londonfog
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The fact that you believed Dick Cheney did not profit on the war he helped started, speaks volumes of your knowledge. Please keep quiet when grown folks are having a conversation.
Texas Sends Armed Troops to Defend the Border
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Vapor eyez
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Guarding the border is complete non sense, our government wants them here, George Bush let them flood the US to lower our standards and trash the American dollar. Illegal immigrants have more rights and stand a better chance than I do here in Texas. Not being racist, just telling it how it is.
DonAlejandroVega
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trash the American dollar?
Fed Monopoly Money is pretty easy to trash. I wonder if Jackson will feel different, than Ben Franklin, on my dirty bum, in 2016.......
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londonfog
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Well They might have more rights to claim the land of Texas then you do. Karma is one bad as bitch
Vapor eyez
Member
Not sure what you're trying to prove but there's no stopping the immigrants, its too late, our government has turned this country into a melting pot
Vapor eyez
Member
Why would they? That's my point.. people are so quick to hand everything over to them..
londonfog
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Yup Lord forbid America becoming the Great Melting Pot. WTF
Vapor eyez
Member
Lol.. wow
DonAlejandroVega
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great.......Spanish-speaking Palestinians.........
DonAlejandroVega
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turned it into a melting pot? that's what its supposed to be. e pluribus unum
its not though.....oh, no. its a patchwork, and its coming apart at the seams. and you'll all mostly perish in the unraveling
sheskunk
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US releases immigrant families, won't say how many
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has released into the U.S. an untold number of immigrant families caught traveling illegally from Central America in recent months — and although the government knows how many it's released, it won't say publicly.
Senior U.S. officials directly familiar with the issue, including at the Homeland Security Department and White House, have so far dodged the answer on at least seven occasions over two weeks, alternately saying that they did not know the figure or didn't have it immediately at hand. "We will get back to you," the Homeland Security deputy secretary said Friday.
The figure is widely believed to exceed 40,000 since October. It's believed to be slightly below the roughly 52,000 children caught traveling illegally from Central America over the same period, an extraordinary increase since last year that is driving a humanitarian crisis at the border.
Despite promises to the contrary, this is how it looks when the image-conscious Obama administration doesn't want to reveal politically sensitive information that could influence an important policy debate. The mystery figure is significant because the number of families caught crossing from Central America represents a large share of new immigration cases that will further strain the overwhelmed U.S. immigration courts system. It also affects federal enforcement strategy, such as where to deploy the border patrol, and political calculations about whether Congress or the White House will relax American immigration laws or regulations before upcoming congressional elections in November.
Most of the immigrant families are from Honduras, El Salvador or Guatemala and cannot be immediately repatriated, so the government has been releasing them into the U.S. interior and telling them to report within 15 days to the nearest U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement offices. Despite promises for better transparency on immigration issues, the administration has been unwilling to say how many immigrant families it's released — hundreds or thousands — or how many of those subsequently reported back to the government after 15 days as directed.
The government has limited options for detaining families caught crossing the border illegally, usually mothers with children. It has space for fewer than 100 family members at its only detention center for them, in Berks County, Pennsylvania. The administration announced Friday that it will open new detention facilities for immigrant families, including a 700-bed facility at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, New Mexico, which is home to the Border Patrol's training academy. It didn't say when that new immigration jail would open or how many others it will build.
The administration did not immediately respond Monday to renewed questions about why it won't reveal the figure.
Here are details of at least seven occasions since June 9 when senior U.S. officials declined to say how many immigrant families the government has released in recent months:
—June 9: A senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity during a conference call, told reporters there was no information available about the number of adults with children who were released.
—June 10: On Capitol Hill for a congressional briefing, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson told an Associated Press reporter in response to a question about the figure: "I have no news for you." He urged AP to ask the department's public affairs office, which did not answer roughly a dozen requests for the information.
—June 12: At a news conference about immigration, the Homeland Security secretary did not respond to a shouted question about the number of immigrants released.
—June 13: The Customs and Border Protection commissioner, Gil Kerlikowske, told the AP that he didn't know how many immigrants his agency released. He said the administration was compiling the data.
—June 13: During a visit to Chicago, Johnson told the AP he didn't have the information with him.
—Friday: On a conference call, the Homeland Security deputy secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, said, "We will get back to you with respect to the precise numbers on the notices to appear." He added later: "I don't have the response to the data question that you asked."
—Friday: When reporters asked White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest about the releases during a news conference, he responded: "I don't have those numbers here ... but what I do have is a clear commitment from this administration to deal with what is an emerging humanitarian situation."
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has released into the U.S. an untold number of immigrant families caught traveling illegally from Central America in recent months — and although the government knows how many it's released, it won't say publicly.
Senior U.S. officials directly familiar with the issue, including at the Homeland Security Department and White House, have so far dodged the answer on at least seven occasions over two weeks, alternately saying that they did not know the figure or didn't have it immediately at hand. "We will get back to you," the Homeland Security deputy secretary said Friday.
The figure is widely believed to exceed 40,000 since October. It's believed to be slightly below the roughly 52,000 children caught traveling illegally from Central America over the same period, an extraordinary increase since last year that is driving a humanitarian crisis at the border.
Despite promises to the contrary, this is how it looks when the image-conscious Obama administration doesn't want to reveal politically sensitive information that could influence an important policy debate. The mystery figure is significant because the number of families caught crossing from Central America represents a large share of new immigration cases that will further strain the overwhelmed U.S. immigration courts system. It also affects federal enforcement strategy, such as where to deploy the border patrol, and political calculations about whether Congress or the White House will relax American immigration laws or regulations before upcoming congressional elections in November.
Most of the immigrant families are from Honduras, El Salvador or Guatemala and cannot be immediately repatriated, so the government has been releasing them into the U.S. interior and telling them to report within 15 days to the nearest U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement offices. Despite promises for better transparency on immigration issues, the administration has been unwilling to say how many immigrant families it's released — hundreds or thousands — or how many of those subsequently reported back to the government after 15 days as directed.
The government has limited options for detaining families caught crossing the border illegally, usually mothers with children. It has space for fewer than 100 family members at its only detention center for them, in Berks County, Pennsylvania. The administration announced Friday that it will open new detention facilities for immigrant families, including a 700-bed facility at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, New Mexico, which is home to the Border Patrol's training academy. It didn't say when that new immigration jail would open or how many others it will build.
The administration did not immediately respond Monday to renewed questions about why it won't reveal the figure.
Here are details of at least seven occasions since June 9 when senior U.S. officials declined to say how many immigrant families the government has released in recent months:
—June 9: A senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity during a conference call, told reporters there was no information available about the number of adults with children who were released.
—June 10: On Capitol Hill for a congressional briefing, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson told an Associated Press reporter in response to a question about the figure: "I have no news for you." He urged AP to ask the department's public affairs office, which did not answer roughly a dozen requests for the information.
—June 12: At a news conference about immigration, the Homeland Security secretary did not respond to a shouted question about the number of immigrants released.
—June 13: The Customs and Border Protection commissioner, Gil Kerlikowske, told the AP that he didn't know how many immigrants his agency released. He said the administration was compiling the data.
—June 13: During a visit to Chicago, Johnson told the AP he didn't have the information with him.
—Friday: On a conference call, the Homeland Security deputy secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, said, "We will get back to you with respect to the precise numbers on the notices to appear." He added later: "I don't have the response to the data question that you asked."
—Friday: When reporters asked White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest about the releases during a news conference, he responded: "I don't have those numbers here ... but what I do have is a clear commitment from this administration to deal with what is an emerging humanitarian situation."
UncleBuck
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i don't think that's racist, but i do question "illegal immigrants have more rights".
example?
i can give numerous examples of how they have many less rights.
UncleBuck
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late may was a big sign up time for some reason. so many brand new accounts from that time jumping right into politics.Yup Lord forbid America becoming the Great Melting Pot. WTF
Red1966
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Lets be truthful here. I said Cheney sold his stock before taking office. So you devised an elaborate "trap" to try to silence me. You made a bet that Cheney did not do this, the wager being if I was wrong I would leave "politics" forever. You then trotted out that Cheney still had stock options, being too "grown folk" to know that an option is NOT a stock. Now you are trying to reword the bet and change the meaning of "options". You want to pretend that the taxes he paid on money he received from those options that he donated to charity became a "profit" when they were returned. You then refused to honor your bet. So don't get all "high and mighty" when you refuse to honor a bet you lost. You have no honor and are a liar.
UncleBuck
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remind me how many shares of stock cheney sold to earn $6.9 million in 2005, 4 years after taking office.
londonfog
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When asked If Cheney made money off the war in Iraq . you stated. " I don't think so". He did. You were wrong !!!
He also thought that he sold ALL his stock. Question ?? If he sold all his stock how was he able to make 6.9 million off of stocks in 2005 ??? I'm sorry that you don't realize that having options can also allow you to have stocks. Which Cheney took full advantage of.
People like you, being so lacking in knowledge, allow people like Cheney to pull that one off. The profit came from his tax return. You do realize you can get money back on taxes when you donate. Look into the Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005 to find out how Cheney once again used the system to get the most money back
You should not want to be stuck on stupid forever.
um, that's NOT how it works in this country..link the evidence which PROVES bucky had something to do with it.
if anything desert dude should be suspect for that fucked up comment.
however, knowing the things i know..i'm gonna say in my professional opinion, it's NOT someone from RIU.
NLXSK1
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Al Gore has become a multi-millionaire off of carbon credit companies and selling his failing television station to a terrorist organization backed by oil money...
Cheney was an amateur...
londonfog
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yes, but again how many died for Gore to make his money vs Cheney to make his. Cheney lied to go to war, making dough off the war. But I do give him balls for shooting his friend and then making the friend say it was his fault..Fucking gangster move !!!!