Thread: Obama endorses immigration blueprint

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Obama endorses immigration blueprint

Stephen Dinan

President Obama on Thursday gave a thumbs-up to the framework of a plan to legalize illegal immigrants and create a flow of low-skilled foreign workers for the future, saying the bill being worked on by a Republican lawmaker and his Democrat counterpart is "promising."

The long-awaited framework, written by Sens. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, and Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, calls for illegal immigrants to be put on a path to citizenship and would create a temporary program for future foreign workers. Maybe most contentious of all, it would turn all Social Security cards into tamper-proof IDs to be checked by employers when they are about to hire a new worker. The cards would include biometric information designed to prevent counterfeiting — but the senators said the information would not be stored in a government database.

"I congratulate Senators Schumer and Graham for their leadership, and pledge to do everything in my power to forge a bipartisan consensus this year on this important issue so we can continue to move forward on comprehensive immigration reform," Mr. Obama said in a statement soon after the two senators published their framework on The Washington Post's Web site.

The senators said their legalization approach would be a "tough but fair" program that would require illegal immigrants to admit they broke the law and make them perform community service and pay a fine.

Illegal immigrants would also have to demonstrate they are proficient at English and pass background checks to gain citizenship.

"Illegal immigrants would also have to demonstrate they are proficient at English and pass background checks to gain citizenship"



And if they don't pass the background checks or speak English will they be deported immediately?




"The senators said their legalization approach would be a "tough but fair" program that would require illegal immigrants to admit they broke the law and make them perform community service and pay a fine."



Fair to whom?? Defiantly not American citizens!


What a bunch of crap!!!!!

this president, at least it appears to me, is determined to divide this country....its almost like he wishes to have a civil war

everything he pushes seems like this

Originally Posted by OneNationUnderGod

"The senators said their legalization approach would be a "tough but fair" program that would require illegal immigrants to admit they broke the law and make them perform community service and pay a fine."

But the current law requires illegal aliens to return to their home countries. Since the Federal government refuses to enforce current law, it is certain they won't enforce future laws either, meaning that any illegal refusing to follow the proposal will have nothing happen; in fact, there will be more hassles concerning "civil rights" that will prevent enforcement since all illegals will be known as "transitioning to a pathway of citizenship". A big joke with us played as the suckers. This will also cause a huge wave of new illegals and terrorists to overrun our shores, claiming that they are here "to get on the pathway to citizenship".

More pro-amnesty claptrap. We know there is no valid reason to again tie promises of enforcement with amnesty -- just enforce the current laws period.

And I'm not surprised at the lazy, sloppy reporting job on this issue by Stephen Dinan. His "reporting" is like reading a press release from Schumer's office.