Posted on 05/08/2009 10:40:36 PM PDT by plsjr
On the thorniest of political issues, President Obama has embraced the enforcement-first position on immigration that he criticized during last year's presidential campaign, and he now says he can't move forward with the type of comprehensive bill he wants until voters are convinced that the borders can be enforced.
Having already backed off his pledge to have an immigration bill this year, Mr. Obama boosted his commitment to enforcement in the budget released Thursday. The spending blueprint calls for extra money to build an employee-verification system and to pay for more personnel and equipment to patrol the border.
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He cut border security funding... typical rat liar.
LLS
So no longer he prefers a wide stance?
Yeah, he says border enforcement is important, but I've heard that one of the cuts in his for show $17 billion economizing is funds for additional fencing beyond that already built.
It is extremely clear now that when this President says something, watch closely because he is actually doing the opposite somewhere.
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