Immigration Reform - exclusive Order

[AshlynCreamher]

How does this make you feel?

[LI SEAN08]

I don't know..... how about more Latina Trannys running loose In NY for us horny chasers??

[trish]

Sounded more inclusive than exclusive.

[Ben in LA]

I have no problems with it. Someone will though.

[Stavros]

The caption from today's New York Times reads:
In 1986, Ronald Reagan signed the so-called “amnesty” law passed by Congress that granted legal status to three million undocumented immigrants

[Odelay]

I have no problems with it. Someone will though.

Holy shit Ben, love the new avatar. A woman who has a thing for black guys and black guy who... I guess has a "thing" for white girls.

[fred41]

The caption from today's New York Times reads:
In 1986, Ronald Reagan signed the so-called “amnesty” law passed by Congress that granted legal status to three million undocumented immigrants

I don't have a problem with what President Obama did...but I don't understand the comparison. Ronald Reagan acted in concert with congress, whereas President Obama didn't....but maybe I missed something.

[Stavros]

I don't have a problem with what President Obama did...but I don't understand the comparison. Ronald Reagan acted in concert with congress, whereas President Obama didn't....but maybe I missed something.

I understand this to be one of the points of the article, although it does also point out that after Reagan signed the bill sent from Congress, he
acted on his own the following year to expand it to about 100,000 more.

It is an old issue in American politics of how much a President can do without the approval of Congress, how it plays on this issue I do not know.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/21/us...pgtype=article

[fred41]

I understand this to be one of the points of the article, although it does also point out that after Reagan signed the bill sent from Congress, he
acted on his own the following year to expand it to about 100,000 more.

It is an old issue in American politics of how much a President can do without the approval of Congress, how it plays on this issue I do not know.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/21/us...pgtype=article

You're right...though I think , to some extent, the numbers probably make a difference. I also think, regardless of where a person stands on the legal issue - which is usually more complex than 'right' or 'wrong' - it was a pretty smart political play by President Obama...he now forces the Republican Party to make the next move, and let's face it, from a historical perspective covering the last two or three years - they have tended to bungle these type of situations. It's sad, because they have a chance here to come out ahead by simply crafting a bill that the average, moderate American can get behind, without alienating, or perhaps, even better, actually gaining many Latino voters...
...if they can craft such a bill, it's a win if it passes...or even if it doesn't - as long as it only gets shot down by poison pill amendments from the Democratic Party, and not from within their own.

[martin48]

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