Of course politics was a good part of this. It wasn't a coincidence that so many Latino organizations and business organizations had people meeting at the White House right before this.
But I don't know that we will actually get any significant immigration reform out of this at all. There are strong competing interests on both the left and right, not to mention some strong incentives to keep things the way they are. I think it is almost certainly too tough a nut for Congress to crack in an election year, so anything that might eventually pass will be at least a couple years in the works.
I for one REFUSE to pay for the president’s re-election on the backs of my children so that he can pander to an illegal minority for 4 more years in power.
The time to stand up against this proposal is NOW. If it passes, it will be too late.
Some will say... "but if you don't vote for him, the democrats will regain power". That is true, but I just have one question:
How is what he is proposing any different than what they would do? The answer is: there is no difference, in both scenarios the illegals are given a pass and hard working, law abiding American taxpayers will invariably pick up the tab.