White House Responds to Justin Bieber Deportation Petition

Ha ha ha. I’m pulling this out into its own post, as a follow up to my previous report about the Justin Bieber petition to deport him.

After 273,000 people signed the petition asking the government to deport Justin Bieber–basically for general douchbaggery–the White House has responded, as they are required to do after 100,000 signatures:

“Sorry to disappoint, but we won’t be commenting on this one,” the statement begins. “The We the People terms of participation state that, ‘to avoid the appearance of improper influence, the White House may decline to address certain procurement, law enforcement, adjudicatory, or similar matters properly within the jurisdiction of federal departments or agencies, federal courts, or state and local government in its response to a petition.’ So we’ll leave it to others to comment on Mr. Bieber’s case, but we’re glad you care about immigration issues.”

“We need common-sense immigration reform to make sure everyone plays by the same set of rules,” the response continues. “Not only is it the right thing to do morally, it’s the right thing for our country: Independent economists say immigration reform will grow our economy and shrink our deficits by almost $1 trillion in the next 20 years. For those of you counting at home, that’s 12.5 billion concert tickets — or 100 billion copies of Mr. Bieber’s debut album.”

Well that’s a little cheeky! Being an idiot isn’t a deportable crime, so The Biebs is safe. The White House didn’t really HAVE to respond to the petition. There’s no deadline in responding. But it appears that they used the petition to plug immigration reform in a way that would draw the most attention.

Via RyanSeacrest.com