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Under the heading Immigrants, in the concluding observations portion of the report, the committee questions the mandatory nature of the deportation of foreigners and then addresses health care for those in the United States illegally. Finally, the Committee expresses concerns about the exclusion of millions of undocumented immigrants and their children from coverage under the Affordable Care Act and the limited coverage of undocumented immigrants and immigrants residing lawfully in the U.S. for less than five years by Medicare and Children Health Insurance, all resulting in difficulties in access of immigrants to adequate health care, the report states.
The Human Rights Committee, which comprises 18 independent legal experts who serve for four years, is a separate entity to the Human Rights Council (HRC), also based in Geneva, which the Obama administration joined in 2009. Were committed to advancing a strong human rights agenda, working with multiple partners from all regions of the world, then-Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner said in September 2009, the day the U.S. took up its seat on the HRC for the first time. This latest report is the culmination of a lengthy process that began with the federal government in December 2011 submitting a 188-page report on its compliance with the ICCPR and its 27 articles, which range from self-determination to the rights of minorities to culture, religion and language.
Aside from the U.S. report, the committee also received submissions from non-governmental organizations, covering numerous, often-controversial issues such as the disproportionate minority impact of felon disfranchisement (Florida ACLU); abusive counterterrorism policies (Human Rights Watch); restrictive abortion laws and the impact of religious refusal laws on womens reproductive healthcare (Center for Reproductive Rights); and discrimination against immigrants, people of color, Muslims, sex workers and LGBT persons (Human Rights Watch).
The report includes commentary on the stop and frisk policy in New York City a policy that former Mayor Michael Bloomberg said reduced murder rates and gun crimes and current Mayor Bill de Blasio ended labeled Racial Profiling. While welcoming plans to reform the stop and frisk program in New York City, the Committee remains concerned about the practice of racial profiling and surveillance by law enforcement officials targeting certain ethnic minorities, and the surveillance of Muslims undertaken by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the New York Police Department (NYPD) in the absence of any suspicion of wrongdoing, the U.N. report states.
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Eleven million people living in the shadows I believed are already American citizens, Biden said. These people are just waiting, waiting for a chance to be able to contribute fully, and by that standard, 11 million undocumented aliens are already Americans in my view. Biden referenced former President Theodore Roosevelts 1894 speech titled True Americanism.
Teddy Roosevelt said it better. He said, Americanism is not a question of birthplace or creed or a line of descent. Its a question of principles, idealism and character, Biden said. Biden compared illegal immigrants to immigrants who legally entered the United States, saying it took a lot of courage to pick up and go to America where they dont speak the language and no one seems to want them.
It takes a whole hell of a lot of courage to be sitting at a wooden kitchen somewhere anywhere in the world and say, you know, I tell you what kids. Lets all pick up and go to America where we dont speak the language, where they dont seem to want us, where its gonna be really, really rough to get there, but lets go. Wont that be fun? Biden said. All they wantthey just want a decent life for their kids, a chance to contribute to a free society, a chance to put down roots and help build the next great American century. I really believe that. Thats what theyre fighting for, Biden added.
Biden: ?11 Million Undocumented Aliens Are Already Americans in My View? | CNS News
If you have personally been compromised in some way by Obamacare, please fill us in with some details so we can form a more substantive picture of the active effects of this program.
We would prefer reading about personal experience rather than hearsay ("I know someone who. . ."), etc.
My premiums went down, deductible is the same, no more co-pay for doctor's office visits, two refunds because of the 80% mandate, some scrips went down.
Still have the same doctors and haven't heard anything about all these doctors who are supposedly retiring now that they will be paid without having to chase down deadbeats.
Still very interesting to see that its rw's who have all these complaints and are "paying more" while Dems are saving money. Coincidence?
If you have personally been compromised in some way by Obamacare, please fill us in with some details so we can form a more substantive picture of the active effects of this program.
We would prefer reading about personal experience rather than hearsay ("I know someone who. . ."), etc.
My premiums went down, deductible is the same, no more co-pay for doctor's office visits, two refunds because of the 80% mandate, some scrips went down.
Still have the same doctors and haven't heard anything about all these doctors who are supposedly retiring now that they will be paid without having to chase down deadbeats.
Still very interesting to see that its rw's who have all these complaints and are "paying more" while Dems are saving money. Coincidence?
This is vague allusion which contains nothing useful.I mean look around. There is already a clear picture. Unless you have some inside connection to the boys in charge, no one is going to care about a conclusion on an obscure forum.
