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A fair path to citizenship. That’s the promise President Obama made. So I wonder what is his concern about the emerging agreement on immigration reform by the bipartisan senators. If the soon-to-be released bill with the proposed provisions is signed by President Obama, it may take 15 to 20 years for a current undocumented person Read More
The Puerto Ricans just voted on the island’s political status, but Pres. Obama is calling for a redo: “Puerto Rico may be getting another status vote. The White House budget submitted to Congress Wednesday includes a $2.5 million appropriation for Puerto Rico to hold another plebiscite on its relationship to the United States. Calling for another vote Read More
Pres. Obama’s State of the Union address last night was mostly mundane, except for this part: “It has been two months since Newtown. I know this is not the first time this country has debated how to reduce gun violence. But this time is different. Overwhelming majorities of Americans – Americans who believe in the Read More
Last Tuesday in Nevada, Pres. Obama declared his intention to pursue a comprehensive immigration reform to provide 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country with a path to legalization. The audience symbolized the voting population of Latinos that helped re-elect him last November. A day earlier, a bipartisan group of senators held a press conference Read More
The president reveals his inner Obama: “We will support democracy from Asia to Africa, from the Americas to the Middle East, because our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom. And we must be a source of hope to the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the Read More
Elise Foley, immigration maven over at HuffPo, talks about the president’s new-found urgency on reform: “As of Monday, Obama will have four more years to reshape his immigration legacy. And there’s every indication that he wants it to be different. He doesn’t want the dubious distinction of being ‘deporter-in-chief’ — especially since he was elected Read More
As soon as the poll results began trickling in on November 6th, it became increasingly apparent that President Obama was winning a significantly larger percentage of Latino voters than in the 2008 presidential election. By the following day, it was crystal clear; President Obama had won 71% of the Latino vote and approximately two-thirds of Read More
I know a popular Massachusetts governor who might be president someday. And, no, I’m not talking about Mitt Romney. From the Boston Globe: “Governor Deval Patrick will direct state colleges and universities Monday to allow young illegal immigrants to pay the lower resident rate for tuition and fees as soon as they obtain work permits Read More
I thought the Republican presidential candidate would simply evaporate into the ether after the election, but apparently he wasn’t the only one living in fantasyland. From the Los Angeles Times: “Mitt Romney told his top donors Wednesday that his loss to President Obama was a disappointing result that neither he nor his top aides had Read More
Congratulations to President Barack Hussein Obama on his less than triumphant victory in his reelection. Obama secured a second term but without a national mandate, given how close he came to losing the popular vote. And he knows this very well. In 2008, he won the presidency by 10 million votes — or the combined Read More