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Obama, Calderon push for immigration law changes

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oh, u mean just like when u wrote we needed healthcare reform because YOUR premiums were too high?.....

So heres one for ya davie, how long have i been unemployed? im just curious....just give me the month since you know so much........

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oh and by the way what government subsidies do i or have i recieved since u contend that i am a product of them......again just curious.....

 

 

Read slower...... It is not my intent put your personal stuff out in the lime light. I didn't say that you were currently drawing unemployment checks.

Now later, in future post, when I say you've been unemployed for almost a year. Please don't say I'm making things up. I only give what you write. If it's incorrect, dude that's your issue....

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Incorrect, davie?  Making things up? Like when you posted that unpaid emergency room bills are then paid by our taxes....or when you posted you knew Bush was going to be impeached....or when you posted that Muscatine Co was controlled by Republicans....and then asked "what about the mayor" (of a city that has non-partisan elections just like all cities choose to do in Iowa)......or back when you posted that the US was actually losing WWII near its end...or when you posted that the term "forefathers" meant only the revolutionaries on our soil and NOT the pilgrims that fled England... 

 

Can't wait for the outcome of your prediction on the US Supreme Court overturning Arizona's law!

 

These are just a few that come to mind.

 

yea davie...you have made quite a few things up in your time here that were certainly incorrect. So dude; are those your issues?

 

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HERE IS OUR WONDERFUL GOVERNMENT AT WORK, guess it depends on the crime you committ on weather you will be punished

 

A top Department of Homeland Security official reportedly said his agency will not necessarily process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona authorities.

John Morton, assistant secretary of homeland security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, made the comment during a meeting on Wednesday with the editorial board of the Chicago Tribune, the newspaper reports.

"I don't think the Arizona law, or laws like it, are the solution," Morton told the newspaper.

The best way to reduce illegal immigration is through a comprehensive federal approach, he said, and not a patchwork of state laws.

Immigrant rights' supporters around the country took to the streets on May 1 to protest Arizona's new immigration law which seeks to identify, prosecute and deport illegal immigrants.  Take a look at the massive protests.  

The law, which criminalizes being in the state illegally and requires authorities to check suspects for immigration status, is not "good government," Morton said.

In response to Morton's comments, DHS officials said President Obama

has ordered the Department of Justice to examine the civil rights and other implications of the law.

"That review will inform the government's actions going forward," DHS spokesman Matt Chandler told Fox News on Friday.

Fox News legal analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano said ICE is not obligated to process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona authorities.

"ICE has the legal discretion to accept or not to accept persons delivered to it by non-federal personnel," Napolitano said. "It also has the discretion to deport or not to deport persons delivered to it by any government agents, even its own."

Morton, according to a biography posted on ICE's website, began his federal service in 1994 and has held numerous positions at the Department of Justice, including as a trial attorney and special assistant to the general counsel in the former Immigration and Naturalization Service and as counsel to the deputy attorney general.

Border apprehensions in Arizona, where roughly 500,000 illegal immigrants are estimated to be living, are up 6 percent since October, according to federal statistics. Roughly 6.5 million residents live in Arizona.

Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-AL, said it appeared the Obama administration is "nullifying existing law" and suggested Morton may not be the right person for his post if he fails to enforce federal immigration law.

"If he feels he cannot enforce the law, he shouldn't have the job," Sessions told Fox News. "That makes him, in my view, not fulfilling the responsibilities of his office."

Sessions said the U.S. government has "systematically failed" to enforce federal immigration law and claimed Morton's statement is an indication that federal officials do not plan on working with Arizona authorities regarding its controversial law.

"They're telegraphing to every ICE agency in America that they really don't intend on cooperating with Arizona," Sessions said. "The federal government should step up and do it. It's their responsibility."

Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-AL, said it appeared the Obama administration is "nullifying existing law" and suggested Morton may not be the right person for his post if he fails to enforce federal immigration law.

"If he feels he cannot enforce the law, he shouldn't have the job," Sessions told Fox News. "That makes him, in my view, not fulfilling the responsibilities of his office."

Sessions said the U.S. government has "systematically failed" to enforce federal immigration law and claimed Morton's statement is an indication that federal officials do not plan on working with Arizona authorities regarding its controversial law.

"They're telegraphing to every ICE agency in America that they really don't intend on cooperating with Arizona," Sessions said. "The federal government should step up and do it. It's their responsibility."

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