Why does Obama seem to care more about illegals than Americans?

I'm not an immigrant.The majority of the people in the U.S. aren't immigrants.To be an immigrant,you have to migrate from another place.The majority of the people in the U.S. were born here.

Not to quibble with you over the immigrant point, but how long does that stay in play? I'm not trying to use today's formed laws and yesteryear's different attitude about immigration as a point of stance, but at what point does the "nation of immigrants" thing kinda give way to the fact that most of us living here today are not actually immigrants, but descendants of immigrants? (And by that scale, most people in the world are descendants of immigrants at one point in time - even Native Americans are technically 'immigrants' then.) I mean, that standard seems a bit loose. It would be like saying "the vast majority of black people in this country are slaves." I'm sure an overwhelming percentage of blacks in America can trace their ancestry back to slaves, but born into freedom generation after generation means it's no more.

I get what you're saying and I'm not really arguing it. But to equate our present circumstances with a time when folks were fleeing everything from starvation to persecution is just not as valid as I think most folks with that stance want it to be. I don't agree we should "close" the borders. But if we now have a system in place, where law prohibits illegal crossing (for whatever reason - if it's to be challenged, then challenge), then it must be enforced, because if America stands this strong as a nation forged of immigrants, then it also has to be said that we're a nation forged by rule of law. And while we might take a while to catch up and right wrongs, they will be righted. There's a middle ground most of us want to get to that allows people to legally come here. That's it. No more no less. For a more lighthearted anology -- it's like somebody calling you with *67 and the ID shows the "unknown caller," or somebody's knocking but they're blocking the peep hole so you can't see who it is. If you're not trying to sell me anything, then show your number. Don't want to stab me and steal my Cheerios? Okay, show me who's knocking. The fact that folks just sneak in and set up shop is disconcerting to me. For every few hard-working, good, family-driven people jumping across, a criminal follows. No way to tell the difference. No way at all. Everything said on either side is just a best guess.

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I don't understand what you believe any newly legal immigrants would be able to accomplish in the situation your described. If it is legally determined through the judicial system that Obama is not a natural born citizen and is not eligible to hold office, the next step would be the impeachment process initiated by the congress. The voters and the American people have nothing to do with that...it's solely up to the House and Senate.

Ignoring the unsubstantiated point that Obama wasn't born in America - in the unlikely scenario that it was found that he wasn't in fact born here, he'd have a lot to worry about. He'd lose his presidency. He wouldn't go to jail, of course, because Biden would pardon him, but it's not like he'd go untouched.