President Obama is gearing up for yet another legislative battle, this time over the contentious issue of immigration, according to a New York Times report that says one of the goals will be to a create a path for illegal immigrants to become legal.The push for immigration reform would echo one of Obama's campaign pledges, though its success is uncertain in a tough economic climate.
Administration officials told the Times that Obama plans to speak publicly about the issue in May and will press lawmakers from both parties to begin discussing legislation by the fall.
But the White House downplayed the report, with a spokesman telling FOX News the president consistently said the debate over immigration reform would start this year. The spokesman said nobody is claiming the problem will be fixed this year.
The spokesman pointed out a lengthy response Obama gave at a town hall meeting in California in March, when Obama called for strengthening the border and creating a pathway to citizenship for some illegal immigrants. He did not give a timeframe, however, for when this debate would occur. - FOX News Story
How is this a good idea? These people are hear illegally, and the President wants to reward them with Citizenship. This type of a move only encourages the behavior.
Not only are we rewarding them for their Illegal activity, but in these economic times when Millions of Americans are out of work, and our President wants to take illegals and citizenize them and add to the unemployment problem. What is the benefit to the US by doing this?
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