Holder calls amnesty a “civil right”

Holder calls amnesty a “civil right”. “Creating a pathway to earned citizenship for the 11 million unauthorized immigrants in this country is essential. The way we treat our friends and neighbors who are undocumented – by creating a mechanism for them to earn citizenship and move out of the shadows – transcends the issue of immigration status. This is a matter of civil and human rights.” There is such a mechanism, jackass – it’s called “US immigration law”. It defines the procedure for coming into the US legally, obtaining residency status and citizenship. This fool is calling for a mechanism to allow people who violated that law to get a free pass.

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  • Man, between O'Bungles, Binky, and THIS imbecile, this administration is certainly chock full o' laughs. Which is probably the only thing that will allow me to survive the next couple of years with my sanity mostly intact.

  • Holder needs to check Webster for the definition of amnesty. Amnesty is not a damn civil right.

    From Websters
    In criminal law, a sovereign act of oblivion or forgetfulness (from Greek amnestia, “forgetfulness”) granted by a government, especially to a group of persons who are guilty of (usually political) crimes in the past. It is often conditional upon the group's return to obedience and duty within a prescribed period.

    Notice the portion about person or person who are GUILTY of crimes in the past.

    There is a revolution coming and its coming in a hurry.

    • Deepthinker I like your post, you're right on point. These 'forgetful' border crossers should be forcefully reminded on which side of the border they belong. I'm so sick and tired of carrying an entire class of entitlement grabbing theives, who do nothing more than steal our sh*t and give it to another class of entitlement grabbing theives, simply because those theives will vote to keep the other theives where they are for another two, four, or six years.

      • Even the ones who actually DID come here, get a jb, pay taxes, etc (and yes, there are many who have) get screwed by being illegal. They have no recourse for emloyer abuse and exploitation, the frequently do with out routine medical and dental care, and they live in a high stress environment wondering if ICE will come knocking in the next 15 min. I appreciate they put themselves in that position, but when everyone is bitching that those of us who feel illegals are just that: Illegal and subject to deportation, that we are also looking at the well being of the immigrants themselves. If they come legally, they can work at a fair wage, educate their children (who won't be afraid to go to college for fear ICE will pick them up) and live a normal life, rather than always looking over their shoulders. I disagree with amnesty for one reason. It doesn't work. We have offered amnesty some 5 times in the last 50 years, and many have never come forward to accept the amnesty. And daily more illegals are crossing into the country. Some from the Southern Border (come to my city. We refer to it as little Mexico) but there are plenty entering from Canada where the border is not even as tight as the Southern border. Many come in by water as well. These gaps in security have already proven to be a problem, and its just getting worse. Of course, one of the issues is that we need far more people to monitor people who are here on Visas and overstay their approved time, and those (like the recent Saudi guy) who are supposed to be living and working or going to school in one place, and are nowhere to be found in that area. But that takes money. And that means Congress would have to give up some of their pet projects to adequatly fund ICE.

  • He has the right to be stupid, arrogant, incompetent, condescending, corrupt, dishonest, immoral, racist,...

    • Anf the IRS has the right to eviscerate you, disembowel you, and force you to pay for whatever they want.

    • Stop that! You and I will get stuck with the bill and I have two nephews to buy birthday presents for this month.

  • This administration doesn't give a damn about the rule of law. Not news to anyone here but it bears repeating.

  • I suppose next he'll claim the Mexican drug dealers have a 'civil right' to purchase weapons from ATF agents, that the Democratic party has a 'civil right' to purchase votes from poor people, and that he has a 'civil right' to lie to Congress.

  • Free pass my ass, we will pay out your ass for that ass to get a pass from the ass kissing media

    • HEY! He's Eric Holder! Civil rights are whatever he says they are!
      If you don't like it, he'll call his girlfriend Barack Obama and have him issue another Executive Order!