++Immigration advocates claim tonight's speech and the subsequent executive orders are the biggest victory in over 25 years. While the Obama administration says it affects 4million, the number is likely 5 million.
++As a comparison, undocumented immigrants grew from 3.5 million in 1990 to 11 million in 2007. These executive orders will affect about 40% of the entire undocumented immigrant society. In other words,President Obama went as big as he could.
++The business community got more attention to L-1 visas and the path to citizenship for talented immigrants. The work visa process will be streamlined.
++Part of the speech was upholding law and order. President Obama pointed out that illegal border crossings were now the lowest since 1970s. He also pointed to a vast increase in surveillance on the border, the creation of a new border unit of Homeland Security, and a substantial increase in the number of border guards now topping 20,000. He also spoke about streamlining the immigration court system, which presently is a nightmare.
++In the end ,the White House checked all the boxes. While polls show a plurality of Americans disapprove of President Obama taking unilateral actions,the majority agree with each point he made. Sort of like Obamacare, list its benefits and people agree but overall they disapprove.
++Politically, President Obama set a trap for the GOP. Does it reinforce xenophobia or does it move to the new reality? The next few days we will be treated to pyrotechnics.
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