Friday, November 21, 2014

Never Mine What “We the People” Might Want in Amnesty

Well, he’s doing it.  President Obama is going it alone.  Though he says, he would happily sign a comprehensive immigration reform bill into law if Republicans would finally, and at long last, participate in the political process.  But he’s lost his patience, and today is scheduled to sign executive action on immigration.
 
And while amnesty supporters may be happy, the public is evenly divided about whether the president should move forward unilaterally on such a controversial issue.  As the president signs an executive order on immigration, it meets more resistance than support.  A USA TODAY poll found close to half of those surveyed (46%) said he should wait for the new Republican-controlled Congress to act, and another 1-in-10 are unconvinced either way.  Just 42% of Americans say he should take action now.  This executive order is forecast to prevent as many as 5-million people from being deported.
 
Republicans have articulated that signing such an execution action would be a “grievous mistake.”  Apparently, it seems, many Americans would tend to agree.
 
Rev. Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain (Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor, Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel

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