT OBAMA RIGHT BEHIND THEM.

DEPORT THEM.
AND DEPORT OBAMA RIGHT BEHIND THEM.
Posted by: One American | Aug 18, 2011 10:14:20 PM
My father used to say “if ignorance was bliss . .. “, well you fill in the rest.
The Obama administration is resonsible for record numbers of illegal immigrants having been deported for 3 years straight.

0bama sues his own citizens to protect the illegals.
Posted by: TexBork | Aug 18, 2011 10:21:24 PM
Again, nonsense. Obama has deported more illegal immigrants than any other president.
His administration sued to protect LEGAL Americans from illegal search by the government.

don’t you know Obama is above the law, and he doesn’t have to follow our laws. He should be impeached and put on trial for a number of things.

So TheLoyal, your answer is NO deportations then, right? You have no problem with simply assimilating into our culture, country, and lives the 12 million who are already here, is that right? You’re completely ignoring the ones who are already HERE. So while Obama is targeting the correct part of this issue – the most immediate problem – illegal immigrants involved in criminal activities, you’re busy offering a solution that is just too late! Sorry, that’s not a solution – that’s Monday-morning quarter-backing.

Anything to get Obama re-elected. LOL

DeanBob, read! Where does it say “Halt deportation of illegal immigrants.” Did you read the article?! Yeesh.

PUPPYF —- YOU SAID “So TheLoyal, your answer is NO deportations then” —– YES!! — And if you read the rest of my post, you would know WHY!! —- We pass a law effective in 12 months… it states that EVERY employer in the US will need to verify the LEGAL status of their employees within the next 12 months…. after that, employers will be fined PER illegal employee found in their employ!! — Within 3 months… the illegals will see the “handwriting on the wall” and will begin to deport themselves!!! — We won’t have to do it!!

puppyfeet217 | Aug 18, 2011 10:48:15 PM —– HELLO!!! — The TITLE of the article is “Obama Administration Curtails Deportations” —- What part of “curtails” don’t you understand???

JIM —- I posted the 22 Bills passed by the House and rejected, ignored, stifled, tabled, left to die…. by the “least productive Senate” in modern history —– ABC must have disliked the LENGTH of the post as it didn’t go through! — will try again!

HELLO?! TheLoyal, great! Tell your grand idea to CONGRESS and stop slamming the one man who has been responsible for more deportations in three years than the previous POTUS did in EIGHT!! Yet here you are, as usual, griping about a solution that actually takes fewer tax-dollars-available into account and making the BEST use of the funds that are there. If this article had stated he was increasing deportations you’d be complaining that he’s spending too many of our tax dollars…you know it and I know it.

TheLoyalOpposition, Aug 18, 2011 10:58:39 PM, SAID:
“What part of “curtails” don’t you understand?”
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LOL! ….. Definition of “Curtails”, from dictionary.com:
“to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce.”
In other words, “CURTAIL” does not mean “HALT”… LOL!… puppyfeet217 is right.

The following are bills the House of the 112th Congress has passed only to be rejected, tabled, or left to die by the Senate…. 1) H.R. 2, Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act, Jan. 19 — 2) H.R. 1, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act Feb. 18 — 3) H.R. 3, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, May 4 — 4) H.CON.RES.34 Ryan Budget Bill, Apr. 11 — 5) H.R. 1363, One-week budget bill, Apr. 7 — 6) H.R. 910, Energy Tax Prevention Act, Apr. 7 — 7) H.R. 359, Eliminate public finance, Jan. 26 — 8) H.R. 217, to Defund Planned Parenthood, Feb. 21 — 9) H.R. 1076, Defund NPR — Mar. 15. — 10) H.R. 1230: Restarting American Offshore Leasing Act, May 5 — 11) H.J. Res. 37: Disapproving Net neutrality, Apr. 9 — 12) H.R. 861, Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) Termination Act, Mar. 16 — 13) H.R.1214, Block Money for Constructing School-Based Health Centers, May 4 — 14) H.R. 1229, the Putting the Gulf Back to Work Act, April 13 — 15) H.R. 2560, Cut, Cap and Balance Act, July 19 — 16) H.R. 830, FHA Refinance Program Termination Act, Mar. 10 — 17) H.R. 836, the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program Termination Act, Mar. 14 — 18) H.R. 839, the HAMP Termination Act, Mar. 29 — 19) H.R. 1213, To repeal mandatory funding provided to States in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, May 3 — 20) H.R. 1217, to repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund, Apr. 13 — 21) H.R. 1255, the Government Shutdown Prevention Act, Apr. 1 — 22) H.R. 1315, Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act, Jul. 21!!

Ah…Obama has finally found a way to get his approval rate up. Now the illegals will support him when he finds a way to allow them to vote in the election. Then they will find out he is just playing his con game with them as they get caught up in his political tactics. This man is not for real as a leader of this great nation.

Georgie —– Don’t be cute…. LOL… “reducing” could be 1% or 90%….. please tell me… what is the % of illegal immigrants that are “criminals” per Obama???? —— If Obama’s definition is “convicted of a crime”… then is it maybe 10%?? —- So Obama will reduce deportations BY NINTY PERCENT… and this is not a big deal??? —- By the way… I say they are 100% criminals… by definition “illegal”!!!!!!

The title for this article really should be “Obama Administration Shifts Focus to Criminal Immigrants”.
His administrtion has done a better job than any other in deporting illegal immigranst.
Now they’re wisely decided to focus on the criminal elements within the illegal immigrant group – to cut them out and remove them.
I think it’s absolutely the right approach.

I believe we should give a little repatriation to as many of the illegal aliens back to there own country of origin as possible. In the 1930′s 12 states lost over half of the Illegal population. I think It can be done againg on a bigger scale now than in the 1930′s. Obama got to go in ’12

Look Loyal, I live in a border state so there isn’t anything you can say to me about the illegal immigration problem that I don’t know about. It’s been an issue for border states for decades, yet all you can do is blast *this* President. Always. My whole purpose here is pointing out the hypocrisy of “some” here who blame one POTUS for a very, very practical approach to resolving the CURRENT problem (again, people who are already HERE) while simultaneously refusing to acknowledge the failures in their own party. If you think Republicans have all the answers, why then hasn’t this been addressed in previous Repub administrations or conservative-controlled Congresses? Or where you really-really happy with the 1986 amnesty that has already cost the taxpayers billions? Which President did that again?

TheLoyalOpposition, Aug 18, 2011 11:25PM, SAID:
“If Obama’s definition is ‘convicted of a crime’…then is it maybe 10%?”
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LMAO! ……. Who said that was Obama’s definition? (YOU)… and who’s throwing out that “10%” guess figure? (YOU).
That’s what I love about the right-whiners, they’re always making things up, and for this President, it’s always a “worst case” guess… LOL!
Hey LoyalOp, if you want more illegal immigrants departed, right your Republican House of Representative member and tell them you want more $$$ funded toward the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Custom Enforcement.
After all… LOL! … it is the congress, not the president that sets the budget authority for the Department of Homeland Security. All the president is trying to do is prioritize where those limited resources are spent.
So Bottom Line: You’re “whining” up the wrong tree… LOL!… as usual.

Of the TWENTY MILLION potential illegal immigrants… if Obama has deported 200,000 “criminals”….
Posted by: TheLoyalOpposition | Aug 18, 2011 11:42:41 PM
That’s only one year.
And I would prefer he be deporting the illegal immigrants involved in crime – by the hundreds of thousands. That’s fine for me.
He’s already set records in the number of illegal immigrants deported.
You’re going to have to take some courses in logical thinking. Please do so before you vote again.

Why is Obama & Reid in such a hurry to give these illegals free entry into America?
Postey: talker | Aug 18, 2011 11:46:43 PM
Get real! The Obama administration has deported record numbers of illegal immigrants.
They’re doing way more than Texan Bush ever did! Give credit where credit is due.
As Bushie says, if you want more deported, write your congressperson to get the funding increased. Republican house don’t forget.
By the way, the Republicans held Congress for 12 years and watched illegal immigration grow larger every year, including under Mr. Bush.

Perhaps we have all forgotten that our families were once immigrants too. The only big difference is that when they came it was easier to be legalized.
I have been to many of the places from which people come illegally, once you have been there it is hard to judge them for coming. We would all do well to remember that we are the product of immigrant families who came here wanting a better life for themselves and future generations….meaning us.

puppy/barb/Bushie —– The bottom line — no matter how much you think Obama has “reached new heights” in immigration reform…….. he has simply decided to usurp Congress’s constitutional authority and implement an amnesty program for millions of illegal aliens using his APPOINTED staff!! —- You can’t spin this…. he HAS AN AGENDA… and WHERE is congressional legislation authorizing him to do it!!?!?!?

“Simply put… Having failed in the legislative process, the Obama administration has simply decided to usurp Congress’s constitutional authority and implement an amnesty program for millions of illegal aliens!!!”
There tis, Loyal, in bold relief: your very, very blatant hatred and hypocrisy toward this one President. No matter which solution he proposes, you view it as the wrong one. This is how we knowwww that you cannot claim “Oh, but I just dislike his policies” – yours is the most obvious of partisan (personal?) dislike for Obama. It hasn’t gone THROUGH the legislative process so it can’t be a failure, can it? Annnnd, unless and until an amnesty bill is passed, it can’t be called “amnesty” until it IS amnesty. Got that? Sooo much fun chatting with you again, Loyal. Night!

Barack NoBo Obama needs to declare that there is no such thing as an
Anchor Baby™.
Babies born to illegals in the USA are also illegals and citizens of the parent’s country.
It says so in the 14th Amendment. That will do more to stem the tide and bring about voluntary deportation than any illegal immigration reform bill.

illegal immigrants in the lower incomes who have acquired jobs must be removed and returned to less fortunate legal workers in our country.
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This is exactly the area the Obama administration has stepped up the attack over the previous Republican Bush.

Does that mean Obama can stay after the election?

“Obama’s administration has been deporting record numbers of illegal immigrants for 3 straight years.
Posted by: Barb | Aug 19, 2011 12:30:49 AM”
Are you sure about that? From the sources I’ve checked the last year the DHS released numbers for immigrant deportation was 2008.

All of you people are so ignorant. People have rights, everyone should be able to have them. Now, if your worried about a bit of job competition here, thats your fault for not doing a well enough job as “the foreign guy”. Stop complaining about the 14th amendment, many things in the constituton have been violated but, surprisingly, you dont complain since its in your favor. Be true Americans, support everyone achieving the american dream, and stop letting history repeat itself. Face it, your doing it to yourselves.

Don’t worry folks. He won’t be re-elected.

As the days go by, Obama is becoming more and more unpopular with the American people. He needs to find ways to garner the support of the GOP and get the economy
back on track. Telling a foreign leader to step down will raise his poll numbers.

No, Loyal, it is you who is the spinmeister – trying to explain away, spin and defend your constant whining about Obama. In one breath you said “there should be no deportations” and then in the next you said that by cutting DOWN on non-criminal deportations, Obama is somehow creating amnesty! How can you possibly defend talking out of both sides of your mouth? I doubt you hold any TRUE beliefs of your own…you believe in ONLY the opposite of whatever this President decides is the best means for handling any situation. You do this constantly and it’s obvious to any reader/observer. You are only pulling the wool over your own eyes. The rest of us read you like a book. Sweet dreams.

I agree with MsT-mac – You have crossed the American line and I say “you have failed us – you have failed me!”
POSTED BY: BEEMMEUPSCOTTY | AUG 18, 2011 8:04:03 PM
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Uh, that’s not what MsTMac said at all! LOL

OH and Pup, not securing our borders (as per Obama’s job describtion) is actually impeachable since impeachable includes “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors”. It would also include funnelling taxpayer money to his buddies under the stimulus scam, the “loans” to his buddy George Soros, sending our oil platforms away to help George Soros, crashing the economy, and etc.

Jan, it takes a 2/3 majority in congress to impeach crooks….don’t think crook reid and crook pelosi would vote for it. Obama however has done more than enuff to be impeached and tossed in jail.

Obama however has done more than enuff to be impeached and tossed in jail.
Posted by: Evilbunnies | Aug 19, 2011 2:55:37 AM
Don’t say such foolish things. You don’t have a clue what you’re talking about.

Just for the record, if you entered the country ILLEGALLY, by definition, that makes you a criminal…thus by these rules, all of them should be deported.

Did you know Obama is side stepping congress to do the Dream Act. Call you Congressman Obama must be Impeached. I call everyday.He really is making the move of a man who has so few options left…anyone actually believe that Obama actually prevented a recession becoming deeper when he first began “stimulating” the economy with his lack of knowledge about the economy and his lack of experience in leading. He is purely an idealogue not an American. His actions are only for his benefit, only to achieve his objectives no matter how ill formed they are. Congress, wake up. Take the steps necessary to stop this runaway idealogue who now seems to have a mental flaw and is dangerous to the country.

“Please show us how the 14th amendment says that.” – David
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
Illegal invaders are not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
They do not legal reside in the Country or the State they occupy.
Children born to them are thus not citizens.

The president swore an oath to protect and defend the constitution. The oath didn’t say to protect and defend only those laws you agree with.

If there really is a shortage of personal in ICE and/or border patrol, redeploy/reassign either returning military or other non-essential federal workers rather than arbitrarily deciding with laws you will enforce.

DEANBOB, Aug 19, 2011 7:39:10AM:
“The president swore an oath to protect and defend the constitution. The oath didn’t say to protect and defend only those laws you agree with.”
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LOL!…. OK, so write to your Republican “cut spending” House Representative, and tell them to provide more funding for the Department of Homeland Security, ICE Division… LOL!
The problem with most right-whiners is that they don’t understand the basic message of this article: It’s about MANAGING LIMITED RESOURCES! We’ve had this illegal immigration problem for over 3 DECADES now…LOL!…but most right-whiners think it just started 31 months ago. And the reason this problem has been around for decade is because of a shortage of resources.
For you right-whiners out there, who understand nothing about the cost it takes to round up “millions” of illegal immigrants and send them home….what the DHS has decided on here is called “RESOURCE MANAGEMENT”…i.e., prioritizing limited resources towards where they will be MOST EFFECTIVE.
Of course, would you expect any of the typical “right side”-complainers, whiners and cryers to understand any of this?…. LOL!… No. They think the President himself should dawn an ICE uniform and go personally and round up these millions of illegal immigrants… LOL! Living in “la-la” land again… LOL!

“Another example: the right starting calling Obama our liberal “messiah”. Saw it everywhere – still do. Liberals never said it, don’t think it…we know he’s just a person.”
Posted by: puppyfeet217 | Aug 19, 2011 2:32:16 AM
Obama supporter Louis Farrakhan speaking at the Nation of Islam Saviours’ Day 2008 event (February 24, 2008):
“You are the instruments that God is going to use to bring about universal change, and that is why Barack has captured the youth. And he has involved young people in a political process that they didn’t care anything about. That’s a sign. When the Messiah speaks, the youth will hear, and the Messiah is absolutely speaking. Brothers and sisters, Barack Obama to me, is a herald of the Messiah. Barack Obama is like the trumpet that alerts you something new, something better is on the way.”
Maybe Farrakhan is part of the vast right-wing conspiracy. LOL!

This latest move by President Obama is more proof of his inability to lead our country. As a citizen, I expect that our borders are protected. Our government isn’t even doing that well enough. Now, President Obama is going to start choosing which ILLEGAL aliens stay and which go. Mr. President, the DREAM Act was voted on by Congress and it DIDN’T PASS!! Respect the will of the citizens and FOLLOW THE LAW!!
Our great country was founded on people from many countries coming here to make a better life. I encourage people to do that to this day. However, come here LEGALLY! We spend BILLIONS of dollars every year on ILLEGAL Aliens!! This has to stop, as it isn’t sustainable!
Mr. President, if someone comes to America ILLEGALLY they need to leave and return in a LEGAL manner. Enforce the laws; don’t make up your own rules, so you can get re-elected! Good leadership is making the tough, and sometimes unpopular, decisions. It is clear that you aren’t a good leader.

We wouldn’t have to deport them if we secured the borders and they couldn’t get in in the first place.

Other than bypassing Congress, what part of this does not equate to amnesty?

What does this administration not understand about the word “illegal”? He is doing this to win hispanic votes, not do what is best for this country as usual. Are they giving each deportee a gun too.

Whoa whoa whoa, stop right there ABC. What’s wrong with this headline: “Non-Criminal Immigrants” is misdefined. The people they are referring to, by official definition, are ILLEGAL ALIENS. ILLEGALLY in our country because they can come into our country LEGALLY if they wanted to.
These illegals can do it right – going through the proper channels LEGALLY, or they can do it criminally – crossing our borders without a background check or otherwise respecting legal access to our nation’s benefits.
Seems like ABC is part of Obama’s little ruse to bamboozle Americans. They’re called ILLEGAL ALIENS by the United States of America law enforcement officials.
Setting aside the principle of simply expecting a show of initial respect for our nation’s laws by immigrants by crossing LEGALLY, what about American citizens who remain unemployed? The nation gets shafted twice by Obama on this one:
1. Illegals are allowed to disrespect our laws
2. American citizen job seekers must compete for work against a whole new population that America cannot support. When these illegals can’t get work we’ll just end up giving them unemployment insurance, food stamps, and pay for their living with costly government programs.

This administration has been everything it can to prevent the deportation of illegals, and to allow them not only to stay here, but encourages more to come!
This president should be impeached for his policies on illegal immigration!
The US WILL become, part of Mexico, on its present course.

Issue regarding whether persons in the US illegally are criminals: I’ve read somewhere that illegal aliens have broken civil law, not criminal law.
Don’t hold me to that!

I predicted this a long time back – in order to get re-elected, Obama would have to garner a large number of illegal votes from illegal aliens – and NOW, he has made sure of it.
Do your readers knows the hundreds of thousands of driver’s licenses given out to illegals by “amnesty states” such as NEW MEXICO (just the worst – awarding more licenses than they have residents of any age), Washington, Conneticut, even N.H. and Maine. But the vast majority from NM and Washington.
Illegals use these licenses to get Motor Voter registration. And, of course, to help them build their portfolio of fake documents.
IMPEACH OBAMA NOW.

Georgie_Bushie | Aug 19, 2011 7:55:11 AM
Duh. Selective comprehension? “Redeploy : to transfer from 1 area or activity to another”

mal2cats | Aug 19, 2011 9:35:14 AM
“Is the person in a detention center? Does he/her have proof they are in the country legally?
If the answers are yes and no, deport them.
If a person is identified as being in the country illegally outside of a detention center and cannot prove they are in the country legally, deport them.
How hard is that?”
For Obama, who is courting the Hispanic vote, it is proving very hard. All the while, there are estimates that illegals have 8-11 million jobs – that could go to Americans and legal workers, as well as raising the pay of those jobs.

Mr.Obama did the right thing.those are the immigrants that our country needs.the ones with clean record who are helping build this society.they work hard to achieve their dreams and while doing so they help us Americans achieve our dream of building a strong nation.some immigrants do the low wage ,low labor jobs while others continue their studies in the light to become productive and successful individuals and help build the America we are proud of.Mr.Obama is a wise man and a real patriotic. American..

How hard is that?
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Apparently it’s easy for some right-wingers to countenance breaking up families and treating people like simple statistics.

Obama sues his own citizens in favor of illegals and is now protecting the illegal vote. It’s the last bit of his ever vanishing base.

Since they are going to deport criminals, doesn’t that mean they are going to deport everyone who is here illegally? After all, if you are here illegally, you are a criminal.

I am amazed at the ignorance of some comments being made here. As a husband and father, I understand the desire to come to America to provide for one’s family, make a better life and seek out the American dream. I also find it heartbreaking that families are being broken up by deportation. However, this wouldn’t happen if people come here LEGALLY!
Our country spends BILLIONS of dollars EVERY YEAR in providing ILLEGAL immigrants with healthcare and an education. It isn’t that we don’t want PEOPLE to have good healthcare or an education. But it isn’t right that American’s and LEGAL Aliens, who pay taxes, provide these opportunities to people who are here ILLEGALLY!!
ILLEGAL immigrants, who CHOOSE to BREAK THE LAW in coming to America ILLEGALLY, run the risk of being deported, if caught. When making that decision they have to face the consequences of that decision. If they have families, those members face hardship and pain. However, we cannot ignore the fact that they arrived here ILLEGALLY and in-so-doing, allow our feelings to cloud our decisions to follow the LAW.
By the Federal government NOT ENFORCING the current LAWS, and furthermore, circumventing the LAW by “selectively choosing” which ILLEGAL Aliens are being deported, they are only perpetuating the problem!
ENFORCE THE LAW AND FOLLOW THE LAW. Those who are here ILLEGALLY, be aware that your decision could cause pain to you and your family if you are caught and deported.
As an American citizen, I encourage people from around the world to come to America and enrich our country. I only ask that they do it in a LEGAL manner. God Bless America!

Noz, if any person enters the nation via an other than legal method, they are illegals and therefore have already displayed disregard for US law and should have to removed and told to do it the right way and not rewarded for entering the country in an honest and trustworthy manner as other legal immigrants have. Illegal immigrants have proven up front they cannot be trusted and that’s a fact based on their own actions. Period.

Great, game changing news! Credit to Obama! No human is illegal! Now, let’s deport racist Congressmen and women and get a complete overhaul of the immigration system!

If you are still supporting this President, you’re not paying attention!

Obama does not have the authority to ignore Federal Immigration Laws. The U.S. House of Representative should immediatley submit Articles of Impeachment against Obama for ignoring Federal Law and allowing “illegal aliens” to remain in the United States, which is a Federal crime. Obama does not have that authority; only Congress does and Congress has not approved it. Just another reason to dump Obama in 2012.

The path to Democratic domination, and take over of the country……bring in enough illegals, and make them devoted Dem voters, to prevent any other party, from ever challenging the dictatorship of the Democratic Party.
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Brought to you by the Fear department of the party of Fear and Greed.

Looks like the smart money is on denouncing American citizenship, quit paying taxes, start selling drugs, sign up for welfare, food stamps, WIC, and free housing, knock up the old lady, and maybe her sister too. You go Obama! The only silver lining in all of your idiotic mistakes is that more and more people are realizing that you are nothing but a Bernie Madoff with out the brains.

SETTLER’S VISAS | Aug 19, 2011 12:20:16 PM…..There are no orginial inhabitants on the North American continent! DNA has proven that all N AM indiginous peoples are immigrant to North America.

way of trumping up cheap votes
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Keep the message coming right-wingers, it’s futile to try and hide it anyway: to Republicans Hispanic votes = cheap votes.

“If you are still supporting this President, you’re not paying attention!” -Holdfast
Some of us are getting exactly what we wanted when we pulled the lever for him.

Skip: you mean like the fear mongering we all got from Obama that the world would crash if the artificial date of a “default deadline” that Obama and Geithner trumped up? You mean the fear mongering we all got from Obama as his excuse that we must attack Libya? You mean the fear mongering we’re getting from Obama that the world is going to stop spinning on its axis because of “global warming”? You mean the fear mongering we’re getting from Obama that the environment is going to collapse if we drill for oil? Meanwhile our economy is collapsing, world opinion of the U.S. is collapsing more than under Bush, the world’s perception of the value of the US dollar is its lowest. The S&P lowered our credit rating for the first in our history under Obama’s watch. Oh, but to you facts like this don’t matter. What matters to you is your prejudiced against conservatives and how to defeat them so that your agenda and your precious political party both have complete control of the masses. Real cute.

In addition to ignoring immigration laws, the Obama admin:
- ignored federal election laws by failing to prosecute the New Black Panthers
- ignored a court oder and were found to be in contempt of court
- U.S. District Judge Nancy Freudenthal of Wyoming ruled the administration had acted despotically in issuing new regulations slowing down oil and gas development on federal lands.

Whats it going to take a Revolution. To cleanse the Coruption in Goverment. We the people can stop this madness by refusing to pay taxes until the GOV cleans up its act and harsher penalities for goverment cheats and enablers. Obama should be in Prison.

With an election year coming up, this is obviously nothing more than a ploy to garnish cheap illegal votes and claim them to be legal.

A lot of commentary has been made lately about Texas and it’s low statistics on high school graduations. The extremely high numbers of non-English speaking pupils that must be educated and without much needed support from parents who understand hard work but not higher education is a incredibly difficult encumberance on the Texas education system. Any commentary about conditions in Texas which does not include the immigration factor is not being truthful. The Obama administration plays expensive political games to buy votes while Texans struggle to pay for them.

IF THEY WOULD LET US COME LEGALLY WE WOULD! BUT WHEN WE TRIED THEY DENIED IT TO MOST OF THE PPL! WE NEED TO HAVE MONEY IN ORDER TO COME HERE LEGALLY IN THAT CASE WE CHOOSE THE HARD WAY! ITS SAD TO SEE PEOPLE SO SELFISH! THIS IS NOT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE!YALL DPNT KNOW WHAT WE GO THRU BACK HOME! OUR PARENTS TAKE THE HARD DECICION TO COME TO THIS GREAT LAND RISKING IT ALL ! JUST FOR A LITTLE PIECE OF HAPPINESS! ILLEGALS WOULD PAY TAXES IF THEY WERE LEGALS! THEY WOULD BUY CARS IF THEY HAD LICENCES!WE DO THE JOB YALL DONT WANNA DO? SO WHAT JOBS R WE TAKING? WELFARE N GOV. MONEY? WELL THEY CANT GET JOBS SOMETIMES AND THEY HAVE BABIES TO FEED!YALL DONT GET IT CUZ YALL HAVE GREAT EDUCATION N GREAT JOBS! U GUYS HAVING SUFFER FROM ANYTHING YALL HAD IT ALL FROM THE DAY U WERE BORN!IT TRUE THERE IS BAD PEOLPLE THAT COME FROM OUR CONTRIES AND THATS THE PEOPLE THAT DONT DESERVE BEING HERE! BUT PPL LIKE US WE’VE RISKING IT ALL TO BE HERE!THIS IS MY COUNTRY ! THIS IS WHAT I KNOW!I LOVE THIS LAND MORE THAN YALL! IM SO GREATFULL OF THE GOOD PEOPLE THE SUPPORT US AND THE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES THI LAND OFFER US! BUT WITHOUT PAPERS WE CANT GET ANYWHERE BUT HIGH SCHOOL AND A LOW PAYING JOB!WE GIVE ALOT TO THIS LAND AND THATS WHAT U GOYS DONT SEE! HOW MONAY OF U WORK IN A MCDONALS? FOR 7:50/HR? DONT THINK SOOO!

recent convictions for voter fraud
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Can you cite any examples?

….How about “E-Verify ” to required every hire is legal. If illegals can’t work, most will go home – as many already have because of the economy.
Posted by: deanbob | Aug 19, 2011 1:05:50 PM
The Obama administration has increased the focus on illegal immigrant employment.

Google “convicted election fraud”.

From AFP:
“Immigrant rights activists protested in several cities across the country this week against Obama’s policies on deportation, warning they could cost him votes from the Hispanic community when he runs for reelection in 2012.”

Executive order 13583 creates a council of deputy agency chiefs and federal workers charged with developing a government-wide plan to improve diversity in recruitment, training, and promotion of federal workers, all due within 90 days. After that, each federal agency will have 120 days to develop guidelines of their own. …
John Berry, the director of the Office of Personnel Management explained the action in a conference call and said that “the federal government has a special opportunity to lead by example”.
It’s about time, too. According to the Federal Office of Personnel Management, minorities represent only 38.8 percent of the federal workforce and a mere 43.9 percent of the federal workforce is female.

To Becky: You remind us all of the great opportunities to be found in America and why people take terrible chances to come here. But, without the enforcement of our laws, our nation risks sliding into an abyss of debt and anarchy that will swallow us all. Laws must be changed, not ignored. Members of my family share a Hispanic heritage we are proud to claim. Abiding by the law has nothing to do with national origin or color, but everything to do with maintaining an economy that provides a chance for a good life for us all. No limits cannot be sustained.

Given that it really is impossible to find and deport every illegal immigrant (we don’t have the money to do it), it’s the right idea to focus on immigrants involved in criminal activities.
Simple common sense.
Posted by: Jerry | Aug 19, 2011 1:00:45 PM
Makes good sense to me too.

A typical progressive tactic… when they can’t get the DREAM Act passed, Obama uses his czars and appointed Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano to CIRCUMVENT CONGRESS AND THE CONSTITUTION!! — Other similar moves: The EPA… 1) emission standards higher than necessary to harm coal-fired electrical plants… 2)shoving new mandates for trucks and buses… 3) Working on new ozone rules that could cost the economy $1 trillion and destroy 7.3 million jobs… 4) The new CAFÉ standards that will increase the cost of cars and kill thousands in light-weight vehicles!! — Obama and the progressives don’t care what is “proper”… whatever forwards the agenda is what they pursue!!!— These are issues that will affect Americans for DECADES and need to be voted on by ELECTED OFFICIALS in congress!!!

Posted by: TheLoyalOpposition | Aug 19, 2011 1:58:37 PM
Don’t be silly. The Obama administration has deported record numbers of illegal immigrants – way more than the last Texas Republican president.
This is a smart shift to focus on illegal immigrants committing criminal offenses; those should be the ones focused on and gotten rid of.
You may have missed it, but there are way too many immigrants here to deport, we simply don’t have the resources or it would have been done.

“You may have missed it, but there are way too many immigrants here to deport, we simply don’t have the resources or it would have been done.”
Posted by: Jackson | Aug 19, 2011 2:02:58 PM
Nonsense. We absolutely have the resources. This government wastes trillions of dollars. What we don’t have is the will.

Posted by: Roberta | Aug 19, 2011 1:51:38 PM
A sockpuppet is an online identity used for purposes of deception. The term—a reference to the manipulation of a simple hand puppet made from a sock—originally referred to a false identity assumed by a member of an internet community who spoke to, or about, himself while pretending to be another person. The term now includes other uses of misleading online identities, as for instance “creating a fake online identity to praise, defend, or create the illusion of support for one’s self, allies or company.”

I AGREE WITH WHAT OBAMA HAS DONE THIS TIME…. MY HUSBAND CAME HERE LEGALLY AND WORKED HIS BUTT OFF TO GET TO WHERE HE IS TODAY AND WHILE HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING HIS CITIZENSHIP THEY DIDNT WANT TO HELP HIM OUT AT ALL THEY MAKE IT SO HARD FOR THE GOOD ONES TO GET THEIR PAPERS THAT THEY ARE ONLY LEFT WITH THE CHOICE OF BEING ILLEGALS IF WE COULD HELP THEM OUT AND SHOW THEM THE WAY THEN IT WOULD ALL WORK OUT FOR EVERYBODY I WISH EVERYBODY COULD OPEN THEIR EYES…. TO TAKE OUT THE ONES THAT ARE HERE DOING BAD THINGS LIKE DRUGS AND KILLING AND NOT WORKING AND BEING LAZY NOT TRYING TO DO ANYTHING THEY SHOULD GO BUT THE ONES THAT ARE HERE TO BETTER THEIR LIFE AND FAMILY AND PAY TAXES AND EVERYTHING JUST LIKE YOU AND ME SHOULD BE ALOUD TO STAY AND GET HELP TO BE HERE LEGALLY

Posted by: ANGELEYES | Aug 19, 2011 2:17:32 PM
The illegal aliens can do what your husband did: Get in line and apply for entry. There’s a huge list of people trying to get into the country right now from other countries. Many are doctors, computer specialists, scientists, and entrepreneurs. Why should illegal aliens from Mexico and other South American countries get special preference over them? And turn off your Caps Lock key.

Posted by: Jackson | Aug 19, 2011 2:31:13 PM
DHS has already tracked Middle Eastern terrorists coming over the Mexican border, including Al Qaeda and Hamas. You should be much more worried about them. They won’t spare you because you’re a liberal.

Skip said ” Is everybody who gets a speeding ticket a criminal? ”
Yes. If you break the law, you are a criminal.

You should be much more worried about them
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You’re much more likely to be killed in a car crash because somebody is talking on a cellphone or texting while driving.

Well, seems as our ‘CONSTITUTIONAL LAW PROFESSOR’ has decided to rule by fiat! The Congress turned the ‘DREAM ACT’ down in December. Obama – not liking the legislative body’s decision – AND THE SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN HIS APPROVAL WITHIN THE HISPANIC POPULATION – decides to provide BACK DOOR AMNESTY!
Questions for Obama:
*What is this decision going to cost the US with respect to longer term debt?
*What are legal American residents going to end up paying, both short and long term for this uncoordinated decision?
*What FREEBIES is Team Obama throwing in (free education, free food stamps, section 8 housing, and free medical care) to insure the Hispanics will remember to vote for?
As a minimum, he owes that to the American people – knowing full well this was another KNEE JERK DECISION TO BUY VOTES FROM THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY!
Just find it astonishing the gall of this man to use tax payer money for nothing more than a VOTE BUYING SCAM, and within ten days will be screaming for tax increases from the selfish and evil 50% who pay taxes.
I hope the Congress brings him to his knees, before he does the same to this Country!!

Posted by: Jim | Aug 19, 2011 2:50:33 PM
But, tierra, if Bush’s deficit spending brought this country to its knees then what did Obama’s QUADRUPLING of Bush’s deficit spending do over the past 2-1/2 years? Bring us unicorns and rainbows? Nope. But Obama’s excessive debt trajectory did get us an S&P downgrade and a big drop in the value of your stock portfolio. Nobody ever said Hope and Change was cheap.

you me them everybody workhard
most undocument aliens work harder
so they are rich

Posted by: Jim | Aug 19, 2011 3:05:24 PM
How did Obama’s QUADRUPLING of Bush’s deficit spending resolve the debt problem and put the United States in a stronger position?

Posted by: Chuck | Aug 19, 2011 3:12:38 PM
You are aware there was a massive economic collapse in the United States on Bush’s shift, aren’t you?
Do you have any idea what kind of demands that places on government resources and revenues?
Apparently not. Time to get with it.

Obama and the dems have to go. Obama and the dems do not work for US citizens, we do not accept that. Obama and the dems work for illegal aliens. We have to vote Obama and the dems out in 2012. Obama and the dems are destroying our country with their socialist agenda and with illegal aliens. We have to stop that. Let’s vote Obama and the dems out in 2012. NO MORE OBAMA AND NO MORE DEMS. THEY HAVE TO GO.
POSTED BY: JULI | AUG 19, 2011 6:41:36 AM
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Juli, why don’t you tell us how many deportations were managed under the previous Republican administration? Or can you explain the 1986 amnesty program under Reagan? READ the facts: more deportations already under Obama than in previous administrations. More. So now, due to lack of funding, you think it is WRONG to focus on the criminals? I’d say that’s judicious use of limited resources…but since it’s Obama it’s just got to be “wrong”, eh? Tell your congressman we need more funding for DHS then if you have an issue with this decision.

Posted by: Jim | Aug 19, 2011 3:15:57 PM
You pay off your credit cards by quadrupling your spending? No wonder you’re not wealthy.

This is the third time I have attempted to post my comments here… apparently my original comments are being censored.
Obama clearly thinks he’s the Emperor of America and he must by all means be removed from office.
This president is the most grossly unqualified president in the history of the United States.
He thinks the United States is “his country” and he’ll do with it what he wants… like choosing what laws to enforce, what people to prosecute, allowing criminals to go free, trying to cram an unconstitutional health care system on all Americans just by virtue of their citizenship, ignoring reality by constantly blaming his predecessor for the economic condition the country is in now when in fact it was a Democratically controlled congress & senate under Bush that enacted the laws & fiscal policies during his administration that started the whole economic mess that we’re in now, driving our country into economic collapse by quadrupling the debt of America, causing America’s debt rating to be downgraded for the first time in our history, circumventing Congress to force his agenda on America, appointing czars to accomplish the same goal, and starting a war in Libya without congressional approval.
He’s the most devisive individual in government that I have ever witnessed in my life. He’s constantly pitting Americans against each other in as many ways possible, which is a well known strategy employed in war that’s known by the phrase of “divide and conquer.”
Not to mention that on top of all of that, when it comes to finance and economics he’s totally devoid of any logic whatsoever in regard to fiscally responsible economics.
The self-appointed Emperor has no clue what he’s doing in the White House and with the United States… I mean really, can one man be so ignorant ?
If not, that would imply that all of this is by design.
Jimmy Carter must be especially ecstatic about all of this… at least he’s no longer the worst president that the United States has ever had.
I have no problem with immigrants who legally migrate to the US and abide by our laws, but this is a blatantly transparent effort to ensure additional votes for Obama’s effort to get re-elected in 2012 and continue his destruction of what was once what most of us call America.
I married an immigrant myself, and her family members have been waiting to legally immigrate to America for years… illegal immigrants should do the same and go to the back of the line.
This is not rocket science people… it’s plain and simple, illegal aliens are here illegally.
Trying to spin things any other way makes those who do so look extremely foolish.

Jimmy Carter must be especially ecstatic about all of this… at least he’s no longer the worst president that the United States has ever had.
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It’s been that way for awhile now. George Bush still holds the distinction of worst of all time.

Not to mention that on top of all of that, when it comes to finance and economics he’s totally devoid of any logic whatsoever in regard to fiscally responsible economics
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The Republicans are far worse. They can only offer quack supply side remedies to long term problems like debt, instead of addressing bigger immediate problems like unemployment. Austerity, which is stomping out economic recovery in Europe as we speak, is a prime example.

Obama should be impeached.
This man is only doing this for votes.
Nothing he has done in the last 4 years has been for the good of this country.

“They can only offer quack supply side remedies to long term problems like debt, instead of addressing bigger immediate problems like unemployment.”
Posted by: Skip | Aug 19, 2011 4:01:06 PM
But, but, Democrats have all the answers for unemployment. Google the NYT article “Number of Green Jobs Fails to Live Up to Promises”. Ouch. OK, maybe not.

Posted by: Jim | Aug 19, 2011 4:30:12 PM
The Republicans were the only ones with a written plan that addressed the debt trajectory. Democrats didn’t have a written plan, only rhetoric.
”Cut, cap and balance would have averted the downgrade since it is the only serious outlook on the debt.” – David Beers, S&P
The morons on the left should have listened.

The Republicans were the only ones with a written plan that addressed the debt trajectory
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What plan was that? I hope you’re not going to cite the ridiculous Ryan Budget.

The S&P has lost its credibility; markets ignored this bogus downgrade….as they should have.

“The S&P has lost its credibility; markets ignored this bogus downgrade….as they should have.”
Posted by: Skip | Aug 19, 2011 4:46:29 PM
You might want to take a look at your stock portfolio.

Posted by: Art | Aug 19, 2011 4:41:37 PM
Are you also obsessed with a month-old Kobe beef discussion that didn’t involve you? LOL!

Posted by: Art | Aug 19, 2011 4:59:21 PM
It was a TV interview, genius.
Hey, tell us all again about all the money the middle class is making in their 401k plans. I love those posts. And bring back Isis. We need more superheroes posting here.

Choosing to not enforce the laws that he swore to uphold? That’s a problem for me.

It was a TV interview, genius.
Posted by: Chuck | Aug 19, 2011 5:04:18 PM
Which TV interview?
Forgive me if I don’t trust you Chuck, many of us here don’t, you’ve told proven lies on here, repeatedly.
Which interview? What show? What date?
Too difficult for you? Might reveal another of your lies?

Posted by: Skip | Aug 19, 2011 5:09:01 PM
The only purpose of austerity measures is to wash out debt. It works.

“recent policy errors . . . the drama around lifting the US debt ceiling – have weighed down on financial markets and eroded business and consumer confidence.”
Source: Morgan Stanley
“the downgrade reflects our view that the effectiveness, stability, and predictability of American policymaking and political institutions have weakened at a time of ongoing fiscal and economic challenges”
“The political brinksmanship of recent months highlights what we see as America’s governance and policymaking becoming less stable, less effective, and less predictable”
Source: Standard and Poor’s
Read it and weep America. The grandstanding by the Republicans on display for all to see, and see the impact.

Do your own research, like you did on Kobe beef. LOL!
Posted by: Chuck | Aug 19, 2011 5:11:29 PM
Again showing you can’t cite your source. You’re a stand up guy Chuck.

I like this approach by the President. The focus should be on locked onto getting rid of the criminal elements first. I’m suprised it hasn’t been done before.

we’ve already done it your way. It didn’t work
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Tell that to Rick Perry. He’s claiming a jobs bonanza in Texas after spending billions in stimulus dollars there.

Hey, tell us all again about all the money the middle class is making in their 401k plans.
Posted by: Chuck | Aug 19, 2011 5:04:18 PM
I moved my money out of stocks as soon as I saw the Republicans playing blackmail with the debt ceiling.
Maybe the Republicans were too stupid to see what that might cause, but in this case I wasn’t.

Texas Jobs
Since the recovery began in 2009 . . .
Federal government jobs: up 7 percent
State government jobs: up 8.4 percent
Local government jobs: up 6.1 percent
Private-sector jobs: down 0.5 percent
Source: USNews August 16, 2011
Let’s see, private sector jobs down 0.5 percent, but hundreds of thousands of new jobs. Guess what that means – it means TONS of new government jobs!
The ‘Texas Miracle’ is built on government money and government jobs.

Posted by: Art | Aug 19, 2011 5:34:47 PM
But, Isis, the debt ceiling WAS raised. Obama immediately got $2.4 trillion to spend. The unsustainable debt trajectory continues unabated, just like before. That’s why we were downgraded.
If you were savvy enough to time the market, you’d be wealthy and we know you’re not.

you’d be wealthy and we know you’re not.
Posted by: Chuck | Aug 19, 2011 5:42:26 PM
Surprising how many things you know, that you don’t know at all.
It seems to be your mainstay.

“The downgrade reflects our opinion that the fiscal consolidation plan that Congress and the Administration recently agreed to falls short of what, in our view, would be necessary to stabilize the government’s medium-term debt dynamics.”
Posted by: Chuck | Aug 19, 2011 5:49:04 PM
Boehner called the agreement a victory for the Republican party and said he got 98% of what he wanted.
And what WE got was a credit downgrading and a tumbling stock market.
Thanks again Mr. Boehner and the Republican party.

Posted by: Skip | Aug 19, 2011 5:56:44 PM
Republicans submitted a written plan that would have averted the downgrade. Democrats submitted nothing in written form.

Posted by: Skip | Aug 19, 2011 6:02:55 PM
Sorry, Skip, the 51% of Americans who currently don’t pay federal income taxes need to start. No more freeloading.
“Everybody has got to make some sacrifices, everybody’s gotta take a haircut.” – President Barack Obama, April 5, 2011
Everybody includes working class Americans.

Sorry, Skip, the 51% of Americans who currently don’t pay federal income taxes need to start. No more freeloading.
Posted by: Chuck | Aug 19, 2011 6:09:59 PM
The top 1% in America own more of the wealth of the country than all of the wealth of the bottom 90% combined.
Who exactly is ‘freeloading’?

Apparently, resources to enforce U.S. laws are “limited.” Meanwhile we can bomb Libya without limit and spend trillions in Afghanistan and Iraq to protect THEIR borders and THEIR citizens. Up is down and down is up. This traitorous, socialistic, evil regime must end soon. And I thought Bush was bad…

spin it how you want but we got downgraded because we are a credit risk because we dont pay our bills without borrowing to do so.
its not any paticular party its because we suck at finance and we suck at taking our medicine for spending too much.

“Who exactly is ‘freeloading’?”
Posted by: Art | Aug 19, 2011 6:17:13 PM
That’s easy. By definition, the 51% of Americans who enjoy the benefits of government services but pay nothing for them are freeloaders.

Immigrant rights activists protested in several cities across the country this week against Obama’s policies on deportation, warning they could cost him votes from the Hispanic community when he runs for reelection in 2012. Obama got the message.

The problem with allowing a majority of Americans to pay no Federal tax is that they have no skin in the game. These people no doubt have less than a keen interest in the levels of our spending,debt or deficit. Granted,taxing this group wouldn’t add much to revenue–but that’s not the point. I’d like to see a flat tax,exempting the very poor, tided to a balanced budget (forced by constitutional amendment). So that when ever our government decides to spend more, everyones taxes would increase proportionately. No doubt this would create more responsible voters.

“Fox was calling that 51% freeloaders (in case you wondered where CHUCK got it) and that we should collect from them.”
Posted by: Faurtz | Aug 19, 2011 9:27:00 PM
The 51% figure came from the IRS. If you don’t like it, take it up with them.

“you have no way of knowing what percentage of those 51% WERE paying federal income taxes until 2010. Job loss? Illness? So don’t you think it’s possible that many, many of them are/were entitled to take advantage of services and benefits for which they’d PAID until that time?!”
Posted by: puppyfeet217 | Aug 19, 2011 10:09:31 PM
It’s possible but it’s unlikely. This is a long-term trend. In 2009, 47% of Americans didn’t pay federal income taxes. I’m not talking about the poorest, who I feel should be exempted. Keep in mind that a family with a $50,000 income with two kids under 17 currently pays no federal income tax. That’s not poor by any stretch. And tax avoidance is perfectly legal. Even free tax programs help with that.
The wealthy aren’t freeloaders at all. The top 10% pay over 70% of all federal income taxes. The top 5% are responsible for over 40% of all consumer spending. The top 10% are responsible for 50% of all consumer spending. This spending keeps a lot of people employed. Without the wealthy, our consumer-driven economy would implode.
So next time you think about punishing the wealthy, be careful what you wish for because it will negatively impact the lives of the poor and middle class you purport to defend.

“Sorry, Skip, the 51% of Americans who currently don’t pay federal income taxes need to start. No more freeloading.” – Chuck
“And the corporations who find ways around paying taxes need to start. No more corporate freeloading.” – Skip
You two are from different sides and are both making the case for the 5% minimum paid Law.
Everyone pays at least 5% federal income taxes regardless of tax bracket or deductions.
The 51% American freeloaders would have to pay as well as freeloader corporations such as GE.
it’s an idea both Demos and Repubs can get behind.
right Chuck?
right Skip?

They are going to stop deporting those not convicted of a crime? Since when is entering our country illegally not crime.
I know someone whose Visa ran out. He had to go home and it was over a year before he was able to come back. He is here legally.
Illegals have to work under the table which the last I knew was also illegal. I have sent many Western Unions to Mexico. They are working here tax free and supporting Mexico, because they send the money that they earn here to Mexico. They don’t spend it here.
When they work under the table they don’t have to pay taxes, but because their children were born in the U.S. they get food stamps, Title 19, etc. They don’t have income to report. This is bull. They should be sent home unless their lives are in danger and their children shouldn’t be considered U.S. citizens and eligible for benefits. Afterall the parents were here illegally when their children were born so how are their children legal. We’ve already paid for them to have their children here.
I knew missionaries who came to the U.S. legally, with the real intention to have their children born in the U.S., because we have better hospitals. I don’t know if they had to pay the hospital bill or not, but I know when they come here for any length of time they get food stamps and Title 19 for their children, because the children are U.S. citizens. This isn’t right either. They aren’t paying taxes here and they shouldn’t be eligible for benefits.

What about people with no ciminal record who were already deported ?

CHUCK posted “That’s easy. By definition, the 51% of Americans who enjoy the benefits of government services but pay nothing for them are freeloaders.”
Hey everyone. Go to the Daily Show’s website and watch last night’s show. Fox was calling that 51% freeloaders (in case you wondered where CHUCK got it) and that we should collect from them. That 51% owns 2.5% of the wealth of this country amounting to $1.45 trilling. If we were to take 50% of EVERYTHING THEY OWN, it would about to $700 billion, the same amount we could make if we simple increased the tax on the top 2% by 3%.
Posted by: Faurtz | Aug 19, 2011 9:27:00 PM
Game, set, match . . . adios Chuck.

Thats his new JOBS bill

“Obama administration suspends deportations”……there’s votes to be had here somewhere.

Good-bye Mr. Obama, your time in office will be short. I am a life-long, blue collar, card-carrying, bleeding heart liberal and you’ve gone too far, EVEN FOR ME. I do not like Obamacare. It makes everyone buy crap that doesn’t work. I do not like illegals to have a free pass to this country. They do not pick berries; they build houses, roads, take ALL jobs not just the bad ones. I have to get a translator at McDonalds. When I go to the mall, it is filled with mexicans WHO ARE SHOPPING. They have money that Americans don’t. You are a disgrace & I will vote for ANY REPUBLICAN. I would even vote for that airhead Palin. You are not a Democrat. You are not even an American, though I do believe you were born here. You are clearly a communist mexican. Go away.

hmmmmm why is that i agree with this…??

CHUCK posted “That’s easy. By definition, the 51% of Americans who enjoy the benefits of government services but pay nothing for them are freeloaders.”
Hey everyone. Go to the Daily Show’s website and watch last night’s show. Fox was calling that 51% freeloaders (in case you wondered where CHUCK got it) and that we should collect from them. That 51% owns 2.5% of the wealth of this country amounting to $1.45 trilling. If we were to take 50% of EVERYTHING THEY OWN, it would about to $700 billion, the same amount we could make if we simple increased the tax on the top 2% by 3%.
Posted by: Faurtz | Aug 19, 2011 9:27:00 PM
Game, set, match . . . adios Chuck.
Posted by: Don | Aug 20, 2011 3:34:46 AM
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Who comes up with these brilliant projects and manages to sell them to the President? …. or is it that he just doesn’t give a damn as long it shows that he is doing something???????Illegals are just that, ILLEGALS….seal the borders, Mr. President….and don’t act as if you never heard that one before…….quit turning this nation into a nation of sops…..we are tired of paying for your pie in the sky efforts to secure votes. It wouldn’t surprise me if you find yet a better way to have them vote in our elections…..please, please, think of your next job…..you are not qualified for your current one.

Last I checked, unemployment among citizens was 9%,
If there are not enough jobs for us,
how can there be enough jobs for illegal aliens?
Is Obama taking bribes, giving a political pay off, buying votes,
or is this garden variety treason?

it is just disgusting that so many people are so consumed by their territorial bull that you arent thinking about the fact that alot of the illegals were brought here when they were just kids. so their parents mistake should cost them everythig? them are trying to work and arent out breaking laws so by all means send them packing? need I remind you all that we all came over here by boat also. maybe every white person should be sent back to europe? pull your heads out of your butts people.

It makes no sense to make any exceptions to enforcing immigration law until you can stop illegal immigration. Any effort to be fair only encourages more illegal immigration.

This is outrageous ! there is no other country in the world that would allow illegals to come illegally and stay.
I say out with Obama and the illegals too.
I say Impeach Obama now.

I have a question for those who say they dont have a job.. try something called an EDUCATION….and if your unemployed go pick tomatoes….o i forgot you wont do it!!!!! So stop whining about people that will!!!!!

its easy to judge from the outside. those of you saying it would take up more money to process all this immigrants seem to not know that all these paperwork comes with a fee charged whether or not you are granted legality within our borders. If illegals didnt work at fast food restaurants you think a burger combo would still cost 5 bucks?!?!?! I for one, like that they are here because it makes me want to educate myself and reach for higher paying jobs. let them take out your trash why do you complain? do you seriously not think you can do anything better than flip burgers for a living or clean houses for some pennys?!?!?! educate yourself!

Good Afternoon. I’ve read many of the commentaries here associated, but everyone misses one simple aspect in all of this. When our President was installed in office, we swore to protect and uphold the laws of the land, the constitution and the people of our great nation. No where in there is that fact that lends president obama to circumventing our laws. And the one that comes to mind is the immigration laws. He is not enforcing the laws to the letter, and as such is not fullfilling his job requirement. He is failing his office responsibility, and adds fuel to the fire by attempting to get around the will of the American Public by issueing executative orders to get his way. The simplicity is that if he does not want to do the job as set forth by the constitution & bill of rights, he should just step down. If not, there is always impeachment. But I’m getting away from my point. The law is there. Illegals are illegal. They should be removed straight away and if Obama does not want to enforce the laws, as his oath prescribed for him to do, he should be moved out of the oval office as well. Thank You

Who deserves America? No one but the Native Americans. The rest of us were born where our parents immigrated, we don’t deserve it. At least undocumented foreign nationals worked for it, thats more than I’ve ever done for my citizenship.
I support Obama’s decision and am glad someone is properly prioritizing.
Fellow citizens, stop treating people like they’re not people.

wow about time the president did something good no deportation because that was destroying so many familys good to go president and you will have all the hispanic votes witch will be more then americans. you knou we work hard and beside part of america was ours so might just fight to get it back and we will.so america relax that things are going o get better for us