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Despite Obama, American Jews Will Still Blindly Vote for Democrats
Despite Obama, American Jews Will Still Blindly Vote for Democrats.
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CNN: Democrats Are "Twisting Themselves All Up In Knots" Trying To Avoid Obama
CNN: Democrats Are "Twisting Themselves All Up In Knots" Trying To Avoid Obama (September 2, 2014)
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Episode 5 - Immigration Reform
WTF is "Comprehensive Immigration Reform" and why does it seem to be the most contested issue in 21st Century America? We explain what the Senate meant by it in their 2013 bill. Read more...
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By Ashley Killough, CNN
updated 9:38 PM EDT, Thu September 4, 2014
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Washington (CNN) -- Gov. Chris Christie, who has long avoided wading into the immigration debate, said Thursday in Mexico City that he won't lay out his position on immigration reform unless he decides to run for president.
"Until that time I have no role in the immigration debate, except for how it may affect the individual citizens of New Jersey, which I'll deal with as governor," the New Jersey Republican told reporters.
"But I won't have anything to say on immigration unless and until I become a candidate for president of the United States," he continued. "If that happens, then I will articulate a full position on it."
Third of Mexicans would migrate to the U.S., survey finds
His comments came on the second of a three-day trip to Mexico, where the governor is meeting with Mexican dignitaries and business leaders to build economic and education partnerships.
While Christie has repeatedly criticized President Obama for his handling of security enforcement at the U.S.-Mexico border, the governor has yet to detail his own position on legislation reform.
"I know you guys are begging to have me focus on immigration, and let me put you to rest: I'm not going to," he said, referring to the news media. "You can ask in 18 different ways ... I'm not giving you the story, so you can move on to whatever your next questions are."
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Christie won't take stand on immigration
By Everard Meade & Mary Meg McCarthy5:55 p.m.Sept. 4, 2014
Sensible, bipartisan immigration reform isnt dead. But if we dont get back to basic constitutional principles, it will drown in cultural politics.
Throughout the Cold War, federal judges of all different stripes blasted the summary and/or arbitrary detention and deportation of noncitizens. They accused the government of trampling the Constitution. Many cited the battle for hearts and minds and the reign of arbitrary imprisonment behind the Iron Curtain.
With less chest-thumping, the federal courts have continued to issue blistering rebukes of U.S. immigration courts and law enforcement, calling upon them to mind the process and the facts of a particular case, not its presumed policy implications.
But the vast majority of immigration claims in the United States are not reviewed by the federal courts. They are litigated and decided entirely within the executive branch, and they are subject to very little public or judicial scrutiny.
Immigrants do not have a right to court-appointed counsel. They are often detained in remote jails, far from family, social, and legal support. If they win relief, the government can appeal, and the attorney general can overrule the Board of Immigration Appeals.
The immigration court system is totally overwhelmed. The current backlog stands at 375,000 cases. This translates into waits of five or more years for a hearing, and a bureaucracy in which many individuals simply get lost.
We spend $18 billion per year on immigration enforcement, but only $360 million on the adjudicatory system. Only 263 immigration judges serve our nation of immigrants.
Casual observers assume that immigration status is more or less obvious. They imagine a person captured by the Border Patrol while sneaking through the desert and wonder why they need much of a hearing.
People in these situations are summarily returned every day. But, in most cases, the circumstances are more complex.
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Fairness should be focus of bipartisan immigration reform