Amnesty International and immigrant advocates warn that the change could lead to immigration checks in other arenas and the “criminalization” of illegal immigration.

I had to laugh at this! LOL

O’Bummer: Let’s give amnesty to the illegals.

GOP: No way.

O’Bummer: You are racist

GOP: No we just don’t want to reward criminal behavior

O’Bummer: But you see I deported all the criminals. You’re racist.

GOP: OK let’s do it.

I expect Obama will do some things right. I’ll be happy surprized if immigration enforcement is one of them.

funky chicken on May 19, 2009 at 11:52 AM

FIFY

He has border lying personality disorder.
seven on May 19, 2009 at 10:26 AM

He says these things…so what, it’s not important what he says.

Watch what he actually does, then compare.

Obama bashed the supreme court as a candidate for stopping a section of the border fence because it could affect the enviornment.

Hot air had nothing when Obama just stopped all funding for states that detain illegals.

Obama stops long running policy on funding states and counties that detain illegals and Obama stopped that program in his new budget.

But Hot Air didn’t bash him on that policy.

When Napalitano stopped a raid against a military facility where 100 illegals were working Hot Air was silent. Like it never happened.

Obama is reversing long standing policy. But Bush got tarnished when he allowed raids and funded states that detained illegals.

You can go to freerepublic they are praising how Obama is better than Bush on illegals.

It isn’t true Obama and Napalitano are far worse than McCain and Bush.

Obama is refusing texas and arizona having national guard to help with the border violence. Bush allowed national guard to help when the states asked.

Where are the minutemen? Silent, while they bashed McCain and Bush.

The worst part about this Obama era is he goes full throttle left and is praised as a moderate.

Obama is governing just like the most liberal voting senator that he was yet americans think he is a moderate.

Time for Hot air and the right to wake up.

Obama has been a disaster on illegal immigration.

Too specific.

Obama’s Nepalitano cancelled all ICE raids against illegals. A raid against a military facility where 100 illegals were working was cancelled by dictator Napalitano. These raids were starting to have a deterrent effect against hiring illegals. Obama had during the campaign said ICE agents were terrorizing illegals during these raids.

Obama’s Napalitano released dozens of illegals in a Bellingham Washington raid that was authorized locally. She put in a new system where any raids need her permission. Thus no more raids.

Obama will not finish the fence.

Obama will not allow the national guard to the border even though the governors of arizona and texas are requesting national guard help.

Obama just took tens of millions out of the budget for states that detain illegals.

This is meaningless they aren’t deporting these illegals. They probably want them to be discriminated.

Obama is the first president ever to not fund the states that are detaining illegals.

That is what is so dangerous about Obama he is going far far left while the right is asleep and so Obama comes off pragmatic even though he goes far left.

Obama has made 4 disastrous decisions on illegals and yet Hot Air is calling him an enforcer.

I googled hot air to see how much attention was paid to Obama’s bad decisions so far on illegal immigration. Nothing.

The right blogs are asleep and instead of taking Obama on and bashing him over policy they are praising him.

If McCain had been elected he would have allowed national guard on the border. Obama stopped arizona request for national guard and texas’s request.

McCain would have finished the fence. Obama against
finishing the fence.

McCain would have kept the 80 million to the states that detain illegals. Obama took away the funding and hot air was silent about this. Obama took away the funding for the jailing of illegals and hot air is calling him an enforcer.

McCain would not have called off a raid against 100 illegals working at a military facility like Obama’s Napalitano did.

Obama said ICE agents were terrorizing illegals and now he is an enforcer.

The politics in this country suck. Obama is governing like a full fledged marxist and yet is being praised by blogs like hot air who tore McCain apart.

Obama is so dangerous because he is full speed ahead with marxist policies while there are no leaders on the right and the media is in the tank for him.

So while Obama governs from the far left the right is so asleep and the MSM is so in the tank that Obama is viewed as a pragmatist.

http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/Immigrant+Connect+Chicago

One random headline being discussed: “Problems with ‘papers’”

Immigrant Connect Chicago

This is the home of, for and by immigrants and their families to share stories about their experiences, and to get out useful news and information that crosses ethnic lines.

The project, coordinated by Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and funded by the Carnegie Foundation, is starting in Chicago

The catch is pretty simple: I am deporting the bad ones, so you will trust me when I say we need amnesty for law abiding illegals.

Ropera on May 19, 2009 at 11:17 AM

“Law abiding illegals” — an interesting concept. But in addition to breaking the law when they illegally crossed the border, or illegally overstayed a visa, most illegals commit numerous other crimes to stay in the U.S. — crimes such as document fraud (e.g., fake ID’s, phony SS numbers), perjury (when they sign their names to the lies on sworn documents required by some employers, hospitals, etc.), welfare fraud, income tax evasion, etc.

The fact that the vast majority of illegals aren’t prosecuted for the non-violent crimes they commit (many of which are felonies), doesn’t mean that they’re “law abiding.”

But it will NOT catch anyone who is not in the DHS illegal database. Thus, anyone who crossed the border will NOT be caught, as their fingerprints won’t be in the system.

However, this is the ONLY check they will do… they will use this non check as a reason not to bother with deeper checks… like document checks.

Romeo13 on May 19, 2009 at 11:09 AM

EXACTLY. It’s an out for Napolitano/Obama/et al., just like I’ve already written here/previously — they can SAY they’re “checking criminal illegal aliens” and then just ignore all the illegal aliens.

The few who get “caught” by this “check” will get a taxpayer-funded attorney courtesy of the Obama-affiliated Trial Lawyers.

about 1.4 million “criminal aliens” would be found, Venturella said.

I didn’t realize their were that many illegal Irish waitresses in new york city!

I wonder if Dems are embarrassed about CA? Remember when they discussed emptying the jails to reduce spending?

chunderroad on May 19, 2009 at 12:29 PM

CA (Schwarzenegger, Governor) just resorted to reducing by a few dollars the hourly wages of the biggest (one of the biggest) donors to the DNC, the Service Workers Union (SEIU).

What did Obama do? He then threatened (and still is threatening) the state with withholding taxpayer funds from the Porkulus (IS THAT EVEN AN OPTION FOR HIM — is that even within or even appropriate for any President to take such action).

In other words, Obama perpetuates CA – tanking and he’s doing so to keep the Democratic Party rolling on. Guess who comprises a very large portion of the SEIU?

I would hope that in terms of economizing, even Fascists would realize that no one country can support the entire world, particularly when our national economy is entering bankruptcy directly behind California’s insolvency.

maverick muse on May 19, 2009 at 10:50 AM

Il Douche knows this and is counting on it. He wants to “redistribute” America’s wealth to the third world, until there is nothing left to this nation but a burned-out husk. That is his goal, to exact revenge.

progressoverpeace on May 19, 2009 at 10:53 AM

ALSO bears repeating.

Exit question: What’s the catch here?

You answered your own question Allahpundit. Come 2011 Obama will be pushing amnesty, again. Don’t forget his direction to ICE we only do workforce raids if the local US attorney is going to prosecute, slowing the process of clearing the workforce of illegals. Waht you will not see Obama do is crank up e-verify and the IRS sending out notices to companies that have mismatched social security names and numbers. That would force large migration out of the country and he certainly does not want that.