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Another Bump in the Road of Immigration Reform
This past week President Obama came out and announced that he is putting off any executive action that he is going to take in regards to immigration reform until after midterm elections. After his announcement that he was indeed going to take executive action regarding immigration reform, it is no surprise that this decision has caused upset from both sides of the issue. When it comes down to the nity gritty of it, the immigration crisis at the order should be handled as just that. An immigration crisis, not a partisan issue.
The reason he is putting off any executive action is quite simple, he doesn’t want to hurt the democrat’s chances of keeping control of the senate. Obama and his top aides believe that if he were to take executive action before the election it could hurt democrats and the chances for a successful long term immigration reform. On one hand immigration activists are up in arms that the President promised reform, and is now delaying it, and on the other hand Republicans are up in arms that the President is supposedly abusing his power. Either way, President Obama loses.
Senior White House officials have said that Obama believes if he chooses to take executive action before the midterm election, it could drive immigration reform into the ground and it won’t get the help it needs to be an effective policy. Obama has said that he will take executive action before the end of the year, it is simply going to be after the election.
All in all, many believe that the crisis going on at the border is something that needs to be handled. The problem is that nobody in power is willing to come together and do what needs to be done in order to right the wrongs of the system. Almost any American will agree that there is something wrong with the system, and it’s safe to say that almost any American will say it needs to be fixed sooner than later. The problem arises in getting the people in power to listen to what the people that make up this country want.