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Scooter Banks
I thought this was a really interesting piece on Obama's recent decision to take action on immigration issues without Congress. Simultaneously beefing up border security and moving ahead with deportations, while also taking compassionate action for kids who were brought here by their parents. The far-left groups don't like the first parts, Boehner doesn't like the second part. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/07/behind-the-scenes-of-obamas-surprising-immigration-pivot/373989/
This is not the kind of thing that Republicans think Obama says:
This is not the kind of thing that Republicans think Obama says:
Obama, according to those present, would have none of it. Kids all over the world have it tough, he said. Even children in America who live in dangerous neighborhoods would like to live somewhere else, but he can't solve everyone's problems. He told the groups he had to enforce the law—even if that meant deporting hard cases with minors involved. Sometimes, there is an inherent injustice in where you are born, and no president can solve that, Obama said. But presidents must send the message that you can't just show up on the border, plead for asylum or refugee status, and hope to get it.
"Then anyone can come in, and it means that, effectively, we don't have any kind of system," Obama said. "We are a nation with borders that must be enforced."