As if Obama’s policies aren’t unpopular enough, the Obama administration is determined to press forward with immigration reform. I guess he figures, if his party’s going to lose the House next year anyway, he may as well shoot for the stars.
LA Times: With the healthcare battle still unfinished, the Obama administration has been laying plans to take up an issue that could prove even more divisive — a major overhaul of the nation’s immigration system.
Senior White House aides privately have assured Latino activists that the president will back legislation next year to provide a path to citizenship for the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States.
In a recent conference call with proponents, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina, political director Patrick Gaspard and others delivered the message that the White House was committed to seeing a substantial immigration bill pass and wanted to make sure allies were prepared for the fight. ….
If it feels like the progressives are coming at us from all sides – that’s because they are! And the democrats need to give the illegals citizenship to beef up their voting block.
Via Free Republic
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