President Obama at town hall: "I’m not just going to stand still over the next two years."

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from WaPo:



____President Obama said Wednesday that the administration will be "as aggressive as we can" on a Texas judge's ruling that temporarily blocked the administration's deferred-deportation program and he will veto any potential congressional vote on whether or not his executive actions on immigration are legal.

“Unfortunately a group of Republican governors sued. They found a District Court judge who enjoined… but that’s just the first part of the process," Obama said at a town hall event hosted by MSNBC and Telemundo in Miami. "This is just one federal judge. We have appealed it very aggressively. We’re going to be as aggressive as we can. In the meantime, what we said to Republicans is, ‘Instead of trying to hold hostage funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which is so important for our national security, fund that and let’s get on with passing comprehensive immigration reform.’”

President Obama continued: “In the short term if Mr. McConnell, the leader of the Senate, and the speaker of the House, John Boehner, want to have vote over whether what I’m doing is legal or not they can have that vote. I will veto that vote because I’m absolutely confident it’s the right thing we do...”

“We’ve got to pass a bill. The pressure’s got to continue to stay on Congress. The pressure’s got to continue to stay on the Republican Party that is blocking comprehensive immigration reform… For the next set of presidential candidates -- because I’m term-limited, Michelle’s happy about that -- when they start asking for votes, the first question should be, ‘Are you really going to deport 11 million people? If not, what’s your plan?’ ... We’re going to have to keep on the political process on a separate track.”

... Obama said in Miami that he hasn't "given up passing it when I’m president. Don’t suddenly give up and say, ‘Oh we have to wait the next two years.’ … I’m not just going to stand still over the next two years."



read: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/02/25/obama-meets-with-immigration-activists-ahead-of-florida-town-hall/

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[Hekate]

1. Obama is a man on a mission, and he's not going to be stopped now.

[msongs]

2. nice to hear him say Republicans instead of folks, my friends etc helps to identify the cause of

problems

[Skittles]

3. jeez it is about fucking time

[uponit7771]

4. Obama is now going to call out republicans like ALL dems should be doing and stop letting the GOP..

...homogenize the blame here

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5. update: vid in op

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