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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Politics Here's President Obama's Immigration Speech

Posted by Paul Constant on Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 2:53 PM

Here's the president's speech, from Las Vegas earlier today. He starts talking about his specific demands at 14:41 in this video:

Obama's speech presented even less detail than the bipartisan group of senators presented yesterday. It's politically smart for Obama to take the conceptual lead on this by staying very broad and repeating that he ran for a second term on immigration reform. "At this moment, it looks like there's a genuine desire to get this done soon, and that's encouraging," Obama said. Still, he threatened to send his own bill, if the senators get "bogged down." But for the most part, it was a broad, welcoming speech; the kind of speech you give when you know you hold all the cards. It wasn't antagonistic, and it all sounded very common sense. Obama's sketch of the history of immigration in the United States was optimistic and inclusive, in keeping with the tone of his speeches lately. At the moment, there's a rare burst of civility in America on the topic of immigration reform. Enjoy it, because it could end at any moment.

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Most of 'A' don't want jobs. They want to sit at home and get free money.
Why immigrants come and get jobs So easy yet a lot of 'A' here can't get any?
Equal opportunity because a lot of people come here for a purpose and are fulfulling it and it still benefits the country. We as Americans just need to cherish what we have and stop complaining.

Posted by Demi on January 29, 2013 at 4:30 PM

So, increasing H1-B visas four-fold to 300,000 is a good thing, when most Americans can't find jobs?

Hmmm.

You sure?

Posted by Will in Seattle

on January 29, 2013 at 4:09 PM

But he's still a traitor to liberalism who is destroying the nation, and we'd have been far better off to have voted for the Green candidate and let Mitt Romney be President since there's no difference between the Republicans and the Democrats.

Posted by kk in seattle on January 29, 2013 at 4:02 PM