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3. Obama Attacks GOP for Blocking DREAM Act
President Obama told a Hispanic audience that he will do “everything in my power” to enact the DREAM Act — and that he yearned for the day when Democrats once again control the House and Nancy Pelosi is Speaker.
The DREAM Act — which stands for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors — would provide legal residency to undocumented young people who came to the United States before age 16, graduate from high school, complete two years of college or military service and have no criminal record. It has faced strong opposition for nearly a decade.
Speaking at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s annual gala in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night, Obama targeted Republicans who oppose the bill.
“Last year, we saw the DREAM Act passed in the House, only to be blocked by Senate Republicans,” he said.
“And now for the first time in a decade the bill doesn’t have a single Republican co-sponsor. Nothing about the language of the legislation changed. The only thing that changed was politics in Washington.
“It’s heartbreaking to see innocent young people denied the right to earn an education, or serve in the military, because of their parents’ action, and because of the actions of a few politicians in Washington.”
Obama noted that his administration recently changed enforcement policies regarding illegal aliens to “prioritize criminals who endanger our communities, not students trying to achieve the American dream.”
The Hispanic vote “is crucial to Obama’s re-election chances in 2012, and he has been courting the community tirelessly,” the Washington Times observed.
Obama told the gathering on Wednesday that he wished he could “wave my magic wand” and return Nancy Pelosi to the Speaker of the House post.
“At the end of the day, I can’t do this all by myself,” he added. “We’re going to have to get Congress to act. I know Nancy Pelosi’s ready to act.”
I'd like to know what Obama is smoking because Pelosi is no longer Speaker of the House because it is Republican controlled now. Even on her own she couldn't sway the Republicans on this issue.
The constant pandering to criminal aliens may be the final nail is Obama's political coffin.
Right, because all the people that are MAD about this were going to vote for him anyway? And instead they're going to vote for.... (some other guy that is going to do the same thing)?
Right, because all the people that are MAD about this were going to vote for him anyway? And instead they're going to vote for.... (some other guy that is going to do the same thing)?
Sad thing is, you may be right. McCain was just as pathetic about addressing this issue.
“It’s heartbreaking to see innocent young people denied the right to earn an education, or serve in the military, because of their parents’ action"
They can always do that where they were born. Why is it so hard to understand that?
The excuses always start pouring in: "But the Us is all they know!" Does that go for anyone who comes here LEGALLY as well?
This nonsense BS must stop. Obama is an effin clown.
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