Gary L. Bauer The Coming Confrontation Immigration is one of the most contentious issues in America. President George W. Bush twice tried to push a comprehensive immigration reform bill through Congress and failed because it was seen as being too close to amnesty. Barack Obama promised it would be a major issue during his first year in office. Despite controlling large majorities in the House and Senate, he focused on health care instead. To pacify pro-amnesty activists on the left, in 2012 the president ordered his deferred action program for children of illegal immigrants and instructed immigration officials to exercise prosecutorial discretion in deportation cases. Democrats tried to revive the debate last year, but conservatives in Congress stopped it. Obama threatened to issue another executive amnesty this summer. Then tens of thousands of children began streaming across our southern border, reminding everyone just how insecure it really was. The debate over immigration changed dramatically. Illegal immigration suddenly became the most important issue in the minds of voters, exceeding even the economy. Sensing the changing mood, Obama publicly abandoned his amnesty plans, but privately continued to plot his course. Earlier this month Obama told the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, Ive said before that . . . I would act to fix as much of our immigration system as I can on my own, and I meant what I said. So this is not a question of if, but when. By all accounts when is sometime shortly after the November elections. And numerous reports indicate that Obamas amnesty will be huge, involving millions of illegal immigrants. Obama is on shaky ground politically. A September Rasmussen poll found that 62% of likely voters oppose such action. Just 26% support it. Moreover, only 24% believe Obama has the legal authority to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 23:18:37 +0000
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