Obama, Hispanic Congressional Caucus to meet over immigration

On Tuesday, President Obama plans to meet with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to discuss the flaws in the immigration system and how to address them. He still doesn’t get it, the system isn’t flawed, we have laws in place that he just doesn’t want to enforce, as he needs that hispanic vote. The White House, meanwhile, issued a statement saying the meeting will be about “the importance of fixing our nation’s broken immigration system to meet our 21st century economic and national security needs so that America can win the future.”

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This will be the third meeting in as many weeks, that Obama has held to talk about immigration. This is proving to be a hot topic for the 2012 political campaign. Just two weeks agok Obama met with a group of mainly advocates of an immigration reform plan that would tighten enforcement as well as provide a pathway to legalization for undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria. He told them he remains committed to reforming immigration.

And last week he summoned Latino celebrities to the White House. Latino’s across the nation are rather miffed at the Obamanut, because he hasn’t delivered on his campaign promise on immigration reform. Translation: The amnesty deal so far has been struck down, which would give legal status to many illegals. And of course, the Obamanut blames it all on Republicans. Members of Hispanic Congressional Caucus, made up mostly of Democrats, argue that the president does have tools at his disposal for approaching some aspects of immigration in a less hard-line manner.

Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., and Charles Gonzalez, D-Tex., who is chairman of the caucus, both say that Obama can use the powers of his office to halt the deportation of parents of U.S.-born children, as well as of undocumented children who were brought here by their parents. Hmm, what does this lawmaker not understand? THOSE people are here illegally, and have broken OUR laws, of course they should be booted out.

“The CHC has previously suggested to the White House that they create a broad coalition of business leaders, clergy and community leaders who recognize the need for Congress to act,” a CHC statement said, adding that comprehensive immigration reform “is in the best economic interest of our nation.”

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Thousands of undocumented people have their deportations deferred every year for various reasons. Many of them obtain work permits while their deportation is on hold.

Those who support strict immigration enforcement, however, assail any program that gives a break to undocumented immigrants. People in that camp, which includes Republicans who have leadership positions on immigration committees in the House of Representatives, where the GOP has a majority, say any lenient treatment of undocumented immigrants amount to “amnesty.” In recent weeks, such groups have been particularly critical of deportation deferrals.