Daily Archives: June 15, 2012
No Deportation for Young 'Illegals': Obama's End Run on Immigration Reform
On Friday, the Obama Administration announced it would no longer deport young undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children, have lived here for five or more years, have no criminal record and have completed some schooling or military service. A memo from Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano described the move as "prosecutorial discretion," a reminder that immigration laws are not "designed to be blindly enforced without consideration given to the individual circumstances." Such consideration won't be enough for Jose Antonio Vargas, who…
President Obama's Speech Gets A Thumbs Down From Political Press Corps
Prior to President Barack Obama's marathon 54 minute speech in Ohio today, the Obama campaign sent our several statements promising the speech would be a major address framing the campaign going forward. Despite the hype, the speech was mainly a rehash of themes and ideas from the president's recent stump speeches and his remarks were widely panned as overly long by the political press corps.
