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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
I recall Obama had a democratic super majority in congress, for a fair portion of his first 2 years. I wonder why he never touched this issue then?
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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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