Obama To Grant Immunity To Illegal Haitians

[az110965 252]

Fresh off the AP wire is that in light of the tragedy in Haiti, President Obama is granting illegal status Haitians immunity to stay in the USA. Obama's view was that it wouldn't be fair to send them back to Haiti because of the devestation that occured there.

I for one feel the deepest of sympathy for people of Haiti but REALLY???? Immunity from deportation because Haiti suffered an earthquake????

I personally feel like people from Haiti (and all over the world) are welcome to immigrate LEGALLY to the USA, but since when does an earthquake qualify somone basically for asylum in the USA?

There are natural disasters all over the world on a regular basis (ie: the tsunami which all but destroyed Indonasia several years ago) that are tragic in their occurance, but victims of THOSE disaters weren't afforded any special immigration status.

I'm waiting for my fiancee's visa to be LEGALLY processed (as we all are on this forum) and I'm just a little insulted by President Obams's actions.

Alan

[English Muffin 59]

Source?

[az110965 252]

Source?

Off the AP (Associated Press) wire - posted on the AP at 5:30EST today.

[jundp 191]

What would you like to send them back to?

[az110965 252]

Off the AP (Associated Press) wire - posted on the AP at 5:30EST today.

http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=193870

[English Muffin 59]

I'm waiting for my fiancee's visa to be LEGALLY processed (as we all are on this forum) and I'm just a little insulted by President Obams's actions.

That has to be one of the most selfish things I ever heard in my time on VJ.

For once, I'm actually speechless.

[az110965 252]

What would you like to send them back to?

Where would I like to send them back to? You're missing the point in my humble opinion...

The USA last year gave $290 Million dollars to Haiti in aid, and $290 Million the year before.

I have nothing against Haitians or any other nationality, but why do Haitians who ILLEGALLY immigrated into the USA get preferential treatment?

[az110965 252]

That has to be one of the most selfish things I ever heard in my time on VJ.

For once, I'm actually speechless.

I don't believe that I was being selfish at all, I'm merely stating facts. In what way have I been selfish in my comments?

I said that ALL people are welcome in the US - just come legally... Is that selfish?

I said that other nations have suffered natural disasters and those victims weren't afforded asulym. THAT isn't being selfish.

I also expressed my sadness regarding what happened to the people and country of Haiti - THAT wasn't selfish.

[Aniomaman 0]

Fresh off the AP wire is that in light of the tragedy in Haiti, President Obama is granting illegal status Haitians immunity to stay in the USA. Obama's view was that it wouldn't be fair to send them back to Haiti because of the devestation that occured there.

I for one feel the deepest of sympathy for people of Haiti but REALLY???? Immunity from deportation because Haiti suffered an earthquake????

I personally feel like people from Haiti (and all over the world) are welcome to immigrate LEGALLY to the USA, but since when does an earthquake qualify somone basically for asylum in the USA?

There are natural disasters all over the world on a regular basis (ie: the tsunami which all but destroyed Indonasia several years ago) that are tragic in their occurance, but victims of THOSE disaters weren't afforded any special immigration status.

I'm waiting for my fiancee's visa to be LEGALLY processed (as we all are on this forum) and I'm just a little insulted by President Obams's actions.

Alan

Do you have a soul? And really if Obama decides to do this, i'm sure you know there is nothing YOU can do about it. You have obviously let your emotions becloud your sense of reasoning!

[lucyrich 20]

Where would I like to send them back to? You're missing the point in my humble opinion...

The USA last year gave $290 Million dollars to Haiti in aid, and $290 Million the year before.

I have nothing against Haitians or any other nationality, but why do Haitians who ILLEGALLY immigrated into the USA get preferential treatment?

Temporary protected status is hardly preferrential treatment. It just means their deportation to Haiti will wait until conditions in Haiti return to some sense of normalcy. It's not as though they will be exempt from deportation. Those who are in detention now will remain in detention until they can be deported.

After the temporary protected status expires, they will revert to their previous immigration status. Temporary protected status is NOT a ticket to a green card, citizenship, or a long-term stay.

It's little more than an acknowledgement of the fact that you can't get a commercial flight to Haiti right now.

[Richard90027 1]

Yea I was just watching CNN when those ####**les were throwing food donated on the ground because they confused the manufacture date with the expiration. Let them wait another week and they will eat dirt or pick up the good food they threw on the ground. Are these the kind of assho*es we want in this country. Hell NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[jundp 191]

OMG.

What the hell is wrong with you people? Do you not understand how many people have died in the last couple of days there? Conditions you can't even possibly fathom? Temporary protected status doesn't mean they won't ever have to go back, but there isn't much for them to go back to now.

Yeah, I get it, follow the law, immigrate legally. I understand this. I followed the law too. But I also believe that we are tested in times of great tragedy and I fully subscribe to the belief that it is our duty to help those in need. If that means granting them temporary protected status because they can't get home anyway...

[Rhiannercakes 14]

OMG.

What the hell is wrong with you people? Do you not understand how many people have died in the last couple of days there? Conditions you can't even possibly fathom? Temporary protected status doesn't mean they won't ever have to go back, but there isn't much for them to go back to now.

Yeah, I get it, follow the law, immigrate legally. I understand this. I followed the law too. But I also believe that we are tested in times of great tragedy and I fully subscribe to the belief that it is our duty to help those in need. If that means granting them temporary protected status because they can't get home anyway...

I totally agree with you.

[English Muffin 59]

Jundp, you're wasting your time on these people. I don't believe Richard 90027 or az110965 really have the intelligence to understand what is going on. I pity them.

[jundp 191]

Grrrrrrrr