Nothing special about this blog as my readership stats continue to tank.
And who can blame you? Who really wants to read agenda-pushing slop from the AmeriKan media anymore.
"Program deports many with no criminal record" by Maria Sacchetti | Globe Staff, February 17, 2013
Federal immigration officials are deporting more immigrants in Massachusetts for civil violations than for serious crimes under a fingerprint-sharing program that expanded from Boston to the rest of the state last year.
As of December, only 45.6 percent of the 768 immigrants deported through the Secure Communities program since 2008 had criminal records, far below the national average of 76 percent and lower than states such as Arizona, New York, and Texas.
Advocates on both sides of the issue had expected the percentage of criminals deported to rise when Secure Communities was activated statewide last May over the objections of Governor Deval Patrick. Instead, the percentage of criminals declined, a trend that runs counter to the program’s top priority of catching serious criminals here illegally....
Just wondering what part of illegal isn't a crime. The medical marijuana folks who seem to be running into such problems over regulations would like to know.
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Related: Sunday Globe Specials: Initiating Immigration Reform
Between these and the other Sunday Globe Specials it almost appears as if the Globe is trying to give that casual Sunday morning reader a stereotyped view of the world as it pushes the agenda, no?
Also see: Sex Abuser Was Senate Aide
That should bring you up to date.
Related: Obama administration makes progress on immigration bill
Was on the website but not in my printed paper, thus I didn't read it.
"White House says immigration plan is a backup; GOP pans draft that was revealed over weekend" by Michael D. Shear and Julia Preston | New York Times, February 18, 2013
WASHINGTON — The disclosure of the plan, by USA Today on Saturday, set off a series of political recriminations and questions on Sunday about Obama’s promise to allow bipartisan congressional talks to take precedence. The furor also offered new evidence that Republicans could use the president’s direct involvement as a reason to reject a potential compromise.
In the face of the sharp Republican criticism of Obama’s plan, the White House insisted over the weekend that no decision had been made and that nothing had changed. Officials reasserted their support for the delicate negotiations on Capitol Hill. White House aides reached out to lawmakers in both parties on Saturday night to reassure them, officials said....
Aides to Obama have been working on immigration legislation for years in anticipation of a renewed push....
Reminds me of the Patriot Act that was conveniently ready to roll after 9/11.
The length of the path to citizenship for illegal immigrants has become a highly delicate issue in the fast-moving debate over immigration overhaul. Republicans who are part of a bipartisan group of senators drafting legislation have said they are looking for a longer path for illegal immigrants, to make it clear they are not jumping the line or being rewarded for violating the law to come to the United States....
Yeah, that's what it is. I guess immigrants have reached the status of bankers -- as they perform all the servile duties that make life comfortable for the wealthy, who happen to be the ones who have devised all the economic policies that have led to the very situation they exploit.
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"Obama immigration aide seeks to finish quest; Sees chance for system overhaul" by Julie Pace | Associated Press, February 18, 2013
WASHINGTON — Sharp shifts in the political landscape have put an immigration overhaul tantalizingly close....
The general election forced some GOP lawmakers to reconsider their opposition to comprehensive immigration changes, clearing the way for the swift consensus that has emerged between the White House and bipartisan lawmakers in recent weeks.
Really? A consensus?
The areas of agreement include a road to citizenship for most of the 11 million illegal immigrants already in the United States, strengthening border security, making the legal immigration system more effective, and cracking down on businesses that employ illegal immigrants.
But filling in the details is expected to be contentious and emotional, with plenty of roadblocks.
I love not only being lied to in different articles, but lied to in the same one. That's what I look forward to every day with my pos newspaper.
USA Today reported Saturday that the White House is circulating a plan to create a visa for illegal immigrants. The proposal would allow them to become legal permanent residents within eight years.
Many conservatives oppose a citizenship path for illegal immigrations, calling it ‘‘amnesty.’’
But let's not call it that for political, societal, and cultural reasons.
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She worked for La Raza, huh? I guess it's okay to be a racist as long as you push the agenda and are not white.
"Partisan divide remains on how to tackle immigration; Differences emerge during Senate hearing" by Rosalind S. Helderman | Washington Post, February 14, 2013
WASHINGTON — It was perhaps the one topic that received bipartisan attention Tuesday night — from President Obama during his State of the Union address, in the official Republican response delivered by Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, and in the Tea Party’s response to the response: the need to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws.
But despite the bipartisan call for broad action, partisan divides on how the topic should be tackled were on display Wednesday as the Senate held its first substantive hearing on the path forward....
And this article was published before the pieces of agenda-pushing s*** above.
Still, members of Congress involved with bipartisan efforts to push immigration changes said Wednesday that they were encouraged by the urgency expressed by Obama during his State of the Union address, and that they will move ahead quickly while the nation’s attention is focused on the issue.
Anytime you see urgency from government or its mouthpiece media you need to brake immediately.
The four Democrats in a bipartisan group of eight senators who released a framework for revamping the system last month will meet with Obama at the White House to update him, as they work to translate the brief document into a complicated bill.
Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York, a Democrat and a Judiciary Committee member who is part of the bipartisan group, told others on the panel Wednesday that they are ‘‘on track’’ to produce a bill by their targeted March time frame....
You have been warned, American public. Now get ready to dial those phone numbers like in 2007.
Later in the hearing, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a Republican and another member of the group, asked Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano whether she had ever seen a better opportunity for a comprehensive bill.
‘‘No,’’ she replied. ‘‘This is the moment.’’
Napolitano told the committee that the US border has never been more secure, describing efforts undertaken by Obama to enforce current law, including deporting more than 400,000 people since he took office.
‘‘Our border is better staffed with more people, infrastructure, and technology than at any time in our nation’s history,’’ she said.
Related: Immigration enforcement cost $18b
That policy has not been popular with many immigrants, who say that despite an Obama vow to prioritize immigrants who have committed serious crimes, the deportations have swept up those with otherwise clean records and have separated families.
Napolitano was interrupted three separate times by activists protesting the deportation policy....
And that's the last we saw of them.
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