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bigdvsbigdvs Posts: 235
edited June 2012 in A Moving Train
http://thehill.com/homenews/administrat ... ion-policy

how soon do you think we can get a voter registration drive on for all these new voters?
"The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles."
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  • inmytreeinmytree Posts: 4,741
    what's the problem with this...?

    http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.c ... hp?ref=fpa

    President Barack Obama’s administration announced Friday that it would stop deporting younger illegal immigrants and would begin granting them work permits.

    The policy will apply to immigrants younger than 30 who arrived in the U.S. before the age of 16, have been in the country at least five years, have no criminal history and graduated from high school, earned a GED or served in the military. The decision could affect as many as 800,000 immigrants.

    “Our nation’s immigration laws must be enforced in a firm and sensible manner,” Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a statement. “But they are not designed to be blindly enforced without consideration given to the individual circumstances of each case. Nor are they designed to remove productive young people to countries where they may not have lived or even speak the language. Discretion, which is used in so many other areas, is especially justified here.”

    DHS said it will continued to “focus its enforcement resources on the removal of individuals who pose a national security or public safety risk, including immigrants convicted of crimes, violent criminals, felons, and repeat immigration law offenders.”

    Napolitano told reporters on Friday that the new policy did not amount to amnesty.

    Senior administration officials admitted that the deferral waivers, which would have to be renewed every two years, would allow a future administration to treat the same population differently.
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,897
    bigdvs wrote:
    http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/232923-obama-makes-election-year-change-in-immigration-policy

    how soon do you think we can get a voter registration drive on for all these new voters?

    Except for the little fact that they aren't citizens and can't vote. I would say that Romney generating any latino support is pretty much shot though.
  • bigdvsbigdvs Posts: 235
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    bigdvs wrote:
    http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/232923-obama-makes-election-year-change-in-immigration-policy

    how soon do you think we can get a voter registration drive on for all these new voters?

    Except for the little fact that they aren't citizens and can't vote. I would say that Romney generating any latino support is pretty much shot though.


    i am sure the ACORN type volunteer will be sure to point that fact out to them as they help them fill out their forms
    "The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles."
    — Socrates

  • inmytreeinmytree Posts: 4,741
    bigdvs wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    bigdvs wrote:
    http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/232923-obama-makes-election-year-change-in-immigration-policy

    how soon do you think we can get a voter registration drive on for all these new voters?

    Except for the little fact that they aren't citizens and can't vote. I would say that Romney generating any latino support is pretty much shot though.


    i am sure the ACORN type volunteer will be sure to point that fact out to them as they help them fill out their forms

    are you...?
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,897
    bigdvs wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    bigdvs wrote:
    http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/232923-obama-makes-election-year-change-in-immigration-policy

    how soon do you think we can get a voter registration drive on for all these new voters?

    Except for the little fact that they aren't citizens and can't vote. I would say that Romney generating any latino support is pretty much shot though.


    i am sure the ACORN type volunteer will be sure to point that fact out to them as they help them fill out their forms

    Ohhhhhh boy.
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,426
    bigdvs wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    bigdvs wrote:
    http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/232923-obama-makes-election-year-change-in-immigration-policy

    how soon do you think we can get a voter registration drive on for all these new voters?

    Except for the little fact that they aren't citizens and can't vote. I would say that Romney generating any latino support is pretty much shot though.


    i am sure the ACORN type volunteer will be sure to point that fact out to them as they help them fill out their forms

    Firstly. lets remember that ACORN was sabotaged by the far right by lies and falsified and selectively edited video.

    Secondly, it amazes me that we bring in immigrant workers to do our grunt work (and I know what I'm talking about- I did field work for a few summers and short of palatalizing bags of concrete by hand there's not much harder work) and then complain about them and worry that they might actually gain some of the benefits we enjoy. :fp:
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  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    "The new immigration announcement comes eight months after the Obama administration set an annual record for deportations by removing nearly 400,000 people who were in the country illegally in fiscal 2011. "




    DAMN SMOKEY!
  • bigdvsbigdvs Posts: 235
    "The new immigration announcement comes eight months after the Obama administration set an annual record for deportations by removing nearly 400,000 people who were in the country illegally in fiscal 2011. "




    DAMN SMOKEY!

    thank you, only reason for this move now is to prevent hispanic voters from leaving him in droves and steal any thunder that Romney may have gotten from a Rubio VP pick.
    "The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles."
    — Socrates

  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    i like this approach better. startup 2.0


    "The Startup Act 2.0 helps create an environment in which entrepreneurs can pursue their ideas and succeed," said Rey Ramsey, President and CEO of TechNet. "This bipartisan effort recognizes that America's economic future depends on our nation's ability to continue driving innovation. The proposals included in this bill can help drive our economic recovery and solidify our global leadership for years to come."

    Startup 2.0 creates new opportunities for U.S.-educated, entrepreneurial, highly-skilled immigrants to remain in the U.S. and contribute to the American economy.



    http://www.marketwatch.com/story/techne ... 2012-05-31
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,156
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    I would say that Romney generating any latino support is pretty much shot though.
    That is until he chooses a latino as his running mate and puts the immigration topic on the back-burner.
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    Work permits :fp:

    Is there work? :wtf:

    This is right up there with the private sector is hunky dory.
  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,426
    Who makes much of our food happen?

    http://www.culinate.com/articles/featur ... _slideshow
    "Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!"
    -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"

    "Try to not spook the horse."
    -Neil Young













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