FACT CHECK: Obama's claims on illegal immigration

[DigitalDrifter]

No way Obama would forget a few facts.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama made some notable omissions in his remarks about the unilateral actions he's taking on immigration.

A look at his statements Thursday and how they compare with the facts:

OBAMA: "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."

THE FACTS: He's saying, and doing, more than that. The changes also will make those covered eligible for work permits, allowing them to be employed in the country legally and compete with citizens and legal residents for better-paying jobs.

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A group of Hispanic people watch a television broadcast of President Barack Obama's speech on im …

OBAMA: "Although this summer, there was a brief spike in unaccompanied children being apprehended at our border, the number of such children is now actually lower than it's been in nearly two years."

THE FACTS: The numbers certainly surged this year, but it was more than a "brief spike." The number of unaccompanied children apprehended at the border has been on the rise since the 2011 budget year. That year about 16,000 children were found crossing the border alone. In 2012, the Border Patrol reported more than 24,000 children, followed by more than 38,800 in 2013. In the past budget year, more than 68,361 children were apprehended.

OBAMA: "Overall, the number of people trying to cross our border illegally is at its lowest level since the 1970s. Those are the facts."

THE FACTS: Indeed, in the 2014 budget year ending Sept. 30 the Border Patrol made 486,651 arrests of border crossers, among the fewest since the early 1970s. But border arrests have been on the rise since 2011.

The decline in crossings is not purely, or perhaps even primarily, due to the Obama administration. The deep economic recession early in his presidency and the shaky aftermath made the U.S. a less attractive place to come for work. The increase in arrests since 2011 also can be traced in part to the economy — as the recovery improved, more people came in search of opportunity.

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OBAMA: "When I took office, I committed to fixing this broken immigration system. And I began by doing what I could to secure our borders."

THE FACTS: He overlooked the fact that he promised as a candidate for president in 2008 to have an immigration bill during his first year in office and move forward on it quickly. He never kept that promise to the Latino community.

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Associated Press writers Calvin Woodward and Jim Kuhnhenn contributed to this report.

FACT CHECK Obama s claims on illegal immigration - Yahoo News

 

[BlackSand]

Hell ... He referred to illegal immigrants as law-abiding citizens.
That might have a hard time passing a fact check.

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[The Rabbi]

Hell ... He referred to illegal immigrants as law-abiding citizens.
That might have a hard time passing a fact check.

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He refers to himself as black. Facts really don't matter to liberals like him. It's all about the optics, the narrative.

 

[Moonglow]

Net Migration from Mexico Falls to Zero and Perhaps Less Pew Research Center s Hispanic Trends Project

 

[The Rabbi]

Net Migration from Mexico Falls to Zero and Perhaps Less Pew Research Center s Hispanic Trends Project

As a result of Democrats' failed economic policy.
But that doesnt matter. We still have an immigration issue. And not every immigrant comes from Mexico.

 

[BluesLegend]

Hell ... He referred to illegal immigrants as law-abiding citizens.
That might have a hard time passing a fact check.

.

1/3 of illegals already file fraudulent tax returns claiming $4 billion in child tax credit refunds they are not entitled to because they are not U.S. citizens. This was a few hundred million dollar problem under Bush and it exploded under Obama. Dem's in congress have blocked all attempts to put a stop to this fraud.

The National Geographic filmed a documentary on how illegals have taken over the Meth industry in this country, stringing our kids out on this crap killing and destroying them.

Damn few of these illegals would qualify to immigrate legally, there are clear requirements for someone to immigrate here and most of them fail these requirements. We don't allow immigrants to come here and jump on our welfare and public services sucking them dry by the billions of dollars. AND we have to freaking borrow the damn money from China and pay interest on it forever, HELLO $18 trillion dollar debt. Earth to libs we are not swimming in cash we can't afford to care for our own poor let alone the rest of the worlds.

 

[BluesLegend]

Giving these illegals amnesty is about one thing and one thing only, importing 12 million poor uneducated foreigners Democrats will bribe with government hand outs to cancel out the votes of 12 million Americans and throw elections to Democrats. 12 million Americans just said goodbye to their votes counting. Regardless of the liberals LIES we all know their goal is to give them amnesty and the right to vote.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Net Migration from Mexico Falls to Zero and Perhaps Less Pew Research Center s Hispanic Trends Project

Thank you Mr President.

 

[rdean]

Net Migration from Mexico Falls to Zero and Perhaps Less Pew Research Center s Hispanic Trends Project

As a result of Democrats' failed economic policy.
But that doesnt matter. We still have an immigration issue. And not every immigrant comes from Mexico.

Democrats failed economic policy that brought back the economy or the GOP's working policies that moved millions of jobs to China, closed tens of thousands of American factories, redistributed the wealth of nation to the top 1% and gave us the disastrous "trickle down" theory of economics?

Somehow, Democratic failure is better than GOP success.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Hell ... He referred to illegal immigrants as law-abiding citizens.
That might have a hard time passing a fact check.

.

1/3 of illegals already file fraudulent tax returns claiming $4 billion in child tax credit refunds they are not entitled to because they are not U.S. citizens. This was a few hundred million dollar problem under Bush and it exploded under Obama. Dem's in congress have blocked all attempts to put a stop to this fraud.

The National Geographic filmed a documentary on how illegals have taken over the Meth industry in this country, stringing our kids out on this crap killing and destroying them.

Damn few of these illegals would qualify to immigrate legally, there are clear requirements for someone to immigrate here and most of them fail these requirements. We don't allow immigrants to come here and jump on our welfare and public services sucking them dry by the billions of dollars. AND we have to freaking borrow the damn money from China and pay interest on it forever, HELLO $18 trillion dollar debt. Earth to libs we are not swimming in cash we can't afford to care for our own poor let alone the rest of the worlds.

Giving these illegals amnesty is about one thing and one thing only, importing 12 million poor uneducated foreigners Democrats will bribe with government hand outs to cancel out the votes of 12 million Americans and throw elections to Democrats. 12 million Americans just said goodbye to their votes counting. Regardless of the liberals LIES we all know their goal is to give them amnesty and the right to vote.

 

[Moonglow]

Net Migration from Mexico Falls to Zero and Perhaps Less Pew Research Center s Hispanic Trends Project

As a result of Democrats' failed economic policy.
But that doesnt matter. We still have an immigration issue. And not every immigrant comes from Mexico.

Democrats failed economic policy that brought back the economy or the GOP's working policies that moved millions of jobs to China, closed tens of thousands of American factories, redistributed the wealth of nation to the top 1% and gave us the disastrous "trickle down" theory of economics?

Somehow, Democratic failure is better than GOP success.

Not to mention the two recessions during Bushed....

 

[Moonglow]

70,000 illegal Polish in this nation and all we here from the haters is Mexicans......maybe Latino's...

 

[Moonglow]

Giving these illegals amnesty is about one thing and one thing only, importing 12 million poor uneducated foreigners Democrats will bribe with government hand outs to cancel out the votes of 12 million Americans and throw elections to Democrats. 12 million Americans just said goodbye to their votes counting. Regardless of the liberals LIES we all know their goal is to give them amnesty and the right to vote.

Reagan is not president...but, he did do dat...........

 

[BlackSand]

Hell ... He referred to illegal immigrants as law-abiding citizens.
That might have a hard time passing a fact check.

 

[gipper]

The rogue POTUS...

Summary:
- He has very low approval ratings.
- His party and policies were resoundingly repudiated in mid-term elections just a few days ago.
- Amnesty has never been approved by a majority of Americans.
- Many Rs and some Ds in Congress warned BO against using executive orders.

BO ignores all and goes rogue.

 

[BluesLegend]

Hell ... He referred to illegal immigrants as law-abiding citizens.
That might have a hard time passing a fact check.

.

1/3 of illegals already file fraudulent tax returns claiming $4 billion in child tax credit refunds they are not entitled to because they are not U.S. citizens. This was a few hundred million dollar problem under Bush and it exploded under Obama. Dem's in congress have blocked all attempts to put a stop to this fraud.

The National Geographic filmed a documentary on how illegals have taken over the Meth industry in this country, stringing our kids out on this crap killing and destroying them.

Damn few of these illegals would qualify to immigrate legally, there are clear requirements for someone to immigrate here and most of them fail these requirements. We don't allow immigrants to come here and jump on our welfare and public services sucking them dry by the billions of dollars. AND we have to freaking borrow the damn money from China and pay interest on it forever, HELLO $18 trillion dollar debt. Earth to libs we are not swimming in cash we can't afford to care for our own poor let alone the rest of the worlds.

Giving these illegals amnesty is about one thing and one thing only, importing 12 million poor uneducated foreigners Democrats will bribe with government hand outs to cancel out the votes of 12 million Americans and throw elections to Democrats. 12 million Americans just said goodbye to their votes counting. Regardless of the liberals LIES we all know their goal is to give them amnesty and the right to vote.

http://www.libsarelyingdeflectingscum.com

 

[The Rabbi]

Net Migration from Mexico Falls to Zero and Perhaps Less Pew Research Center s Hispanic Trends Project

As a result of Democrats' failed economic policy.
But that doesnt matter. We still have an immigration issue. And not every immigrant comes from Mexico.

Democrats failed economic policy that brought back the economy or the GOP's working policies that moved millions of jobs to China, closed tens of thousands of American factories, redistributed the wealth of nation to the top 1% and gave us the disastrous "trickle down" theory of economics?

Somehow, Democratic failure is better than GOP success.

Not to mention the two recessions during Bushed....

You mean the one caused by Clinton's failures to confront al Qaeda and the one caused by Congressional Democrats?

 

[Stephanie]

no surprise. Everything that comes out of his mouth is or has been a LIE. I don't how he can stand himself or sleep at night