Obama urges immigration reform at July 4 citizen ceremony

Reuters ^ | Jul 4, 2012 | Jeff Mason and Matt Spetalnick

[moonshinner_09]

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama used an Independence Day ceremony in which immigrants serving in the U.S. military became citizens on Wednesday to renew his election-year call for new immigration laws popular with an important part of his political base.

Wearing a red tie to celebrate the July 4th holiday at the White House, Obama addressed about two dozen foreign-born military personnel who were taking advantage of a program that offers them citizenship in return for their service.

Obama, who is running for re-election in November, seized the opportunity to talk up his recent order lifting the threat of deportation for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children.

The move appealed to Hispanic voters, a major voting bloc that could swing the election to the Democratic incumbent in battleground states such as Nevada and Colorado.

"What a perfect way to celebrate America's birthday - the world's oldest democracy - with some of our newest citizens," Obama told the group of military members and their families, who came from countries including Mexico, Ghana, the Philippines, Bolivia, Guatemala, and Russia.

"You put on the uniform of a country that was not yet fully your own. In a time of war, some of you deployed into harm's way. You displayed the values that we celebrate every Fourth of July - duty, responsibility, and patriotism," Obama said.

[moonshinner_09]

Better not comment, i would be ban..

[fhayek]

Yeah, that’s what the 4th of July is all about...imigration.

[Venturer]

He isn’t the Commander in Chief, He is the Panderer in Chief. No butt too small for Obama to kiss.

[MrChips]

He has had four years!

[Jane Long]

You (foreigners) displayed the values that we celebrate every Fourth of July - duty, responsibility, and patriotism," Obama said.

What a pathetic liar...we celebrate our INDEPENDENCE from tyrannical rulers.

The comments at the article are quite telling....NO ONE is buying Bam's crapsandwiches, anymore.

[USNBandit]

Here is a group of legal residents, who put it all on the line, stood up to defend this country, and have earned their citizenship. What better way to celebrate their sense of duty, commitment, and courage than to give citizenship away to anybody willing to steal it.

[plain talk]

Hey Obama - save it for Cinco de Maya. Oh yeah, you’ll be a private citizen again by then.

[umgud]

All immigration reform proposals contain some form of amnesty and it appears the only way to get the hispanic vote is to offer some form of amnesty.

[bravo whiskey]

i have more respect for the soviet soldiers i faced at the fulda gap when iwas stationed in germany than this POSOTUS, his family and spawn, and his supporters.

[hillarys cankles]

i have so much to say but getting banned from here would be the least thing id worry about.

[upchuck]

Obama, who is running for re-election in November, seized the opportunity to talk up his recent treasonous order lifting the threat of deportation for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children.

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How come I gotta follow Rooooters around correcting their stuff?

[Will88]

Wearing a red tie to celebrate the July 4th holiday at the White House,

That's not exactly number #1 on the list of how Americans celebrate the 4th of July, if it's on the list at all. And the 4th is not about immigration. This poser is pathetic.

[Travis McGee]

[EQAndyBuzz]

I wonder why he was wearing a “red” tie. Was Obama expecting the Chinese to show up?

[moonshinner_09]

Obama will just sit around and around sit around dreaming up new policies. His green jobs have been a bust, obama stimulus package was a bust,it offered short term soulutions, after the money ran out, the jobs started disappearing.Obama started out we will do case by case study, so about 300,000 can reamin here, dreamers he said will be 800,000 and news report show over 1 million. Fast and furious sent guns and cash to Mexico.About 200 Mexicans have been confirmed dead, on our side border agents have been killed by guns related to fast and furious.Obama is doing his best to keep Hispanics minds off of fast and furious, by offering programs to divert attention away from his scandals,Obama points Hispanics in the direction he wants them to go, and they happily.

[max americana]

I feel for those guys who have to listen to this POS p-Resident ruin the best day of their American lives.

[moonshinner_09]

I will not disrespect the rules here.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I don’t do cocaine so somebody is going to have to tell me WHY we need “immigration reform”. I don’t get it. Besides foreign freeloaders, who benefits from “immigration reform”?

[Osage Orange]

Perfect!!

[Terry Mross]

Immigration reform? Hell, obama, just write a introduce new immigration laws and be done with it.