President Obama won’t take any executive action on immigration in the coming weeks, opting instead to wait until after this fall’s midterm elections.
Worried about backlash at the polls, Obama delayed his amnesty executive order.
Despite an earlier promise to act before the end of summer, the White House confirmed today that Obama had instead decided to wait until after the Nov. 4 elections in an effort to avoid politicizing the issue. An estimated 5 million illegal immigrants could get amnesty, the Washington Post reported last month.
With control of the U.S. Senate up for grabs this fall, Obama reportedly didn’t want to jeopardize his long-term desire to pass a comprehensive bill. The Associated Press likened the issue to the Democrats’ passage of gun control in 1994.
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In that year’s election, Republicans won 54 seats in the U.S. House and nine in the Senate, claiming control of Congress. To this day, gun control remains a contentious issue that many lawmakers would rather avoid.
Obama’s decision to delay action doesn’t mean it won’t happen later this year. That drew a sharp rebuke from critics on the left and right.
Pro-amnesty America’s Voice executive director Frank Sharry said the White House had “chosen politics over people.”
http://dailysignal.com/2014/09/06/obama-punts-amnesty-executive-order-november-elections/
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