USA Today
By David Jackson
October 3, 2014
President Obama reassured supporters Thursday that he will issue new orders on immigration within the next three months.
"It
will be taking place between the November elections and the end of the
year," Obama said during a gala for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Institute.
With
an immigration bill blocked in the Republican-run House, Obama is
reportedly considering a series of orders that would grant status to
many of the 11.5 million people
who are in country illegally.
Obama
and aides said they are delaying executive orders on immigration until
after the Nov. 4 congressional elections because immigration has become
such a volatile political
issue.
Republicans
say the president's plan amounts to amnesty for lawbreakers and that he
is afraid to tell voters what he wants to do.
"The
president's promise isn't about making the best policy or enforcing the
law — it's an admission that his pledge to not uphold the law in the
future would be bad for
his party now," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. "The
president is required to take care that the laws are faithfully
executed, not — as he has admitted — make them up as he sees fit."
Immigration
advocates, meanwhile, have criticized Obama for not moving quickly
enough on the issue and attacked him for a record level of deportations.
Pablo
Alvarado, executive director of the National Day Laborer Organizing
Network, said that Obama "has unnecessarily destroyed immigrant workers'
families and repeatedly
delayed use of his existing legal authority, all in pursuit of a failed
legislative strategy."
The
Democratic-run Senate passed an immigration bill last year that
includes a pathway to citizenship for those who are in the country
illegally. The Republican House
has not taken up the measure.
In
his remarks to Hispanic lawmakers and activists, Obama said he plans to
spend the next few months "explaining why immigration reform is good
for our economy."
Obama
asked supporters to continue pushing for a congressional immigration
bill and give him political support when he takes action on his own.
"For
any action to last, for it to be effective and extend beyond my
administration — because I'm only here two more years — we're going to
have to build more support
of the American people so that it is sustainable and lasting," Obama
said.
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