Immigration Reform in 2010 Next for the Obama Administration?
Reconciliation Vote on Healthcare may Open the Legislative Floodgates
Some say that we have lost the healthcare battle, but still haven’t lost the war. If that is the case, voters had better be gearing up for a litany of new potential legislation as the Democrats feel that they can now strong arm every bill that they desire through Congress. Are we being alarmists? Not at all, as we are starting to hear the drumbeat of the next shoe to drop, which in this case is Immigration Reform.
Immigration Reform Nearly as Controversial as Healthcare
I vividly recall the marches a few years back where illegal aliens took to the streets waving Mexican flags, and demanding that the government grant them permanent citizenship. Thank god the Bush administration saw fit to avoid granting undocumented workers the amnesty that was being called for at the time by the far left.
This issue polarized Americans at the time, with cries for a border fence, and harsher immigration enforcement from some, while others said that they were a vital and much needed part of the workforce, thereby needing protection. In the end, there was no legislation providing any sort of fix for the estimated 20 million illegal aliens who hide in the shadows of our society.
Is Immigration Reform Next?
Illegal Immigrants, the Democratic Party’s next voting block
So why are Democrats already ramping up this new legislation so soon after an exhausting healthcare debate that went against the majority of registered voters? The answer is that Liberals, having alienated so much of America, need to have a new voting class to help to avoid massive losses in the midterm elections, or at least having them in place for the Obama administration’s campaign for re-election. Hence the focus on immigration, as they have already deemed it necessary to provide illegal’s with healthcare benefits.
Why stop there? By simply legislating, there could be 20 million new democratic voters, offsetting the disgust felt by the 60% of Americans who hated the prospect of government run healthcare. After all, the Democrats never met a government program, or politically beneficial law that they didn’t like.
The Obama Administration’s Stance on Immigration Reform
Obama supports providing illegal immigrants with a pathway toward citizenship and has said he is committed to achieving bipartisan consensus on immigration reform this year.
But with mid-term elections of the whole of the House of Representatives and one third of the Senate coming up in November, there is unlikely to be a major push by lawmakers in the coming months.
Many voters will be angry if immigration reform fails to pass ahead of the mid-term elections. However, President Obama does not even need the approval of Congress to stop policies like mass deportations or to improve conditions for detained migrants.
Per the WhiteHouse.gov site, Other Obama stances are to:
- Strengthen Border Control-President Obama will protect the integrity of our borders by investing in additional personnel, infrastructure, and technology on the border and at our ports of entry.
- Improve Our Immigration System-President Obama will fix the dysfunctional immigration bureaucracy and enable legal immigration so that families can stay together.
- Remove Incentives to Enter Illegally-President Obama will remove incentives to enter the country illegally by preventing employers from hiring undocumented workers and enforcing the law.
- Bring People Out of the Shadows-President Obama supports a system that allows undocumented immigrants who are in good standing to pay a fine, learn English, and go to the back of the line for the opportunity to become citizens.
- Work with Mexico-President Obama will promote economic development in Mexico to decrease the economic desperation that leads to illegal immigration.
Stay tuned…….2010 is shaping up to be the real “Year of Change” that we have long feared.
Mexicans Have Plans for the American Southwest–They vow to take it over!
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Immigration reform is just a pinch of the many concerns that the Obama administration has to initiate authentic transformations. In fact, there are more political issues that Obama needs to take care of rather than on this.