Condensation of Obama Nov 20 2014 Immigration Speech
My condensation of
Transcript: Obama’s immigration speech - The Washington Post
A transcript of President Obama’s remarks on immigration..
OBAMA: ...immigration ...It’s kept us youthful, dynamic, and entrepreneurial ...Business owners who offer their wages good wages benefits see the competition exploit undocumented immigrants by paying them far less ...undocumented immigrants who desperately want to embrace those responsibilities see little option but to remain in the shadows ...
Today we have more agents and technology deployed to secure our southern border than at any time in our history ...over the past six years illegal border crossings have been cut by more than half ...the number of people trying to cross our border illegally is at its lowest level since the 1970s. ...last year 68 Democrats, Republicans, and independents came together to pass a bipartisan bill in the Senate
...It would have doubled the number of Border Patrol agents, while giving undocumented immigrants a pathway to citizenship, if they paid a fine, started paying their taxes and went to the back of the line ...experts said that it would help grow our economy ...
Had the House ...allowed ...a simple yes or no vote, it would have passed ...Republican leaders in the House have refused to allow that simple vote. ...the best way to solve this problem is ...to pass that kind of ...law ...I have the legal authority to take as president, the same kinds of actions taken ...presidents before me, that will help make our immigration system ... more just.
...additional resources for our law enforcement ... so that they can stem ... illegal crossings ...return of those who do cross over.
...I’ll make it easier and faster for high-skilled immigrants ...to stay and contribute to our economy, as ...business leaders proposed ...
Undocumented workers broke ...laws, ...they must be held accountable ...
...over the past six years deportations of criminals are up 80 percent ...we’re going to keep focusing ...resources on actual threats ...Felons ...Criminals ...Gang members ...
...deporting millions ...isn’t realistic ...
...these immigrants have been here a long time. They work hard ...the kids are American born or spent spent most of their lives here
...If you’ve ...been in America more than five years. If you have children who are American citizens or illegal residents. If you register, pass a criminal background check ...pay your ...taxes, you’ll be able to apply to stay in this country temporarily ...
...This deal does not apply to anyone who has come to this country recently. It does not apply to anyone who might come to America illegally in the future. It does not grant citizenship or the right to stay here permanently, or offer the same benefits that citizens receive. Only Congress can do that. All we’re saying is we’re not going to deport you.
...critics ...call it amnesty ...Amnesty is the ...system we have today. Millions ...live here without paying their taxes or playing by the rules ...Mass amnesty would be unfair. Mass deportation would be ...impossible ...
...If you’re a criminal, you’ll be deported ...
The actions ...they’re the kinds of actions taken by every ...Republican president and every ...Democratic president for the past half century.
...to those ...who question my authority ...or question the wisdom of me acting where Congress has failed ...Pass a bill. I want ...to pass a more permanent legislative solution ...
Are we a nation that tolerates ...a system where workers ...never have a chance to get right with the law? ...
Are we a nation that accepts ...ripping children from their parents’ arms ...Are we a nation that educates the world’s ...brightest in our universities only to send them home to ...countries that compete against us, or are we a nation that encourages them to stay and ...create industries ...
...I’ve seen the determination of immigrant fathers who worked ...three jobs without taking a dime from the government ...I’ve seen the ...anxiety of children whose mothers might be taken away from them ... because they didn’t have the right papers ...
These people ...came to work, and study and serve in our military ...
... Astrid Silva ...Her father worked in landscaping. Her mom cleaned other people’s homes. They wouldn’t let Astrid apply to a technology magnet school ...they were afraid the paperwork would out her as ...undocumented ... she couldn’t travel to the funeral without risk of being ...deported. ...Astrid Silva a college student working on her third degree.
...Scripture tells us, we shall not oppress a stranger ...
Transcript: Obama’s immigration speech - The Washington Post
A transcript of President Obama’s remarks on immigration..
OBAMA: ...immigration ...It’s kept us youthful, dynamic, and entrepreneurial ...Business owners who offer their wages good wages benefits see the competition exploit undocumented immigrants by paying them far less ...undocumented immigrants who desperately want to embrace those responsibilities see little option but to remain in the shadows ...
Today we have more agents and technology deployed to secure our southern border than at any time in our history ...over the past six years illegal border crossings have been cut by more than half ...the number of people trying to cross our border illegally is at its lowest level since the 1970s. ...last year 68 Democrats, Republicans, and independents came together to pass a bipartisan bill in the Senate
...It would have doubled the number of Border Patrol agents, while giving undocumented immigrants a pathway to citizenship, if they paid a fine, started paying their taxes and went to the back of the line ...experts said that it would help grow our economy ...
Had the House ...allowed ...a simple yes or no vote, it would have passed ...Republican leaders in the House have refused to allow that simple vote. ...the best way to solve this problem is ...to pass that kind of ...law ...I have the legal authority to take as president, the same kinds of actions taken ...presidents before me, that will help make our immigration system ... more just.
...additional resources for our law enforcement ... so that they can stem ... illegal crossings ...return of those who do cross over.
...I’ll make it easier and faster for high-skilled immigrants ...to stay and contribute to our economy, as ...business leaders proposed ...
Undocumented workers broke ...laws, ...they must be held accountable ...
...over the past six years deportations of criminals are up 80 percent ...we’re going to keep focusing ...resources on actual threats ...Felons ...Criminals ...Gang members ...
...deporting millions ...isn’t realistic ...
...these immigrants have been here a long time. They work hard ...the kids are American born or spent spent most of their lives here
...If you’ve ...been in America more than five years. If you have children who are American citizens or illegal residents. If you register, pass a criminal background check ...pay your ...taxes, you’ll be able to apply to stay in this country temporarily ...
...This deal does not apply to anyone who has come to this country recently. It does not apply to anyone who might come to America illegally in the future. It does not grant citizenship or the right to stay here permanently, or offer the same benefits that citizens receive. Only Congress can do that. All we’re saying is we’re not going to deport you.
...critics ...call it amnesty ...Amnesty is the ...system we have today. Millions ...live here without paying their taxes or playing by the rules ...Mass amnesty would be unfair. Mass deportation would be ...impossible ...
...If you’re a criminal, you’ll be deported ...
The actions ...they’re the kinds of actions taken by every ...Republican president and every ...Democratic president for the past half century.
...to those ...who question my authority ...or question the wisdom of me acting where Congress has failed ...Pass a bill. I want ...to pass a more permanent legislative solution ...
Are we a nation that tolerates ...a system where workers ...never have a chance to get right with the law? ...
Are we a nation that accepts ...ripping children from their parents’ arms ...Are we a nation that educates the world’s ...brightest in our universities only to send them home to ...countries that compete against us, or are we a nation that encourages them to stay and ...create industries ...
...I’ve seen the determination of immigrant fathers who worked ...three jobs without taking a dime from the government ...I’ve seen the ...anxiety of children whose mothers might be taken away from them ... because they didn’t have the right papers ...
These people ...came to work, and study and serve in our military ...
... Astrid Silva ...Her father worked in landscaping. Her mom cleaned other people’s homes. They wouldn’t let Astrid apply to a technology magnet school ...they were afraid the paperwork would out her as ...undocumented ... she couldn’t travel to the funeral without risk of being ...deported. ...Astrid Silva a college student working on her third degree.
...Scripture tells us, we shall not oppress a stranger ...
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