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Six04 Wrote: Jun 16, 2012 9:55 AM

There has been real legislative solutions on the table for years. The Republicans refused to allow any votes on the matter. Kudos to Obama for bypassing the stall tactics of the gOP. It is not an election year pander it is a pragmatic solution to an intractable problem.

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westriversd Wrote: Jun 16, 2012 10:25 AM

Name me one case where the Dims were prevented from passing immigration legislation in the first two years of obama's presidency?

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SteveL2 Wrote: Jun 16, 2012 10:02 AM

In 2007, there was a vote on Bush's immigration reform.

Polls taken at the time showed that Americans were against any immigration reform that wasn't coupled with real border security.

So the immigration reform was voted down.

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renny4 Wrote: Jun 16, 2012 9:58 AM

The solution is to close the Southern border and only allow legal immigration.

Mexico has no illegals. Guatemalans do not cross into Mexico. They got arrested, often beaten, and then unceremoniously tossed back into their own country.

If you like illegals, you to your local jail and visit as many crooks as you want.

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pascagoulapappy Wrote: Jun 16, 2012 9:57 AM

Caca de toro!

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Playing Latinos for Pawns

Desperately flailing in his bid for re-election, the President hopes to sway votes in the Latino community (especially in states he needs like New Mexico and Colorado) by coming up with a half-baked extralegal plan that -- depending on how one looks at it -- is either nothing at all, or else constitutes a big impediment to reaching a permanent, legislative solution on how to address the illegal immigration crisis in this country.

How is the plan nothing at all? Well, how many young people under 30 who meet all the criteria set out by the President...