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In reply to the discussion: Obama's 2015 budget continues arbitrary quota for private prison beds filled by immigrants. [View all]NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)26. I stand corrected.
Last edited Tue Apr 1, 2014, 04:46 PM - Edit history (1)
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2569173
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Obama's 2015 budget continues arbitrary quota for private prison beds filled by immigrants. [View all]
woo me with science
Apr 2014
OP
"Immigrants who have committed no crimes" will be put in prison? I'm going to have to see the proof
NYC_SKP
Apr 2014
#1
How do you feel about the government's guaranteeing bed occupancy in private prisons
woo me with science
Apr 2014
#2
See my additional comments. Congress members want to keep their friends in business.
NYC_SKP
Apr 2014
#5
I'm tired of the lie that Republican obstructionism is the problem here.
woo me with science
Apr 2014
#6
It's old news and Obama has since come out in favor of reducing the number of slots
NYC_SKP
Apr 2014
#29
So the OP is correct and you are LYING in denouncing it as "LIES" down thread.
cthulu2016
Apr 2014
#31
"Sounds like a fishy attempt to smear the POTUS just as election season is looming"
Cali_Democrat
Apr 2014
#4
Unforunately, it's a law, and this budget (once again) proposes reducing the number.
frazzled
Apr 2014
#7
Don't be absurd. You're accusing people of "lying" for pointing out the facts.
ProSense
Apr 2014
#37
As the president has no line item veto, a law passed under Article 1 section 8
msanthrope
Apr 2014
#9
Does no one teach civics anymore? You do realize of course that the president is charged
msanthrope
Apr 2014
#51
"Yes, Obama's budget for 2015 proposes a very small decrease in the number of quota beds."
ProSense
Apr 2014
#22
"The request for this token decrease has been made before, with no serious effort, ever...
ProSense
Apr 2014
#27
Your post and links are LIES. So you resort to insults. Typical when losing the argument.
NYC_SKP
Apr 2014
#24
You keep ignoring the fact the the OP has backtracked and admitted a decrease n/t
ProSense
Apr 2014
#36
All the edits can be seen by clicking the "Thread Info" button at the bottom of the OP...
SidDithers
Apr 2014
#33
There is no law that the President must maintain quotas for the imprisonment of human beings
woo me with science
Apr 2014
#40
Um... YES! ("Maybe the next President could simply leave out funding for any law s/he opposes.")
cthulu2016
Apr 2014
#45
There is no law requiring the President to budget any particular amount for this in his proposals
TheKentuckian
Apr 2014
#48
Obam is clueless when it comes to undocumented workers, border enforcement, etc.
Vattel
Apr 2014
#43