It gets harder and harder to keep a straight face while listening to Obama administration.
Case in point: Janet Napolitano has announced that the people who were once called “illegal aliens” and were then called “illegal immigrants” and were then called “undocumented immigrants” are now to be called “newly-arrived asylum seekers.”
Here’s how Reuters reports the story:
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said illegal immigrants ranging from criminals to newly arrived asylum seekers would be held in different facilities according to the risk they pose.
“This is a system that encompasses many different types of detainees, not all of whom need to be held in prison-like circumstances,” Napolitano told a conference call.
Referring to noncriminals such as newly arrived asylum seekers, Napolitano said, “We will begin efforts to house these populations near immigration service providers and pursue different options like converted hotels or residential facilities for their detention.”
And now, as they say, the second shoe dropping, courtesy of Bloomberg:
Hotel foreclosures in California more than tripled in the first nine months of this year as business travelers and vacationers cut spending.
Foreclosures including the 400-room St. Regis Monarch Beach resort in Dana Point climbed to 47 in January through September from 15 a year earlier.
Properties in default more than quadrupled to 259, Irvine, California-based Atlas Hospitality Group said in a statement. Atlas specializes in selling hotels. The survey didn’t include states other than California.
Ahhhh, the administration’s economic program is working to perfection.
Just when it needs lots of “non-jail” facilities to house the “newly-arrived asylum seekers,” hundreds of hotels become available.
(By the way, we’re sure the liberal snobs in Dana Point, California will love the thought of welcoming hundreds of those newly-arrived asylum seekers to their quaint seaside community.)
Source: Reuters, Bloomberg
This post was last modified on October 18, 2023
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JD has hit it right on the nose, "undocumented democrats"..........thanks a million JD........................
it's not "newly arrived asylum seekers"....it's "undocumented democrats" which is exactly why O is about to throw open all border and give citizenship to everyone.
Thank you Admin for putting this out there...stuff like this gets me upset...kind of like not keeping score in kids sports anymore in fear of hurting someones feelings....
SACK UP AMERICA!!!
"Asylum seeker" applies to people who want to BECOME Americans, These "AS's" don't want to ASsimilate!
"This country was built on the strength of one language, one Judeo-Christian culture."
Actually, this is not true. There were several languages spoken in the original 13 colonies as well as several non-J/C religions. That is why the original Congress decided against adopting an official language. That is also why there is a 1st Amendment against establishing a state religion.
Don't blame this administration for the immigration problem. Instead, go back to the 1980s and look at what Reagan did to provide cheap labor for his business buddies. His 1986 reforms are what screwed the pooch, so to speak.
BTW, most so-called "illegals" are actually leaving because there aren't that many jobs for them. The jobs they once sought are now being filled by citizens. No one is stealing anything. You can't steal a job from someone who refuses to work because they think they are "too good" to clean toilets and mop floors.
The doors are covertly opening again to another illegal immigration invasion. We now discerned that religious organizations are trying to use their congregations as a fulcrum to apply president Obama's Immigration reform package. It's in my mind that just people of the Baptist faith like myself, who are ardent worshipers, but whoever live in the stark veracity of real-time. Many are aware of the dangers of leniency for lawbreakers, that will be even more magnified by not only those already here, but the destitute restless people waiting for the--AMNESTY--bell to clang? It’s utterly irrational to expect that millions more will not tear across our borders? Yes! They will greatly benefit, but what about the 15 million jobless Americans?
There is no possible way Citizens and legal residents can compete in this deep recession, against the poor of other countries? An avalanche of the young and old that will devour billions of more dollars from government handouts, to not only clothe, medicate, shelter and feed them, but the illegal laborers wages partly transferred abroad? Churchgoers may think they are doing god's work, but what they are actually doing is stealing the bread from American children's table, low income families lifeline of paying for gas to get them to work, pay for an apartment? The magnet of course is the inevitable abhorrent businesses, who will solicit for minimum wage illegal aliens to build on their profits. THIS IS WHY WE MUST DEMAND NATIONWIDE E-VERIFY! A COMMITMENT FROM THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE IT MANDATORY FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS A JOB, TO BE VETTED. THAT NOBODY SHOULD BE EXEMPT. PENALTIES FOR NOT UTILIZING E-VERIFY, SHOULD BE EXEMPLARY? WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AMERICAN LIVES IN TURMOIL, BECAUSE JOBS ARE BEING STOLEN BY ILLEGAL WORKERS.Its operation will draw to the surface illegal labor who should not be here. We should inform ICE of anybody hiring illegal immigrants or you have suspicion of underpaid workers. My church pastor on the outskirts of Indianapolis has been playing on the congregation’s sensitivities, but the good man was unable to answer the torrent of questions?
Least of all myself, who explained how the Council of Foreign Relations has been planning for years, to incorporate Mexico and Canada with ourselves, to import an unceasing flow of cheap labor? Or that the ACLU was founded by a communist or that groups like the Southern Poverty league was substantially financed by the business community, to undermine the reputations of anti-illegal immigrant groups. That even the radical ethnic caucuses such as La Raza was furnished by grants from our own government or corporate concerns. That in actual fact--WE--are paying the price tag as taxpayers for our own downfall? Unless a large majority of the population yells down the phone-lines at 202-224-3121 this nation will become a balkanized society?
This country was built on the strength of one language, one Judeo-Christian culture. Multicultural societies usually collapse, as in the Middle East. Even in the developed countries of Europe, their is a tenuous unsettled calm that will erupt finally over both legal and illegal immigration. Even America cannot support millions more people in their vehicles on eroding highways and surface streets. Our infrastructure has been blatantly ignored for years, bridges in urgent disrepair. We remain mostly alone in fighting foreign wars and other countries are telling us, that the dollar is unlikely to be the main trading currency. Then we have programmed political idiots we elected telling us, we need to pass a path to citizenship for the 20 million plus unfortunate peasant who illegally crossed our border.
WHERE IS THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS COMING FROM TO SUPPORT THE POOR PEOPLE OF THE WORLD? THE TAXPAYERS POCKET OF COURSE? My faith is very important to me, but that doesn't mean I'm going to commit financial suicide. Let these illegal aliens get there own governments in order, and not take from us? The Urgent truth can be found at NUMBERSUSA. Read about the corruption in Washington at JUDICIAL WATCH. CAPSWEB for the truth about OVERPOPULATION. BE REST ASSURED THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPECTED TO BE GUARDIANS OF ALL AMERICANS, ARE IN ACTUAL FACT THE PUPPETS OF THE BUSINESS CONSORTIUM'S AND SPECIAL INTEREST LOBBYISTS.
I have an idea for new job opportunities: Gov't provides people with chairs and guns and allows them to sit at the borders and shoot anyone sneaking, I mean seeking, asylum in our country.
I would quit my salaried job to make minimum wage if I could do this.
This entire administration should be seeking a psychiatric hospital. Then they also could be called asylum seekers.
“illegal aliens”, “illegal immigrants”, “undocumented immigrants”, “newly-arrived asylum seekers.” Humm.....To paraphrase Shakespeare, a skunk by any other name still stinks.
You see this is why Dear Leader just won the Nobel Peace Prize. We don't have an illegal alien problem anymore, just a simple adjustment in where we house asylum seekers. Then there is that long war on terror, no More!! The Won, changed the name and voila, peace in our time. We should be so glad that the brilliant American People so wisely chose our humble leader to bless not only us, but the world. Butterflies, puppies and kumbaya forever.
Kool aid anyone?