Obamas immigration goal: Enrage Republicans
Maybe President Obama is just trolling?
For those who dont know, in Internet parlance, trolling is an effort to elicit outrage from a specific group or the public generally.
As the always useful Urban Dictionary explains, Trolling requires deceiving; any trolling that doesnt involve deceiving someone isnt trolling at all; its just stupid.
I dont like the presidents executive action on immigration. I think its constitutionally dubious for exactly the reasons Obama has insisted more than 20 times in the past.
Im not a king. My job as the head of the executive branch ultimately is to carry out the law, Obama told Telemundo in 2013. When it comes to enforcement of our immigration laws, weve got some discretion. We can prioritize what we do. But we cant simply ignore the law.
If all King Obama was doing was opting not to deport some immigrants here illegally, hed be on safer ground.
But his new proposal would allow an estimated 3.5 million undocumented Americans to get all sorts of documents Social Security numbers, work permits, drivers licenses, etc. Thats not prosecutorial discretion, thats a rewrite of existing law.
Still, the fine print of what Obama is doing is far less dramatic than many of his defenders and critics claim.
Some are comparing it to the Emancipation Proclamation, which is ridiculous. People who voluntarily come to America illegally are in no way comparable to poor souls kidnapped abroad and forced into eternal bondage.
Moreover, the Emancipation Proclamation didnt have a two-year time limit or require slaves to fill out paperwork and pay back taxes.
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Obamas immigration goal: Enrage Republicans