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April 6, 2014

So Obama is deporting illegal immigrants in record numbers..

How come few are mentioning that a great number of these so called deportations are called “Returns” those who are caught crossing the boarder or are caught within 100 miles of the border.

Once again let no main stream news organization point this out.. Just try and find the shit which makes our POTUS look like a Hypocrite on the issue. Alex Witt did this. on MSNBC..this a.m.

Whole Link below the snip..from Mother Jones..


Any day now, this administration will reach the 2 million mark for deportations," said Janet Murguia, the head of the National Council of La Raza, when she criticized Obama earlier this month. "It is a staggering number that far outstrips any of his predecessors and leaves behind it a wake of devastation for families across America."

The statistics, on their own, could be misleading, and some have said advocates like Murguia are simplifying the situation. It's important to note that many of the Obama administration's removals happen along the 100-mile border zone, and that interior deportations have dropped significantly during Obama's time in office. But still, the shift in policy from returns to removals carries significant legal implications for immigrants and has a major impact on people who get caught trying to reenter the country.

Many immigrants come to the United States trying to work and send money to their home countries. ICE's top five countries of origin for removals in fiscal year 2013—Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic—received a combined $36 billion in remittances in 2012, according to World Bank estimates. Along with supporting families back home, many support families and businesses here in the United States.

The emphasis on removals has created a perilous situation for undocumented workers increasingly rooted in the United States; now, they can be charged with felonies if caught illegally reentering the country after a formal order of removal. A recent Pew Research Hispanic Trends Project report notes that a growing portion of convictions in federal court are people convicted of immigration violations. In 1992, immigration offenses made up just 5 percent of federal convictions. By 2012, that number had jumped to 30 percent, most of which were convictions for illegal reentry.

"Individuals who come back after being deported, or come back after being returned, primarily they're coming back for a reason," says Karen Lucas, a legislative associate at the American Immigration Lawyers Association. "Our system has been broken for so long that such a large percentage of the 11 million [undocumented] really do have roots in this country.”

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/04/obama-administration-record-deportations

April 5, 2014

Every time I ask a republican why they feel Democrats are ruining their country..

I don’t give a chance for them to answer.. I quickly tell them why ..".Its because you feel that the Democrats give money away to poor Blacks and other minorities which enables them to stay in their ruts and Dems. do this for their votes” ... They respond “Well, thats part of it”....but...You know, they never ever seem to get their thoughts straight on the Other Part.. Thats because there is no other part..

And there it is folks... The Cliff Note Version Of Why Republicans Hate Democrats..

April 5, 2014

Beware!!! Local Independent Insurance brokers are blaming Obama for premium

increases... People in their 50”s see tremendous increases in their premiums, I mean I easily experienced 15-20% when I first hit my 50s.. These extraordinary increases come unexpectedly,, so obviously they ask their brokers why.. Instead of telling them the truth about huge incremental increases...Its been that way for years, they blame it on Obamacare..

We need to call them out on this lie...it will be an issue in Nov..

GOTV...

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