Justin Bieber's recent
behavioral missteps are beginning to demand some very high-level
attention, as an online petition to deport the Canadian pop star from the United
States may soon receive a response from the White House. At a press
conference on Friday, White House spokesman Jay Carney was asked whether
the president would address the "We the People" petition, which has
garnered nearly 236,000 signatures.
"That process will occur, as is our commitment," Carney said, according to Mediaite.
"There will be a response when the threshold is crossed. That response
will come, I’m sure, relatively soon. I don’t have one now on matters
related to visas. I would refer you to DHS." The petition has, in fact,
already passed the threshold of 100,000 signatures after which the Obama
administration is obligated to respond.
"We the people of the United States feel that we are being wrongly
represented in the world of pop culture," the petition reads. "We would
like to see the dangerous, reckless, destructive, and drug abusing,
Justin Bieber deported and his green card revoked. He is not only
threatening the safety of our people but he is also a terrible influence
on our nations youth. We the people would like to remove Justin Bieber
from our society."
The petition was created on January 23rd, the same day the 19-year-old singer was arrested for drunken drag racing in Miami.
Bieber is set to be arraigned on Valentine's Day in Miami on charges of
drunk driving, resisting arrest and driving with an expired license.
In the meantime, Bieber also turned himself in to Toronto Police
on Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a limo driver in December. (His
lawyer contends that the singer is innocent in the case.) Trouble
followed young Bieber on his way back into the United States on Friday
when his private jet was detained at New Jersey's Teterboro Airport and
searched for drugs, Reuters reports.
A law enforcement source told the news agency that U.S. customs
officials believed they smelled marijuana on members of Bieber's
entourage, but after several hours of questioning, no illegal drugs were
found and no charges were brought.
Source rollingstone.com

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