Once those two steps are completed, Obama said, the government should offer a path to citizenship for existing illegals.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...
I admire his honesty and his ability to get it right.
I have to say that he has the attention of everyone that live in a border state when comparing McCains views and flips on the border subject.
The latest Polls say it all.....
A recent ABC News/Washington Post poll found that 54 percent of Americans trusted Obama to handle the economy, while a paltry 35 percent said they trusted McCain. As for immigration, 48 percent said they trusted Obama on this issue, a good 10 percentage points ahead of the Arizona senator. On the federal deficit, 50 percent said they trusted Obama to handle it, with 36 percent siding with McCain.
The message of these numbers would seem clear: It’s nice to talk about Iraq dude, but it’s time for some "Straight Talk" about Ohio and Pennsylvania, Maine and New Hampshire.
http://www.washingtonindependent.com...
As a border state resident and a Democrat, I see first hand the problems that face our country with an open border. I read about the shoot outs between two groups of "coyotes" on the freeways and streets of Tucson and Phoenix.
Another fugitive arrested was Juan Figueroa Miranda, a prison gang member and bank robber. He was accused of parole violations. Police said Miranda, who was living at a motel along Interstate 10, had been using codeine, cocaine and marijuana.
Two others arrested were ``two Korean nationals who fled to Mexico after the murders of four individuals in California," said Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard. ``Using knives, they basically killed two adults and two children, dismembered the bodies and burned the house."
Steve Kwon and Jae Hwan Shim are wanted in the stabbing deaths of the four, in Lancaster, Calif., on June 23. The victims included a 10-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl. The suspects were returned to the United States through the Port of Entry at Douglas after they were tracked to Mexico with the help of Mexican authorities.
A Mexican murder suspect also was arrested in southern Arizona and turned over to authorities in Mexico.
http://ktar.com/...
And how people are kept in drop houses against their will.
Inside the house, detectives found 9 suspected UDA’s (undocumented aliens), 8 males and 1 female. Two suspected human smugglers had fled before detectives arrived.
The victims told investigators they were being held for ransom. The smugglers were demanding $3,200 a piece to secure their freedom. The UDA’s also said they had crossed the border into Arizona on July 12th and were taken to the house where they have been held ever since.
http://www.azfamily.com/...
So I am Proud of Obama as he will secure the border and stop the killing of people who are looking for a better life. People who find hell instead of freedom, slavery instead of work, and death instead of life when they agree to pay a Coyote to get them across the border.
By the way, McCain should lose the state of Arizona by a substantial margin..