Obama speech on immigration - what do you think?

truthbetold wrote:I heard it on bloomberg. 

Most important point is if you are a parent of a US citizen and in US for more than 5 years (applies to those who came in illegally and had one or more children in US) , you are eligible for a work permit without the fear of deportation. However that person has to go back in line on immigration line. 

I think it is a bold and appropriate step by Obama.  I think Obama in his second term is more emphatic and people oriented. Extreme repubs oppose him on every issue and frustrate US economic growth by creating hindrance at every step. 

Obama's road is tough and full of pitfalls. His strategy may fail.  I feel SC may even over turn his signature achievement Obamacare in the case before it.

Can Obama survive this gamble?  Can he beat back repub anger?

truthbetold wrote:"What if the illegals "come out" and the Rpubs use the list to throw them out - should the courts disagree with Obama or a new law is passed by the republican congress/Senate?"


All real possibilities but what other options does he have?

truthbetold wrote:I heard it on bloomberg. 

Most important point is if you are a parent of a US citizen and in US for more than 5 years (applies to those who came in illegally and had one or more children in US) , you are eligible for a work permit without the fear of deportation. However that person has to go back in line on immigration line. 

I think it is a bold and appropriate step by Obama.  I think Obama in his second term is more emphatic and people oriented. Extreme repubs oppose him on every issue and frustrate US economic growth by creating hindrance at every step. 

Obama's road is tough and full of pitfalls. His strategy may fail.  I feel SC may even over turn his signature achievement Obamacare in the case before it.

Can Obama survive this gamble?  Can he beat back repub anger?

truthbetold wrote:Most important point is if you are a parent of a US citizen and in US for more than 5 years (applies to those who came in illegally and had one or more children in US) , you are eligible for a work permit without the fear of deportation. However that person has to go back in line on immigration line. 

SomeProfile wrote:

truthbetold wrote:Most important point is if you are a parent of a US citizen and in US for more than 5 years (applies to those who came in illegally and had one or more children in US) , you are eligible for a work permit without the fear of deportation. However that person has to go back in line on immigration line. 

Translation: If you have relatives who can make a difference in the elections, I will do something for you even if you are here illegally. For the rest of you losers who are here legally and languishing in long, bureaucratic queues, I will not do anything to help you. I will only make the queues longer.

The two most obvious changes he seems to be making for legal immigration is to allow H4s to get EADs and widen the scope of the OPT program, both of which are designed to provide more cheap labor to greedy American corps, while adding to the legal immigration bureaucratic work load and waiting lists.

What is not clear: How will the burden of processing paperwork for an additional 5 million people be handled so that the processing of the legal queue is not adversely affected?