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However, the topic of Tuesday’s trip is immigration and not gun control. While event details are still being sorted out, the White House has confirmed that “the president will be traveling to Nevada on Tuesday to redouble the Administration's efforts to work with Congress to fix the broken immigration system this year.”
This comes after an unannounced meeting at the White House with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Friday morning. Members of the caucus and the White House expressed a “sense of urgency” when it came to tackling the issue of comprehensive immigration reform.
Since his re-election, President Obama has said that he would attempt to tackle the issue in his second term and the topic was given prominence by being included in his inaugural address.
“Our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see America as a land of opportunity,” he said Monday.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), who has been an outspoken supporter of the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform said after the meeting, “We all need to work together -- the president and Congress, Republicans and Democrats -- to get something done right away."
In an interview late last year, House Speaker John Boehner said, “I think a comprehensive approach is long overdue, and I’m confident that the president, myself, others, can find the common ground to take care of this issue once and for all.”
But while there has been acknowledgement and even some optimism on both sides of the aisle that there needs to be some type of reform to the country’s immigration system, it is still unclear how any kind of large-scale reform would move through Congress, what the details would be, and who would spearhead it.
President Obama's push for comprehensive immigration reform comes after his sweeping advantage with Latinos in his re-election. Obama won 71 percent of Latinos, up from 67% in 2008. They made up 10 percent of the electorate, up from 9 percent in 2008, which underperforms their population nationally -- 16 percent, according to the U.S. Census.
In Nevada, those shares are even higher. Obama won 74 percent of Hispanics in Nevada, and made up 19 percent of the electorate (but are 27 percent of the overall population). They were crucial in helping Obama to a 52-46% win in the Silver State, as well as victories in Colorado, New Mexico, and Florida.
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If you thought newton was bad, wait until amnesty is granted. Amnesty=war!
Our corrupt and treasonous Govt Officials should all be ran out of office for what they are doing to this country and it's people.
How about finishing what was first up, instead of running from place to place without accomplishing anything?
I distinctly recall during the debates that Barry said his number 1 priority was creating JOBS! First guns now immigration - was he lying or perhaps he has no clue how to create jobs - what a poser - can't wait to see how historians rate his presidency - will it be the worst or the 2nd worst behind Herbert Hoover? He has no plan to help the economy because he has no economic or business sense.
What was his number one priority last term? Government mandated health care. What was his number two priority? Running the federal deficits to record levels.
Well let's see there tax payers. You work to pay for welfare, then allow (with open arms) to illegals who don't pay taxes,and send their money across the border, or wait let's not for get the tax payers overhead for the birthing and education of their anchor babies, and take up jobs . Good job on securing our borders. Keep sucking up and kissing Azz Obama. Great job on keeping your priorities straight.
Pop! Boom! Bang! Amnesty, gun control, gay marriage, climate control...Pop, Boom! Boom!
That is the sound of neocon heads exploding!....lol
I can just imagine what Obama's "immigration reform" will look like. Porous borders, instant citizenship for all and a country that drowns in a sea of welfare recipients, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid takers with not near enough people available to pay the bill. We will become a third world country full of unskilled workers who can be easily brainwashed by the left.
This will be the end of our sovereign country. Even Mexico has tougher immigration laws than we do. But this is the goal of liberal progressives, aka Socialists. Dilute the country and create a citizenry that despises our history, our economic successes and ultimately demands a complete change in the way American operates. Good luck, I'll be moving to Costa Rica.
Dream Act, as in Wet Dream Act, like floating this wet dream economy on credit! QE1,QE2, now QE3 the Fed buying our government bonds with air money to prop up this house of cards. We all may be heading south before it's all over...keep the border porous!
The democrats have had the black vote bought and paid for for decades. Now I guess they intend to do the same with the hispanic vote. Something for nothing works every time.
No speekie english Gringo
No need to speekie english. Obama weel fix.
Everything and anything to keep the focus off the national debt and SPENDING....
True- more distractions from the issues that really matter. However, in terms of spending, it is part of the focus- spending more taxpayer monies to foot the bill for people who entered our soil illegally. Go figure!
Google Parkland Hospital in Dallas and tell me how many Illegals are born each year at tax payes $$$ ?
Hmmm, nice strategy. Make big promises, make big friends, get more votes! Now it's time to deliver & pay the piper! In other words, time for the taxpayer to pay up!
Better get your english/spanish dictionaries soon- gonna need em!
Well, He said he was going to put it "on the broad shoulders of the middle class". Until the middle class is gone what's left will live in a one room shack with a light bulb hanging in the middle of it (for those that can afford it).
"Immigration reform"? How about this "reform": for once, our federal government enforces current immigration laws (including deportation) as strictly as it enforces IRS statutes on American Citizens!
I've spent 12 weeks working on a project in Mexico, way down between Mexico City & Cuernavaca: I don't want my country to look, feel, smell or sound like the corrupt 3rd-world banana republic I know Mexico to be. If the Obamaniacs succeed in an amnesty for 11 million illegal Mexicans, the immediate result will be them promptly 'sponsoring' millions more of their cousins & friends to also move to the United States.
What we unemployed Citizens need is a federal E-Verify law, so that no illegal may work anywhere -- now THAT would be some real "immigration reform"!
The only way to save our country is for all of us to get very vocal and real loud, and RIGHT NOW: we need to let Washington know we are not going to stand for any "path to citizenship" for 11 million federal law breakers.
Mexico is south of the Rio Grande river -- I don't want to see any more it way up here in northern Illinois!
"Round 'em up, ship 'em out!" No Amnesty!
"The only way to save our country is for all of us to get very vocal and real loud, and RIGHT NOW: we need to let Washington know we are not going to stand for any "path to citizenship" for 11 million federal law breakers".
Nobody has time. Both parents have to work to make ends meet. We can't afford to take time off for politics. We've gotta git it! (also our taxes just went up, more overtime please)
heres a novel idea that would take care of two Obama issues: Get rid of the illegals, and the illegal guns will go with them. simple, direct, and to the point.
Before the Federal Government does anything they had better think about jobs first. Screw the people that are here illegally, I really don't care for the illegals anyway. One thing should hit everyone in Washington in the head is the lack of jobs in this country for Americans. We have millions on welfare-food stamps-medicaid and any other benefits they can get their hands on and now they want to add illegals into this arena? More people allowed into our ranks means more social programs for them to have. That's not cutting the budget that is adding to our problems.
What about the economy? What about the lack of a budget? What about the money we are borrowing at record rates? What about the National Debt that stands at over $16 Trillion Dollars? What about the deficit spending for 2013? We are over $1 Trillion and it's just January.
Immigration should be the very last thing on the list of things to do. That and new gun controls laws? We have enough of them already.
Can't blame the immigrants, bless their hearts. If things get much worse here I will go down to Mexico. No, you have to blame our "representatives" who have sold us out since the early 80's That's why things are so bad now. Unless the economic laws have changed, demand drives up cost and as supply diminishes cost is going to skyrocket in direct proportion. Remember what Perot said? "that whooshing sound is your jobs going to Mexico. If he wasn't right there's no such thing as right.
I voted for Ross, great man.
Perot for pres. and Ron Paul for v/pres. A winning combo.
If letting millions of immigrants in year in and year out is not a "threat to national security", then there's no such thing as threat to natl. security
Maybe Barry can get himself a US birth certificate.
It is amazing how millions of people that should not be in our country can break our laws and expect to be rewarded for it. An that is exactly what the democrat vote whores intend to do to further their agenda. If you live in say Texas or Arizona you would understand. You see school systems destroyed and hospital systems bankrupted. If you lived here you would see the arrogance of these people. The anchor bay system should be stopped immediately. All benefits for these people should be cut off. Then they would just go home and then they could apply for legal entry to the country.
I agree with you Cannon. I live in AZ and I've seen the negative impact first hand. Most of the people whining about giving them citizenship should let these people live on their property and pay for them personally, I bet they would change their tune pretty quick. I guess resources and property lines don't mean much nowadays anyway.
I thought his second term agenda was jobs, jobs, jobs
One way to secure the border is for the government to issue "military style" assault rifles to its citizens on the border....Oh wait....they seem to be doing that themselves because government is failing them !!! But hey we got a great TSA team at the airports NOT!
The illegals know what true proverty is, unlike the pooor in this country. Well let me tell all of you pooor welfare folks this Obama is getting ready to give a new meaning to poor in this country. Don't forget all of you on welfare, every well has a botton!!!
I find the idiocy of the left absolutely jaw dropping. Instead of responsibly managing managing a budget, they can't even come up with one. Now obama, attacking America on all fronts, wants to ensure that our once great country goes belly up by inviting hordes of dependency to further strain our national security.
Haven't the last four years not taught you that Obama does not know how to work and accomplish anything? All he can do is orate to an adoring crowd and pass the hat around.
"All he can do is orate to an adoring crowd and pass the hat around".
Can't expect anymore than that from someone who's qualification is "community organizer". It cracks me up when he puffs up and sticks that chin way out there. Hilarious.
We are flat broke folks. How in the world does Obama think we are going to be able to afford to put another 11,000,000 people on the government dole?
It's called Negro Rich. If a Bro has a $ he will spend $5.
spacey... you repuke hacks never disappoint in the toxic arena... scum that prattle such nonsense like you... are the reason the dems will take the house in 2014... keep up the good work, teatard!
Stereotype aside, Mr Cowboy is about right with the 1:5 ratio. No matter what party, right is right.
well, hell boy... let us encourage more bigoted talk.
Well, we haven't resorted to personal attacks but facts. What do you stand for? Oh, leftward bound. Never mind.
Someone needs to tell Obama to "welcome the hopeful, striving immigrants" means to welcome the hopeful criminals, striving to make their fortunes here. The big drug dealers, smugglers and human trafficking pimps are, for the most part, not homegrown, they come from south of the border
Bring the troops home and put the boots on the border. I think we can call it homeland security. They can always stay in the FEMA camp trailers. There are not changing thing in the Middle East.