I love the littany of articles on the timing of his announcement, so that I have a hunch on when I should be appropriately outraged.
If you haven't gotten outraged yet, don't bother now. This is just old news. Bad news, but old news.
Are you against what Obama is going to do here? I would like for him to work with congress but I don't think they would be fine with legalizing anyone less than maybe 20 year here. That is unacceptable to him and it is unacceptable to me as well. The people elected him president to pass his agenda, not sit there twiddling his thumb while the Republicans satisfy their crazy base.
The procedure he will be using is the exact same that is used to legalize marijuana in Colorado and Washington, as well as medical marijuana in the litany of states that have it. The feds could stop it at any time, but they don't. Prosecutorial discretion is not something new and has been used in the past for multiple issues. In any case, he would make official what is basically policy in any case. Only those who were in the wrong place at the wrong time get deported. It would help with that, but looking at the big picture this doesn't change much.
I am a little concerned about those work permits though, from a constitutional standpoint. I think it is a good idea they are getting them, but I don't get how that would be constitutional. Can someone explain?
