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POTUS to Tackle Immigration Reform This Year
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Obama plans to address the country's immigration system this year, including looking for a path for illegal immigrants to become legal.
The president will speak publicly about the issue in May and convene working groups over the summer. ...
Immigration Reform: The New Civil Rights Movement?
Riehl World View —
... What busy little D's, including Obama, we have here. Interesting that he seems more interested in this, than un-employment within the Black community, which we're always told is unacceptably high. Guess there are no new votes to be had by taking on that. ...
Obama to Push Immigration Bill as One Priority
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... reform that controls immigration and makes it an orderly system, said the official, Cecilia Muñoz, deputy assistant to the president and director of intergovernmental affairs in the White House. Mr. Obama plans to speak publicly about the issue in May, administration officials said, and over the summer he will convene working groups, including lawmakers from both parties and a range of immigration groups, to begin discussing possible legislation for as early as this fall. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/us/politics/09immig.h... President Obama is clearly looking ...
Obama’s shamnesty distraction
Michelle Malkin —
I’m not sure why Drudge is hyping the New York Times’ stenography piece on Obama’s plans to carry through on his promise to pitch a shamnesty bill. It’s not news. It’s a White House-planted distraction sourced mainly to La Raza/The Race lobbyist-turned-White House open borders czar ...
Immigration Added to '09 Agenda
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Expected to address the issue in a major speech in May, convene working groups over the summer. ...
Early Morning Swim
Firedoglake —
... Can't say he's not ambitious.
Munich!
Meet your new landlords.
Are you listening, Boehner and McConnell?
Worse still in Italy.
Stay classy, theocrats.
News from the cocoon.
Oh my.
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Obama Will Tackle Immigration
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
Add comprehensive immigration reform to President Obama's extensive legislative agenda for this year: The New York Times reports the new effort -- "likely to rouse passions on all sides of the highly divisive issue" -- would include looking for a path for illegal immigrants
to become legal. ...
On the Radar: Thursday, April 9th
The Latest on Air America —
Hi all! Here's what we've got on tap today:
Pirates! The standoff on the high seas continues today, with the captain of the US cargo ship still being held hostage by 4 Somali pirates in a small lifeboat. Hillary's getting 3 am phonecalls about the situation, while Obama's kicking back and watching "Entourage" (kidding).
Actually, President Obama is kept busy introducing a new strategy for immigration and for dealing with climate change. (Hint: one of these strategies involves shooting pockets of air pollution up ...
Pushing immigration reform in a recession?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
Pushing immigration reform in a recession? posted at 10:14 am on April 9, 2009 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly The New York Times reports that Barack Obama will push for immigration reform, including legalizing illegal immigrants, as a top priority this year. He expects plenty of pushback, and he’ll get it. With America bleeding jobs at the moment and unemployment at 8.5% and rising, the sympathy for blessing those who drive wages downward will not flow easily. But is Obama serious, or just pandering? While acknowledging that the recession makes the political battle more difficult, ...
Amnesty During A Recession?
Stop The ACLU —
Amnesty During A Recession? Posted on April 9, 2009 Ed Morrissey entitles his piece on Obama’s immigration reform “ Pushing immigration reform during a recession?”, but, what this really is is an attempt to give 12-20 million illegal aliens amnesty: Obama to Push Immigration Bill as One Priority While acknowledging that the recession makes the political battle more difficult, President Obama plans to begin addressing the country’s immigration system this year, including looking for a path for illegal immigrants to become legal, a senior administration official said on Wednesday. Mr. Obama will frame the new effort — likely to rouse ...
Stopping in today on Doing Time: Thursday, April 9th
The Latest on Air America —
... First up, Ron will speak with Ben Johnson, Executive Director of the American Immigration Law Foundation, about Obama’s latest immigration policy proposals: What they are and what reactions they are likely to get. ...
Is Mitt Romney Planning To Debate Lou Dobbs Over Immigration?
DownWithTyranny! —
... Of course, he has to win a Republican primary first-- where the dominant Know Nothing base is so xenophobic that they'd probably all favor sending their grandparents and great grandparents back to wherever they came from at this point! Only 31% of Hispanics voted for McCain, down by 9% since Bush's 2004 race. Obama is working on serious solutions-- sure to be obstructed by the nuts and loons on the GOP fringe (the Bunnings and Burrs and Coburns and Cornyns and DeMints)-- and that will help bring that percentage down closer to the single digits where it belongs. ...
Remainders: Pirates
Ben Smith's Blog —
Here comes immigration.
He's doing pretty well, historically speaking.
His defense of wiretapping alarms some.
Dionne blames polarization on the regionalization of the GOP.
Vermont and D.C. legislators talked.
Patrick Murphy will lead the anti-Don't Ask fight.
The Virginia Democratic primary is tight.
The Obamas may vacation on the Vineyard.
Dakin hasaudio of a bizarre robocall a couple of readers also reported. Rush likes Palin, Sanford. (And also Jindal, I think.)
Bill Posey hasn't enjoyed the ...
Legal Citizens Nabbed By ICE
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... This week, the Obama administration outlined, albeit broadly, its proposal for immigration reform, which would include a national database to check the immigration status of workers. That would, at the very least, be a start; cases like Castillo's would probably diminish completely if such a database were created. But it's only one of the problems of our broken immigration system. ...
House Could Pass Immigration Reform
Swampland —
... As President Obama heads to Mexico, there has been speculation that his administration might add immigration reform to their already ambitious list of legislative goals this year. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked today about passing immigration reform this year at an event promoting stimulus money for San Francisco schools. Her response: ...
