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NorthernGent -> RE: The Bahamas Treats Illegals Poorly (11/28/2014 10:12:40 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic
what he actually said (from his first link)
Returning to his hometown to speak, the president tried to place his recent executive action, which saved five million immigrants from deportation, within a great American tradition of welcoming foreigners.
"If you look at the history of immigration in this country, each successive wave there have been periods where the folks who were already here have said, 'Well I don't want those folks,'" he said. "Even though the only people who have the right to say that are some Native Americans."
His orders were sufficient in upsetting the GOP, but he also faced criticism from immigration activists who feel they do not go far enough.
Hecklers shouted "Not one more!" and "Stop deportations!" and "There is no justice!" during the speech, to which he replied at one point: "It doesn’t make much sense to yell at me right now."
Ploughing on, he argued: "Part of what America is about is stitching together folks from different backgrounds and different faiths and different ethnicities. That's what makes us special and, look, let's face it, sometimes that's hard to do, but it's worthwhile, it's worth doing.
oh and there is video too
Well, I think he's fucked up there then, because it's a really base, childish argument.
All countries have an immigration policy, or at least we would in the event we weren't held over the coals by the European Union.
It is expedient to manage your resources/public services/government income/whatever you want to call it, in line with the amount of people in your country. Nothing to do with racism, or prejudice, it's merely a pragmatic, rational course of action; and an appeal to a few hundred years ago is not much of a counter.
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