Thread: Obama Admits Defeat On Executive Amnesty; Calls Trump Deportation Plan ‘A Fantasy’

by CHARLIE SPIERING
23 Jun 2016

A defiant President Barack Obama lashed out at Republicans in response to a decision by the deadlocked Supreme Court that blocked his executive actions on immigration reform.

“The fact that the Supreme Court wasn’t able to issue a decision today doesn’t just set the system back even further, it takes us further from the country that we aspire to be,” Obama said during a speech at the White House today.

He specifically denounced presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump’s proposal to deport all illegal immigrants and build a wall on the southern border.

“In fact, that is the real amnesty — pretending we can deport 11 million people or build a wall without spending tens of billions of dollars of taxpayer money — is abetting what is really just factually incorrect,” Obama said. “It’s not going to work. It’s not good for this country. It’s a fantasy that offers nothing to help the middle class.”

Obama also implicitly accused critics of his executive amnesty for being racist after successfully blocking his proposals.

“We don’t have to wall ourselves off from those who may not look like us right now or pray like we do or have a different last name because being an American is about something more than that,” he said.

He also condemned his opponents for campaigning against immigration reform, citing “spasms of politics” and “fear mongering.”

“During election years politicians tend to use the immigration issue to scare people with words like ‘amnesty’ in hopes that it will whip up votes,” he said.

Obama admitted that he was unlikely to enact any more executive action on immigration reform during his presidency, something Hillary Clinton has vowed to do if elected his successor.

“On the specifics of immigration, I don’t anticipate that there are additional executive actions that we can take,” he said.

While Obama admitted his failure to enact comprehensive immigration, he urged Americans to vote for the issue in November.

“We have to decide whether we are people who accept the cruelty of ripping children from parents’ arms or whether we actually value families,” he said.

Obama vowed that immigration reform would happen in the future, despite Republican obstruction, citing a majority of support for the issue.

“I promise you this, though, sooner or later immigration reform will get done,” he said. “Congress is not going to be able to ignore America forever. It’s just not a matter of if. It’s a matter of when.”

In spite of his defeat, Obama reminded illegal immigrants that they were not likely to be deported by federal law enforcement agents.

“We prioritize criminals. We prioritize gangbangers. We prioritize folks who have just come in,” Obama said. “What we don’t do is prioritize people who have been here a long time who are otherwise law abiding, who have roots and connections in their communities.”

Obama also reached out to the so-called DREAMers — children of illegal immigrants who were brought by their parents to the country.

“You can have confidence that you are not going to be deported but, it does not resolve your ultimate status,” he said.

http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presid...-plan-fantasy/

I hope they look at criminal charges on this jackass when he's gone.

obama you say the wall will not work well it look like our wh fence work you don't let us in at all do you
you started this war not us you see what was going on the illegal immigrants have our job's did you stop any company no .we are still out of work . they are all going over sea
why nyc & PA look like mexico it sad do you care hell My friend from PA look for a job every day & all,see are other guy's & girl's from other country working in this company ,it call HSCH laundry it in wilkes barra Pa do you help our country no way inhell
as for hillary why she up you ass ( as she said if she get in she will do somthing has vowed to do if elected his successor( I pray that the court listen to the usa )
we want trump

Is his tax payer funded $25million electronic wall in Libya a "fantasy" - the only fantasy is why he did not use an electronic surveillance wall on our USA border.

And he gave Kenya millions of OUR money to build a fence there too!

Kenya is booting the Somali's out of refugee camps!

NO MORE FREAKING MIGRATION. BUILD OUR WALL!

I think we should do away with Presidential "pensions".

“We have to decide whether we are people who accept the cruelty of ripping children from parents’ arms or whether we actually value families,” he said.

And let us not forget that most if not all children born in the US to illegal immigrants are dual citizens. Parents who don't want their children with them are heartless and evil.

You are so right Mayday. These children must be removed with their parents during deportation. No child left behind, citizen or not, parental custody supersedes any possible concocted notion of phony citizenship in the USA.

Hey Obama, Mr know-it-all.....

What about the BILLIONS of dollars a year you rob from the taxpayers to import and support your illegal aliens
and refugees?????

What about the exorbitant cost of healthcare and deplorable condition of our hospitals as a result of your illegal alien and
refugee moochers flooding our country?

What about our schools being over-filled with illegal aliens that degrade our education system and rob American children
from a good education???

What about all the Americans who are unemployed or under employed because your illegal aliens took their jobs??

What about our neighborhoods that now look like an extension of Tijuana, Mexico???

What about the cost of American lives slaughtered by illegal alien criminals and gangbangers??

The cost to build a wall, deport illegal aliens and enforce our immigration policy is peanuts compared to your
current immigration policy of open door for everyone!

Little reminder of Obama in the past:

http://www.alipac.us/f12/five-times-...ng-now-314671/