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Gold Member
If I were a Latino tonight, having my program get interrupted by Barack Obama, to basically tell the nation he is signing an executive order for those living in this country for 5 or more years, (which amounts to a 3 year stay of deportation) until congress puts up an immigration bill, I would be pretty ticked.
After basically getting chewed out for illegally living and working here by Obama, they are suppose to register, go through a criminal background check, (if a criminal they're deported). The good ones stay, but it's not for citizenship, it's to "pay taxes and share in the responsibilities of this nation", and all without the rights of an American citizen. Meaning they can sign up for Obamcare but they have to pay full premium price, they would have to pay into social security and Medicare, but they would never be eligible for benefits, unless congress made them citizens.
As far as students, those with graduate degrees, when have they ever been deported, anyway? This speech was nothing more than a Hail Mary pass to bring up Obama's poll numbers.
Hopefully it didn't poison the waters with the new congress to be seated in January on real immigration reform, and one that gives a path to citizenship.
Republicans would be foolish to fight this. Everyone thought it was going to be a mountain of changes, and it turns out, it's a little ant hill. A big to do about NADA.
After basically getting chewed out for illegally living and working here by Obama, they are suppose to register, go through a criminal background check, (if a criminal they're deported). The good ones stay, but it's not for citizenship, it's to "pay taxes and share in the responsibilities of this nation", and all without the rights of an American citizen. Meaning they can sign up for Obamcare but they have to pay full premium price, they would have to pay into social security and Medicare, but they would never be eligible for benefits, unless congress made them citizens.
As far as students, those with graduate degrees, when have they ever been deported, anyway? This speech was nothing more than a Hail Mary pass to bring up Obama's poll numbers.
Hopefully it didn't poison the waters with the new congress to be seated in January on real immigration reform, and one that gives a path to citizenship.
Republicans would be foolish to fight this. Everyone thought it was going to be a mountain of changes, and it turns out, it's a little ant hill. A big to do about NADA.