NBC Skips Obama's Major Shift on Immigration, Covers 500 Pound Pig
By Scott Whitlock | August 22, 2011 | 17:04
NBC has yet to cover a major shift by the Obama administration that would halt deportation of illegal immigrants who have not committed a crime. According to the Washington Times, up to 300,000 cases could be impacted by this decision.
Despite ignoring the development, NBC did find time to cover the story of Boris, the 550 pound pig. Natalie Morales explained, "His owners have him on a diet and he's dropped an impressive 75 pounds."
The pig coverage appeared on Friday's Today, a program that lasts for four hours. Boris warranted more attention than the new immigration policy.
The change garnered more coverage on CBS's Evening News and Early Show. ABC's World News also mentioned it briefly.
On Friday's Evening News, John Blackstone mostly framed the development through the prism of an illegal immigrant.
He related, "Andrea Garcia was five years old when her mother brought her here illegally from Mexico. Now she's a college graduate."
The reporter sympathetically relayed, "The new policy directing immigration authorities to focus on deporting convicted criminals may mean Andrea's family can stay."
Blackstone allowed one clip of Dan Stein with the conservative Federation for American Immigration Reform. He derided, "They think most immigrants are going to vote Democrat. It's pure partisan politics."
ABC wasn't much better. On Thursday's World News, Diane Sawyer briefly explained:
DIANE SAWYER: And now, news on one of America's hot button issues, illegal immigration. A major policy change was announced today. The Obama administration will stop deporting illegal immigrants who have not committed a crime in this country. Instead, offering some of the 300,000 people clogging the courts a case by case review and a chance to apply for a work permit.
Good Morning America has, thus far, ignored the story.
A transcript of the August 19 Evening News segment can be found below:
SCOTT PELLEY: The Obama administration announced a big change in immigration policy this week. Many undocumented immigrants with no criminal records will be allowed to stay in this country and apply for work permits. 300,000 cases will now be reviewed one by one. We asked John Blackstone to look into what it means.
JOHN BLACKSTONE: Andrea Garcia was five years old when her mother brought her here illegally from Mexico. Now she's a college graduate.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is my life, this is my culture and I am American.
BLACKSTONE: But her life in America is threatened by a pending deportation order.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It was very surreal. Our lawyer calling us and saying, you know, they might come pick you guys up at 5:00 in the morning.
BLACKSTONE: The new policy directing immigration authorities to focus on deporting convicted criminals may mean Andrea`s family can stay.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We`re just kind of floating there in limbo, we don`t know.
BLACKTONE: You still can`t relax fully about this?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No.
BLACKSTONE: Immigrant advocates like attorney Mike Silverman says the change makes economic sense. Each deportation costs an estimated $24,000.
MIKE SILVERMAN (Attorney): Do we want to spend our money deporting and looking for janitors and college students, or do we want to focus on people who have committed serious crimes?
BLACKSTONE: Critics like Dan Stein say the administration move is not about saving money, it`s about getting votes.
DAN STEIN (Federation for American Immigration Reform): This administration is attitudinally (ph) opposed to immigration law enforcement. They think most immigrants are going to vote Democrat. It`s pure partisan politics.
BLACKSTONE: Hispanic voters have made it clear they`re unhappy with the president`s failure to achieve immigration reform. Last year, the defeat of the Dream Act disappointed thousands of young undocumented immigrants. The act would have provided a path to legalization for those brought here as children, like Andrea Garcia.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It`s just kind of like this emotional roller coaster. There`s no real, like, stability in my life, because I really don`t know what`s going to happen.
BLACKSTONE: There are an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants whose life in the shadows may be made easier with this policy change.
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Appeasing illegal aliens
Submitted by Brittanicus on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 5:28pm.
Urge Congress to pass the halt act.
Did any Americans expect the Obama government to sidestep the Congress by executive order, giving 300.000 nationals to probably receive a free pass? I guess when the polls say your ability to run the government is in the doldrums, the only method of hoping for better outcome in 2012, is for the ethnic majority--legal and illegal is to get out the vote. Because our federal voting laws are so negligent, voting numbers for Obama, will be magnified illegally by foreign nationals in that election. More and more states are requesting official picture ID to vote, such as a Drivers License, but even that ID is not without risk?
Of course the Obama administration and the hard core leftists that are in the Department of In-Justice agency, this new policy will remain subdued when carried by the Liberal press. So the majority of the general public will stay satisfactory ignorant. Simply put, you only hear the propaganda and rhetoric from the Left wing of reporters in the national press. The moderate side of the media is disturbed by the costs involved, when the dollar figure expenditures are alerted by different states, to appease the illegal alien invaders. Highest on the dollar spectrum is the instant citizenship for babies, a misinterpreted text under 14th Amendment. Over three hundred thousand babies annually are smuggled into America inside the pregnant Mother across borders or through airlines entry points. Once here the baby born gets an automatic birth certificate, the illegal mother can collect all manner of welfare payments, including the free hospital stay. It bears repeating that the small state of Rhode Island, is caught up in this forced judicial law as are all Americas taxpayers.
The fact is that it’s perfectly legal for a impoverished, pregnant illegal alien, who presents herself as such, to receive state aid in Rhode Island or come to that most states, especially frontier states. It’s the law! As Rep. Peter G. Palumbo (D-RI) reported, if pregnant illegal aliens show up at a Human Services office in Rhode Island, they are given the option of Blue Cross, United Healthcare, or Neighborhood Health insurance. They also receive a $450 a month debit card, and $275 a month in food stamps. According to Palumbo, the extension of such entitlement programs to illegal aliens is costing the state approximately $150-$350 million a year.
We've got to reverse Obama's Backdoor Amnesty. No Backdoor Amnesties! No states without E-Verify protection or “Secure Communities.” No more giving away American jobs to illegal aliens! There is no other option, but to remove through mandatory E-Verify (the business safety-net that identifies foreigners in the workplace) and in addition start amplifying 'Secure Communities." 22 million US citizens and legal residents should not be searching for a job, when the Democrats are abusing the "Rule of Law" that all Americans are committed too, written down in the US Constitution.
Last week, the White House announced a new plan that will provide an amnesty to non-criminal illegal aliens. Under the new policy, deportation cases will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and certain illegal aliens will not only avoid deportation, but could also apply for work permits.
Under the plan, 300,000 illegal aliens could receive work permits while 22 million Americans who want a full-time job can't find one!
Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Lamar Smith, has introduced legislation that would prevent Pres. Obama and the Department of Homeland Security from moving forward with this policy. The HALT Act (H.R.2497) would prevent the Obama Administration from:
• granting parole (except in narrow circumstances),
• issuing deferred action (except in narrow circumstances),
• issuing extended voluntary departure to removable aliens,
• granting work authorization to aliens on a discretionary basis,
• granting TPS to any new groups of aliens,
• waiving the three and 10 year bars to admittance for aliens who have been illegally present in the U.S., and
• Granting cancellation of removal to illegal immigrants.
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Contact your U.S. Representative urging him/her to support Rep. Smith's HALT Act. Remember the TEA PARTY leadership is against any form of AMNESTY, as this reckless law that President Obama has just past. The more millions that are encouraged to smuggle themselves into this nation, the more money it cost taxpayers. The worst flaw in Immigration laws is CHAIN MIGRATION. This law must be rescinded, after the original sponsor drops his surety and taxpayers become the payee for those family circle sponsored. They collect (SSI) Supplementary Security income and state payments, which none of these sponsored people have ever paid into. Read all the facts at NumbersUSA, Federation for American Immigration Reform, V-DARE and Judicial Watch for corruption in Washington
They covered a 500 lb. pig?
Submitted by ant on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 5:47pm.
You mean they were allowed to follow MO around on Martha's Vineyard? I know, low blow. I don't care, screw 'em, they call us worse.
For a moment
Submitted by zenman1661 on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 6:38pm.
I thought the headline referred to an article about Michael Moore
Hahhaha
Submitted by SheilaK on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 6:42pm.
My first thought!
Yeah, NBC will always operate
Submitted by rbosque on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 6:39pm.
Yeah, NBC will always operate as Obama's diapers. Their full-time job is to cover the Messiah's ass no matter what. Obama is in contmpt of Congress, in contempt of the Constitution and the public isn't supposed to know about it.
So much for "We the People"...
Who's in charge now??? 'Cause it's NOT US.
Scott, one minor, or not so minor, thing.
Submitted by UpNorth on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 8:43pm.
You said, "that would halt deportation of illegal immigrants who have not committed a crime". They've committed a crime, they're here illegally.
One of my good friend's wife just got naturalized as a U.S. citizen last Wednesday. Now, he said it's like she was a sucker, she should have just entered Meh-hee-co, then crossed illegally into the U.S. She would have gotten amnesty, and more than likely, down the road, compensation, and free tuition for her daughters to attend college.
500 Lb Pig
Submitted by Callie369 on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 2:46am.
I thought it was another attack on Chris Christi!!!!
Obama's Joseph Goebbels
Submitted by jacket06 on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 8:29am.
Obama's Joseph Goebbels Propaganda & Media Control Machine at its finest!