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| Obama: court deadlock 'takes us further from the country we aspire to be' – live | Obama: court deadlock 'takes us further from the country we aspire to be' – live |
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| Republican senator attacks Trump in campaign ad | |
| Mark Kirk, the Republican senator making a long-shot bid for reelection in blue Illinois in a presidential election year, has released a video ad boasting of his opposition to Donald Trump: | |
| 5.41pm BST | |
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| Sanders: we cannot leave immigrants to 'bigoted hands' of Trump | |
| Bernie Sanders has issued a statement on the deadlocked Supreme Court ruling that preserved a block on president Obama’s executive action to defer deportations for parents of children with legal status. | |
| “Senate Republicans must stop playing politics and confirm a ninth justice to the Supreme Court,” Sanders says in the statement: | |
| Today’s deadlocked immigration ruling means that more than 4 million aspiring Americans in the United States will be left waiting for much-needed answers to our broken immigration system. We cannot let their future, and the future of so many more vulnerable people, fall into the bigoted hands of Donald Trump. | |
| 5.35pm BST | |
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| Clinton unveils business world endorsements | |
| Here’s a pretty long list of business executives endorsing Hillary Clinton. Just released by the Clinton camp: | |
| Hillary Clinton just unveils a bunch of endorsements from business people. pic.twitter.com/Nx2EMpdJDN | |
| 5.31pm BST | |
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| The House sit-in appears to be winding down: | |
| Democrats have sent out a floor update encouraging members to be on the floor at 12:30 for "a final show of support."So this is ending. | |
| Plan now is Dems go to floor, John Lewis makes closing statements, Dems go out to East Side of Capitol to greet supporters | |
| 5.19pm BST | |
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| The president has finished. Coming up this afternoon is House minority leader Nancy Pelosi. | |
| Bernie Sanders’ New York event, “Where We Go From Here”, is scheduled to begin at 7pm. | |
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| 17:14 | 17:14 |
| “I don’t anticipate that there are additional executive actions that we can take,” on immigration, Obama says. “We can implement what we’ve already put in place that is not affected by this decision.” | “I don’t anticipate that there are additional executive actions that we can take,” on immigration, Obama says. “We can implement what we’ve already put in place that is not affected by this decision.” |
| He returns to his criticism of Republicans for not holding hearings on his supreme court nominee and not confirming other judicial appointees: | He returns to his criticism of Republicans for not holding hearings on his supreme court nominee and not confirming other judicial appointees: |
| If you keep on blocking judges from getting on the bench, then courts can’t issue decisions. And what it means is you’re going to have the status quo frozen.. it’s not a sustainable strategy. | If you keep on blocking judges from getting on the bench, then courts can’t issue decisions. And what it means is you’re going to have the status quo frozen.. it’s not a sustainable strategy. |
| 5.09pm BST | 5.09pm BST |
| 17:09 | 17:09 |
| Obama: 'I have pushed to the limits of my executive authority' | Obama: 'I have pushed to the limits of my executive authority' |
| Obama says that while the supreme court deadlock “does not substantially change what has been the status quo,” congressional action on immigration is now the only way forward: | Obama says that while the supreme court deadlock “does not substantially change what has been the status quo,” congressional action on immigration is now the only way forward: |
| I have pushed to the limits of my executive authority. We now have to have congress act. | I have pushed to the limits of my executive authority. We now have to have congress act. |
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| “Now we’ve got a choice about who we’ll be as a country,” Obama says, wading into talk of the election: | “Now we’ve got a choice about who we’ll be as a country,” Obama says, wading into talk of the election: |
| “We’re going to have to make a decision where we’re a people who tolerate the hypocrisy of the system.. we’re going to have to decide whether we’re a people who accept the cruelty of ripping children from their parents’ arms, or whether we value family.” | “We’re going to have to make a decision where we’re a people who tolerate the hypocrisy of the system.. we’re going to have to decide whether we’re a people who accept the cruelty of ripping children from their parents’ arms, or whether we value family.” |
| That’s a stark characterization of the choice facing voters in November. | That’s a stark characterization of the choice facing voters in November. |
| These are all the questions that voters now are going to have to ask themselves... the issues that will be debated... by congressional candidates as well as presidential candidates. | These are all the questions that voters now are going to have to ask themselves... the issues that will be debated... by congressional candidates as well as presidential candidates. |
| I promise you this though: sooner or later, immigration reform will get done. | I promise you this though: sooner or later, immigration reform will get done. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 5.08pm BST | at 5.08pm BST |
| 5.03pm BST | 5.03pm BST |
| 17:03 | 17:03 |
| Obama: Trump immigration policy is 'fantasy' | Obama: Trump immigration policy is 'fantasy' |
| Obama does not mention Trump by name, but he criticizes Trump’s main immigration proposals: | Obama does not mention Trump by name, but he criticizes Trump’s main immigration proposals: |
| Pretending we can deport 11m people, or that we can build a wall without spending tens of billions of taxpayers money... is a fantasy that does nothing to help the middle class... | Pretending we can deport 11m people, or that we can build a wall without spending tens of billions of taxpayers money... is a fantasy that does nothing to help the middle class... |
| Obama says the “fantasy” is a disservice to the country’s legacy of immigration and assimilation. | Obama says the “fantasy” is a disservice to the country’s legacy of immigration and assimilation. |
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| Obama: immigration result 'heartbreaking' for families | Obama: immigration result 'heartbreaking' for families |
| Obama clarifies that the court deadlock does not affect so-called Dreamers but those who have been in the United States for more than five years with children who have legal status and no criminal record. | Obama clarifies that the court deadlock does not affect so-called Dreamers but those who have been in the United States for more than five years with children who have legal status and no criminal record. |
| “The supreme court was unable to reach a decision. This was part of a consequence of the Republican party failure to give a fair hearing so far” to Merrick Garland, his court nominee. | “The supreme court was unable to reach a decision. This was part of a consequence of the Republican party failure to give a fair hearing so far” to Merrick Garland, his court nominee. |
| “The deferred action policy” affecting Dreamers is not changed by the court deadlock, Obama says. And enforcement priorities are not affected. He says that the estimated 4m family members of young immigrants he had sought to protect with the action blocked today “will remain low priorities for enforcement.” | “The deferred action policy” affecting Dreamers is not changed by the court deadlock, Obama says. And enforcement priorities are not affected. He says that the estimated 4m family members of young immigrants he had sought to protect with the action blocked today “will remain low priorities for enforcement.” |
| But “today’s decision is frustrating to those who seek to grow our economy and to bring a rationality to our immigration system”. | But “today’s decision is frustrating to those who seek to grow our economy and to bring a rationality to our immigration system”. |
| “I think it is heartbreaking for the thousands of families” affected, he says. | “I think it is heartbreaking for the thousands of families” affected, he says. |
| Keep in mind that millions of us, myself included, go back generations in this country... and we don’t like the notion that anyone will get a free pass to American citizenship... [but] leaving the broken system the way it is, that’s” the real amnesty. | Keep in mind that millions of us, myself included, go back generations in this country... and we don’t like the notion that anyone will get a free pass to American citizenship... [but] leaving the broken system the way it is, that’s” the real amnesty. |
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| Obama: court deadlock 'takes us further from the country we aspire to be' | Obama: court deadlock 'takes us further from the country we aspire to be' |
| Obama says he was “pleased” by the Supreme Court decision upholding an affirmative action program at the University of Texas. | Obama says he was “pleased” by the Supreme Court decision upholding an affirmative action program at the University of Texas. |
| Obama says the country is diverse because it’s a nation of immigrants. | Obama says the country is diverse because it’s a nation of immigrants. |
| “The fact that the supreme court wasn’t able to issue a decision today... takes us further from the country we aspire to be”. | “The fact that the supreme court wasn’t able to issue a decision today... takes us further from the country we aspire to be”. |
| He points out that illegal border crossings are at their lower levels since the 1970s. And that the Senate passed an immigration reform bill. “Unfortunately, Republicans in the House refused to allow a simply yes-or-no vote.” | He points out that illegal border crossings are at their lower levels since the 1970s. And that the Senate passed an immigration reform bill. “Unfortunately, Republicans in the House refused to allow a simply yes-or-no vote.” |
| Obama says that as a result he was “forced to take steps within his authority” to address the issue. | Obama says that as a result he was “forced to take steps within his authority” to address the issue. |