Vice President Joe Biden spoke Thursday to an audience at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s 2014 Legislative Summit. The estimated 11 million illegal aliens in the United States “are already Americans,” he said.
But not really. After all, It’s Obama who has the pen and the phone; everybody realizes that not everything Biden says has the potential to suddenly become law. Immigrants without legal permission to be in the United States are actually committing a crime and the Vice President can’t unilaterally change that.
“Eleven million people living in the shadows I believed are already American citizens,” Biden said. “These people are just waiting, waiting for a chance to be able to contribute fully, and by that standard, 11 million undocumented aliens are already Americans in my view.”Biden referenced former President Theodore Roosevelt’s 1894 speech titled “True Americanism.”
“Teddy Roosevelt said it better. He said, Americanism is not a question of birthplace or creed or a line of descent. It’s a question of principles, idealism and character,” Biden said.
Biden compared illegal immigrants to immigrants who legally entered the United States, saying it took “a lot of courage” to pick up and go to America where they don’t speak the language and no one seems to want them.
“It takes a whole hell of a lot of courage to be sitting at a wooden kitchen somewhere anywhere in the world and say, you know, I tell you what kids. Let’s all pick up and go to America where we don’t speak the language, where they don’t seem to want us, where it’s gonna be really, really rough to get there, but let’s go. Won’t that be fun?” Biden said.
“All they want—they just want a decent life for their kids, a chance to contribute to a free society, a chance to put down roots and help build the next great American century. I really believe that. That’s what they’re fighting for,” Biden added.
Source: CNS News
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Biden can burn in hell with Obama, Clinton, Reid and the rest of the terrorist anti-Americans.
Jerk….That’s not the view of the American people and according to our laws they are here illegally and therefore not considered Americans. They are criminals Mr. Biden. Comprende??
Bailey something you need to understand. This is not then, its now and borders are there for a reason. To make sure to know who we are letting in that they are not some kind of criminal. Like a murdering baby rapist, drug cartel and gang bangers. By the way my family immigrated here legally through the system after the government checked to see they were not criminals. Well part of them anyways since I am a very small part Cherokee and Irish among a bit of other I am sure is in my blood. Now grow up, this is not then its now. Only idiots live in the past and blame people of the present for the past that had nothing to do with what they did.
Biden has been a notorious a-Hole for 3 decades.
Well he is letting them in so they will Vote for him in 2016 an have them on Welfare so the true American people work there ass off to support Obama idiots
If He did They Better Take Him Away in Handcuffs, alonf With Obama.
I guess Joe has a pen & telephone also.
Please someone who knows how to let Biden know to enjoy his little victory over the real American people by granting the illegals citizenship. He will not get any votes from us anf ifdthese 11 millioon happen to vote he better hope they will be enough to keep him in office outher wise he is out of the white house.
HE’S obviously NOT!
Joe has a job,Let’s try and take it away.