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Originally Posted by spence
Healthcare was the priority and I'd wager he thought immigration reform had more bi-partisan support. At least before the tea party it appeared as though it did.
Congress can't really de-fund the action without compromising efforts to deport the higher priority criminals etc...
All this action did was just move a group to the end of the line. It doesn't really provide for any new benefits or change any laws. If anything the significance is in the scale, but previous Presidents have gone much deeper via executive action. The odds of a Constitutional issue aren't looking good at the moment.
How much of this is really just about Obama? If he simply did what Reagan or Bush 41 did you'd be having the same hater fits.
The bottom line is that there will still be plenty of illegal immigrants out there to send home.
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"I'd wager he thought immigration reform had more bi-partisan support"
Where to start. He was caught on video repeatedly during his first 2 years, saying that he couldn't implement immigration reform by executive action.
Nothing he does has bipartisan support, because his every thought and instinct are to the left of Mao, and he refuses to admit he's wrong on anything. He hasn't been the uniter we were expecting.
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The bottom line is that there will still be plenty of illegal immigrants out there to send home"
No, that's not the bottom line. The bottom line is that El Duce doesn't think current codified laws are valid unless he happens to like them. Previously passed laws only exist if he allows it.