“I pledge allegiance, to the flag…”
28 people from 26 countries became the newest American citizens, in the fourth naturalization ceremony held at the white house since president Obama took office. Mr. Obama reminded the audience that, except for native Americans, we all trace our roots to immigrants.
“Immigration makes us a stronger. It keeps us vibrant. It keeps us hungry. It keeps us prosperous. It is part of what makes this such a dynamic country,” says President Obama. A month after aides leaked his own immigration plan… and drew an angry reaction from Capitol Hill, the White House has taken a back seat, while a bipartisan group of 8 Senators crafts a plan.
There’s a similar group in the house. Aides deny Mr. Obama’s unhappy with their work, but he suggested they need to pick up the pace.
“We are making progress, but we’ve got to finish the job, because this issue is not new. Everyone pretty much knows what’s broken. Everybody knows how to fix it,” says Obama.
Ironically the path to citizenship for 11 million people now in this country illegally may no longer be the main sticking point. That’s said to be differences between business and labor over how much to pay the 200k low skilled workers who’d be allowed in this country every year. Labor groups claim republicans would give them a path to poverty. The chamber of commerce says they’d get a median wage. Other political divisions remain.
Texas republican senator Ted Cruz still doesn’t trust the president’s motives. He told the Dallas morning news, quote… “What he wants is for the bill to crater, so that he can use the issue as a political wedge in 2014 and 2016.”
And Utah Republican Mike Lee suggested sequester politics are at work.
“We believe the President should work with Congress to identify and remove wasteful areas in the budget. Unfortunately, the President’s strategy is instead to cut spending on important services, like border security,” says Mike Lee, (R-UT)
The department of homeland security says it hasn’t cut back on border guards, though hundreds of people in this country illegally were released, to save the cost of housing them.
This week half the members of the senate’s gang of 8 will inspect security on the Arizona border. Their bill requires security improvements before the path to citizenship begins, but none of the gang members is suggesting that can’t happen. At the white house, Wendell Goler, Fox News.
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28 people from 26 countries became the newest American citizens, in the fourth naturalization ceremony held at the white house since president Obama took office. Mr. Obama reminded the audience that, except for native Americans, we all trace our roots to immigrants.
“Immigration makes us a stronger. It keeps us vibrant. It keeps us hungry. It keeps us prosperous. It is part of what makes this such a dynamic country,” says President Obama. A month after aides leaked his own immigration plan… and drew an angry reaction from Capitol Hill, the White House has taken a back seat, while a bipartisan group of 8 Senators crafts a plan.
There’s a similar group in the house. Aides deny Mr. Obama’s unhappy with their work, but he suggested they need to pick up the pace.
“We are making progress, but we’ve got to finish the job, because this issue is not new. Everyone pretty much knows what’s broken. Everybody knows how to fix it,” says Obama.
Ironically the path to citizenship for 11 million people now in this country illegally may no longer be the main sticking point. That’s said to be differences between business and labor over how much to pay the 200k low skilled workers who’d be allowed in this country every year. Labor groups claim republicans would give them a path to poverty. The chamber of commerce says they’d get a median wage. Other political divisions remain.
Texas republican senator Ted Cruz still doesn’t trust the president’s motives. He told the Dallas morning news, quote… “What he wants is for the bill to crater, so that he can use the issue as a political wedge in 2014 and 2016.”
And Utah Republican Mike Lee suggested sequester politics are at work.
“We believe the President should work with Congress to identify and remove wasteful areas in the budget. Unfortunately, the President’s strategy is instead to cut spending on important services, like border security,” says Mike Lee, (R-UT)
The department of homeland security says it hasn’t cut back on border guards, though hundreds of people in this country illegally were released, to save the cost of housing them.
This week half the members of the senate’s gang of 8 will inspect security on the Arizona border. Their bill requires security improvements before the path to citizenship begins, but none of the gang members is suggesting that can’t happen. At the white house, Wendell Goler, Fox News.
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