Saturday, September 6, 2014

Obama Postpones Immigration Action

++President Obama announced to day or, at least the White House did, that he would postpone actions on immigration until after the mid-term elections. The White House says that President Obama still insists that he has the legal authority to change immigration priorities by executive order.

++A disappointment for those urging some movement in that area. Politically,Harry Reid and the incumbent Democrats urged the President not to move until after the elections because they feared it would negatively impact elections in Red States. 

++Frankly,I think this is lame. The President said he would do it after Labor Day because of the obstructionism of the Republicans. Today, the White House claims that he now wants to do it in a sustainable way. It seems he is listening to John Boehner who promised that immigration reform would be done this year after the elections. I doubt it because the GOP is not going to pay a price at the poll for either their anti-immigrant stance or their obstructionism in general.

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