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Reconquista: Amnesty’s Back
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
Obama to Push Immigration Bill Despite the Risks
By JULIA PRESTON
NYTimes
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 passions on all sides of the highly divisive issue — as “policy reform that controls immigration and makes ...
NY Times: Obama to Push Immigration Bill as One Priority
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... take precedence over the health care and energy proposals that Mr. Obama has identified as priorities. But the timetable is consistent with pledges Mr. Obama made to Hispanic groups in last years campaign. He said then that comprehensive immigration legislation, including a plan to make legal status possible for an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants, would be a priority in his first year in office. Latino voters turned out strongly for Mr. Obama in the election. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/us/politics/09immig.h... The devil is in the details, but the ...
No "Progress by Pesach"
The Corner on National Review Online —
... . If this is any indication of the coolness toward amnesty among a left-leaning group during Great Depression II, then this trial balloon launched today by the White House in the New York Times is going nowhere. ...
Newspaper Roundup for Apr. 9, 2009
CNSNews.com Headlines —
Paper Tiger…
Oliver Willis —
... It’s possible that I’m reading this wrong, but this story about the Obama administration pushing for immigration reform and the possible political backlash seems a little overwrought. That isn’t to say that some people have really strong feelings about immigration, but the sound and fury of the nativist faction seems time and again to be more noise than anything. They tried to make this a big time issue in both the 2006 and 2008 elections and both times the most vehemently anti-immigration candidates did not win, from the Republican primaries to the general ...
A few more Thurs. morning links
Maggie's Farm —
Medved on Obama the Leveler. It's either a different view of the world, or it's simply a political strategy.
Obama's immigration agenda on the way. Once again, it's either a different view of the world, or it's simply a political strategy.
AVI takes on the movie Doubt from the DVD cover, without knowing anything about it. A quote:
Doubt is the proper stance to take about anything religious. That way you can be conflicted and can’t ever judge anyone else’s actions, but you can still be a sensitive thoughtful good person and not have to commit to anything as ...
Dems Move to Enslave America-- Will Push to Legalize Immigrants
Gateway Pundit —
Democrats will push to legalize millions of illegal immigrants this year thus enslaving America under their socialist agenda for decades. This comes as no surprise. The New York Times reported: 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 — ...
Instapundit — OBAMA TO PUSH IMMIGRATION BILL: But why bother, when we obviously already have a successful “path to citizenship?” ...
President Obama and Immigration Reform
Political Punch —
Previous | Main President Obama and Immigration Reform April 09, 2009 8:29 AM President Obama for months has been talking about taking on immigration reform this year. In a February interview with Eddie “Piolín” Sotelo, the nation’s most popular Spanish-language radio host, Mr. Obama said, "we're going to be convening leadership on this issue so that we can start getting that legislation drawn up over the next several months." The plan, he said, is to "start by really trying to work on how to improve the current system so that people who want to be naturalized, who want to become citizens, like you did, that they are able to do it; that it's ...
Reason Morning Links:
Hit & Run —
• Tim Noah lists the most egregious "beat-sweeteners," the flattering puff pieces journalists have written to win favor and access from the powerful Obama administration officials they'll be covering. • Obama to push immigration reform. • Somali pirates abscond with captain of U.S. cargo ship after hijacking, then losing control of his vessel. • Record labels successfully push online retailers to drive up rices of MP3s. • U.S. citizens getting caught up in illegal immigration sweeps. • New Cato study touts the success of Portugal's drug ...
ThinkFast: April 9, 2009
Think Progress —
The Obama administration said yesterday that the U.S. would join Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and China in talks with Iran regarding its nuclear program — a further step toward direct American engagement with Iran. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also said he welcomes talks with the U.S. should President Obama prove to be “honest” in his outreach to Iran.
Attorney General Eric Holder “began a series of personnel moves yesterday” aimed at restoring “public confidence in the nation’s highest law enforcement operation.” ...
Here We Go Again
Power Line —
Only one element was missing from Barack Obama's apparent effort to mobilize opposition to his administration and the Democrats' reign in Congress. Yesterday the administration indicated that it would complete the mobilization of conservative, libertarian and moderate opposition by pushing for immigration reform (i.e., legalization) this year.
I suppose the Democrats figure they can pass anything they want, so they may as well take advantage of the time from now until 2010. Maybe they've forgotten the groundswell of opposition that arose a couple of years ago when President Bush tried to work with Congress to achieve comprehensive immigration ...
Obama to Push Immigration Bill as One Priority
The Caucus —
April 9, 2009, 10:15 am Obama to Push Immigration Bill as One Priority By New York Times 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.
Obama’s Ambitious Agenda
The Moderate Voice —
The President will attack immigration reform in a big way starting next month.
The last Democratic president to have so many ambitious priorities was Jimmy Carter. Through most of his term, Carter was largely thwarted by a Democratic Congress anxious to assert itself after Richard Nixon’s imperial presidency. (He was finally undone by the Iran hostage crisis and a sluggish economy, of course.) Carter was much better at eliciting the support of conservative Republicans than he was of liberal Democrats in Congress.
Like Obama, Carter began his term with the ...
Pres. Obama’s coded message on immigration
Patterico's Pontifications —
[Posted by Karl]
Today’s New York Times report that Pres. Obama “plans to begin” addressing the country’s immigration system this year is an example of the way Democratic elites use the paper to talk in code among themselves. The lede notes that Obama has this plan, despite “acknowledging that the recession makes the political battle more difficult,” then informs readers of the following:
Some White House officials said that immigration would not take precedence over the health care and energy proposals that Mr. Obama has identified as priorities…
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Democratic legislative ...
Frank Sharry: Obama's Pledge on Immigration Reform - Why Now?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Today's front-page New York Times article is further evidence that the Obama White House is committed to upholding its campaign pledge to move forward on sensible solutions to our immigration crisis in year one of the new Administration. The article has many asking, why now?
Julia Preston reports:
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.
Though ...
Is he crazy? Or crazy like a fox?
Sister Toldjah —
So, in the midst of a recession in which the US is shedding jobs the way a dogs loses its fur in the summer, President Obama is planning to push for immigration reform?
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 passions on all sides of the highly divisive issue — as “policy reform ...
Immigration Booby Prize
Congress Blog —
With the worst economy since the 1930s, it’s obvious that the pro-amnesty groups aren’t going to get “comprehensive immigration reform” (amnesty for illegal aliens) this year. So in lieu of an amnesty, the White House is giving them a front-page New York Times story about amnesty (see story) ...
Glenn Beck attacks Obama over immigration, sinks to another new low
The Reaction —
By Michael J.W. Stickings Another day, another level of crazy for Glenn Beck. As C&L's David Neiwert reports, Beck, in response to President Obama's coming efforts to address the illegal immigration problem, put on a little show yesterday. Playing Obama, Beck doused a guest, who was supposed to be "the average American," in water, which was supposed to be gasoline, and lit a match. Do I even need to explain what Beck was getting at? Basically, in supporting immigration reform, Obama wants to destroy America. It was yet more ...
Obama's next big political battle: Immigration reform
Orcinus —
-- by Dave Pat Buchanan is promising a "bloodbath." Brad Blakeman is vowing that Republicans will line up against it en masse. But according to the New York Times, President Obama is planning to push for comprehensive immigration reform this year anyway: Mr. Obama will frame the new effort — likely to rouse passions on all sides of the highly divisive issue — as “policy 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 ...
McCain To Hold Immigration Reform Fundraiser After Referring To Latinos As ‘You People’
Think Progress —
On Thursday, the New York Times reported that the Obama administration would begin working on comprehensive immigration reform this year, perhaps as early as May.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who championed immigration reform years ago, is trying to reap a financial windfall out of the news. The Houston Chronicle reported yesterday that McCain’s Senate re-election finance chairman, Jason LaVecke, is planning a fundraiser for McCain after hearing about Obama’s interest in the topic. “My first mission is to raise enough money early to keep challengers out of (McCain’s) race,” LeVecke said:
Thursday ...
Why Immigration Reform is Needed in Current Economic Times
Open Left - Front Page —
Last week, the Obama administration announced its plan to start the immigration reform debate this year. The President plans to speak publicly about the issue next month and convene immigration working groups over the summer.
The news caught great attention from mainstream media, but this wasn't news for Spanish language media and Latinos. In February, following a pattern of only addressing immigration with Spanish language media, President Obama went on the most popular Spanish-language radio show "Piolín por la Mañana" to reveal his plan to add immigration reform to this year's agenda. Not surprisingly, his statement didn't get ...
Sally Kohn: Is The Media (And Blogosphere) Killing Immigration Reform?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
President Obama has resolutely and repeatedly stated his intention to move immigration reform this year and create a path to citizenship for 12 million hardworking, new Americans. The two major American labor federations recently agreed to a plan that will help immigrants as well as US-born workers, ending the stalemate that hampered reform in 2007. A major funder, the Ford Foundation, has announced unprecedented support for grassroots organizations pressing reform this year.
So why is the mainstream media in a perpetual state of disbelief? On April 9, 2009, the New York Times ran a front page story citing aides in the ...
Pablo Manriquez: It Would Behoove the Republican Party to Immediately Stop Pissing Off Latinos
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
In an op-ed published in Time last month, Republican political consultant Mike Murphy wrote, "[it] was a huge shock to the GOP when Barack Obama won Republican Indiana last year. The bigger news was how he did it. Latino voters delivered the state. Exit polls showed that they provided Obama with a margin of more than 58,000 votes in a state he carried by a slim 26,000 votes. That's right, GOP, you've entered a brave new world ruled by Latino Hoosiers, and you're losing." I was on the ground in Indiana during much of the 2008 election campaigns working as an Organizing Fellow on the Latino Steering Committee for then-Senator Barack ...
Lamar Smith: Deport 'Em All
TalkLeft —
The New York Times reports that the Obama administration is "vastly expanding" a Bush administration initiative "to identify and deport illegal immigrants held in local jails." A pilot program in Harris County, Texas has been expanded to scores of additional counties "with an eye toward establishing it nationwide by late 2012." One might think the program would please Rep. Lamar Smith, the super-genius who equates illegal immigrants with "terrorist weapons," but Smith fears that focusing deportation efforts on individuals who committed crimes creates "a de facto amnesty" for undocumented workers who, after entering the country, ...
