For those of us who support Obama it has been a tough couple of years. We have watched him act the gentleman in the face of Republican childish obstinacy. We have felt frustration at Obama's reluctance to use the power granted him to combat stalemates in Congress. Well the wait is over, earlier this week Obama got his balls back.
For years now America has said that government needs to enact immigration reform, Congress has stalled on the Dream Act which has a strong level of support from Americans. So Obama used the DHS, that's the Department of Homeland Security, to alter how they prioritize deportations. This in effect enacted part of the dream act, the part that is most popular with America, the part that says children who know no other country will not be deported based on the crimes of their parents. For Obama supporters this is a big deal, but it is a bigger deal for the cause of humanity. What the head of homeland security, and the president have said is that children who we can easily find; because they are working, going to school, or have served in the military, should not be thrown out of the only home they have known. Instead the deportations will focus on people who add to the problems of this country, those who have committed crimes.
Now Republicans are all up in arms about this "amnesty", they are saying that allowing people who came here illegally to apply for work visas is wrong. They say it is rewarding bad behavior. Well considering that the bad behavior was not that of the infant in arms their argument, predictably, is nonsense.
This is a proud moment for human decency, thank you Mr. President.
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