Thread: HuffPost: Obama Speech On Thursday

http://www.huffingtonpost(dot)com/2010/06/29/obama-planning-major-immi_n_629568.html
Obama Planning Major Immigration Reform Push As Arizona Lawsuit Nears
Sam Stein

President Obama is slated to deliver a major address on immigration reform this week as his Department of Justice puts the final touches on a lawsuit challenging the legality of the immigration legislation passed by the state of Arizona.

The White House announced on Tuesday that the president would head to American University School of International Service on Thursday for "remarks on the need to fix our broken immigration system."

The speech comes as the administration has spent the last several days consulting with key stakeholders in the immigration debate as well as alerting members on the Hill that the DoJ's lawsuit will drop sometime this week.

On Monday night, officials met with a wide range of immigration-reform and union leaders to discuss steps forward on comprehensive legislation. The list of attendees included Karen Narasaki of Asian American Justice Center, Rosa Rosales of LULAC, Janet Murguia of National Coucil of La Raza, Rev. Samuel Rodriguez of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, Lillian Rodriguez Lopez of the National Hispanic Leadership Association, Eliseo Medina of SEIU, Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, Angelica Salas of CHIRLA, Gustavo Torres of CASA de Maryland, Juan Rodriguez of Trail of Dreams, Dolores Huerta, Bishop Kicanas, Vice President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Ali Noorani of National Immigration Forum, and Deepak Barghava, Center for Community Change.

According to an official briefed on that meeting, the president talked through various concerns about the current failures of immigration law, as well as the focal points for implementing a new set of reforms. Obama talked about building off of the legislative framework put out by Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). And he alerted attendees that the Justice Department's lawsuit against the Arizona legislation -- which would grant broad powers to law enforcement officials to detain and even expel illegal immigrants -- is coming shortly.

The president is scheduled to follow up that meeting with another gathering at the White House on Tuesday with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Already, his team has been engaged in the delicate process of Hill outreach. According to a Senior House Democratic aide, officials at the White House have held discussions about the impending lawsuit with members on the Hill, in addition to receiving input from key lawmakers about what kind of immigration reform package stands the best chance of being implemented into law.

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OBAMA AND DEMOCRATS: WE DO NOT WANT AMNESTY FOR YOUR ILLEGAL ALIENS. ENFORCE CURRENT IMMIGRATION LAWS. ILLEGALS COME HERE WITHOUT VISAS OR OVERSTAY. THEREFORE, THEY HAVE TO BE DEPORTED. NO AMNESTY NEVER.

Here it comes

I just wonder where our side was at his "meetings"?

I'm guessing .......... and I'm no conspiracy theorist , that he is now bought and paid for by mexico and other interests

Why would he discuss immigration with that gang?

No fair and balanced in that bunch

Get ready , the bomb is going to drop on us this week
fire up the media outreach emails, faxes and all the rest of our machine

Your going to need it ................ for all the good it will do

It looks like his mind is made up

Adding more people right now is not going to help.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/06/29/un ... tml?hpt=C1

http://washingtonindependent.com/88356/ ... ion-reform

So, these are the people who are going to write our new immigration laws. I'm surprised to see Mr Obama actually included a representative of the Asian people.

What do you think about the timing? We all know politicians up for re-election in November are afraid to lose the Hispanic vote, but they're also afraid to middle America mad. Most Hispanic citizens don't want the illegals given a free pass either, I think politicians are assuming too much when they think just because someone is Hispanic that they want amnesty. So, does Washington D.C. try to get this done before November or after when the votes are in and it's too late.

Let's let them know-no amnesty?

I think this week or next

We are about to enter ENDGAME

Be prepared

Originally Posted by alleycat

So, these are the people who are going to write our new immigration laws. I'm surprised to see Mr Obama actually included a representative of the Asian people.

What do you think about the timing? We all know politicians up for re-election in November are afraid to lose the Hispanic vote, but they're also afraid to middle America mad. Most Hispanic citizens don't want the illegals given a free pass either, I think politicians are assuming too much when they think just because someone is Hispanic that they want amnesty. So, does Washington D.C. try to get this done before November or after when the votes are in and it's too late.

Let's let them know-no amnesty?

You can let them know by the millions of us
At this point I think he is really going to give them amnesty on his power alone and I think it happens this week.

I think he is prepared to take the flak , or he thinks he is.

The list of attendees included Karen Narasaki of Asian American Justice Center,

She is a Communist, most Asian legal immigrants oppose amnesty.

Originally Posted by Bowman

The list of attendees included Karen Narasaki of Asian American Justice Center,

She is a Communist, most Asian legal immigrants oppose amnesty.

the Asians are the odd group out in this debate

For the most part , they are studious , quiet , work hard , and are not marching in our streets with their national flags

Many of these people that are legal immigrants came from countries that experienced real human rights violations if not down right genocides against millions of people

The illegal mexicans and race hustlers should talk to some of them and see what real terror is
Mexico has never seen anything like what went on in N Vietnam, or Cambodia , or Laos or China
You don't see them making demands , screaming racism or forming hundreds of advocate groups

These people have and my feeling is they appreciate the chance to live in America ,

i look forward to the president raising the stakes ....