Semptember 9, 2014
Five reasons Obama's delay on immigration
After stating earlier this year to use his executive powers to push along immigration reform, President Obama anounced that he would be putting his plans on hold until after November elections. Obama announced his plans after the House refused to pass a bipartisan reform bill that already passed the Senate. The move angered Latinos and democrats who were pushing for executive action and were hoping for more things to have been accomplished. And despite the fact republicans are against Obama's plans they're still using this to critisize him. Obama's delay is political and here are 5 reasons why.
1. Obama wishes to delay the reform till after the elections in November this year to keep the focus on voting. In a tough election year for democrats it will detract some of the attention away from issues that may hurt democrats chances for spots in the house and senate.
2. It avoids giving republicans reasons for accusing Obama of overstepping his power as President. Many were not happy hearing Obama saying he will use executive action to refrom immigration in the first place and many are still upset about health care reform who accuse him of abusing his power.
3. Democrats and Obama won't have to defend to themselves for a move that has been made unpopular in the past year because of the influx of child immigrants.
4. It puts the pressure on the republicans in congress for not voting on the bill that passed the senate. Immigration is a problem and democrats have worked on it and now its turning the negative attention on the republicans for not working to pass and fix something that needs fixing.
5. It is a move that is more down the politcal middle rather than leaning more left than right.
Its obvious that there are problems in immigration in our nation today and it does need to be fixed. It really frustrates me that republicans in congress make it their agenda to ruin the agenda of the democrats and Obama instead of trying to debate and compromise on the issue. The bill was bipartisan through the senate and the speaker of the house John Boehner refused to put the bill on the floor in the house of reps. Thats inaction on the part of house of reps and republicans and so I support Obama for going out there and trying to get something done on his own. When they aren't doing something and you can respond and make change do it (of course within the bounds of the law and constitution).
I think you're right, he's just playing it smart. I wouldn't mess with something that volatile either if I was in his situation. On your last comment, I would agree. The parties are too magnetized to their respective ends. It's freakin annoying, why can't they just come to a common center? It's logical isn't it? To seek for middle ground? Would you say that self centeredness and pride is at the heart of it?
ReplyDeleteIt would be logical to find middle ground however either side believes that they're ideas are either the middle ground or right and there is and should be no other way of doing it. Its very selfish and not how our nation should be run. It should be a collaborative effort where agreements, compromises, understanding, and debate work towards preserving life, liberty, health, limb, and property, and of course pursuit of happiness.
ReplyDeleteThis illustrates what Ch. 5 in our book was talking about. It said that the political elites are far more separated into one party or the other than normal people are, and unlike us, they consistently vote a certain way. Individually we each would be much more willing to compromise than they are. It is frustrating to see how the two parties battle one another rather than work together to battle the issue.
ReplyDeleteIf Obama were to come out and discuss immigration and take action, he would make the immigrants either happy or upset. This would drastically change polls when it comes to elections. With him not talking about until after the elections, he is basing it merely off of political gain.
ReplyDeleteWhile I was reading this, I was thinking almost exactly what Shauntae said. I am sure that the Obama administration does want to wait until after the election season is over, but I'm fairly sure that he just doesn't want to lose voters for his party before the votes are taken. It happens almost every year: there's usually a major issue that politicians refuse to discuss until after the votes have been counted.
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