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| HS Secretary: Illegals Have ‘Earned Right to be Citizens’ |
| 2014-01-26 |
| [CNS News] Speaking at the United States Conference of Mayors on Friday, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the approximately 11 million people who are in the country illegally have “earned the right to be citizens.” “An earned path to citizenship for those currently present in this country is a matter of, in my view, homeland security to encourage people to come out from the shadows,” said Johnson, in what he remarked was one of his first public speeches since being confirmed as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) chief in December. “It is also, frankly, in my judgment, a matter of who we are as Americans,” he said, “to offer the opportunity to those who want to be citizens, who’ve earned the right to be citizens, who are present in this country--many of whom came here as children--to have the opportunity that we all have to try to become American citizens.” So, an illegal activity (your words, not mine) produces "rights?" Perhaps if I chain myself to the gate of the Kennedy Space Center, NASA will declare me an astronaut. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #11 So Snowden 'earned the right' to release the material Mr Secretary? /sarc off |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-01-26 19:08 |
| #10 Raj: If you've not done so already, I can only recommend hiring a good immigration attorney. The Gov't does not like to fight these cases in a court of law where they will be quite easily found guilty of discrimination, and the plaintiffs awarded a handsome cash settlement. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-01-26 16:35 |
| #9 Jeh Johnson, please heed the message of the 3 wise mystic apes of Nippon... |
| Posted by: Oscar the Odorous8378 2014-01-26 14:39 |
| #8 Besoeker - one from India, two from Argentina. I already know not to hold my breath waiting. |
| Posted by: Raj 2014-01-26 14:31 |
| #7 Raj: Are your clients white Europeans or South Africans? Expect delays. Expect very long delays. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-01-26 14:03 |
| #6 Three of my clients have been trying to gain US citizenship legally, for years & years - have they earned the right, Mr. Secretary? |
| Posted by: Raj 2014-01-26 13:49 |
| #5 The word 'NEITHER' should be removed, apologies. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-01-26 12:52 |
| #4 The Obamacare Website and our fence and barricades along the Mexican border have one thing in common.... NEITHER both were designed to FAIL. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-01-26 12:51 |
| #3 And if a bank robber goes through enormous difficulty to break into a bank vault, he is entitled to keep the loot apparently. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2014-01-26 12:50 |
| #2 ...the fact that they were able to make it into our country, despite the extraordinary efforts of our government to prevent it, surely demonstrates their worthiness, right? RIGHT..? /sarc |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2014-01-26 12:45 |
| #1 Who made him King? |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-01-26 11:46 |