Obama puts hold on derpoting certain illegal immigrants

[CaptainHaplo]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Pretty conflicted about this. I see both sides of the argument.

I don't often agree with the Mookster - but there is a moral and ethical side to this. You shouldn't punish someone who has not - by their own choice and action - committed a crime. Mere existence isn't a crime.

My issue isn't the reason behind it - its how its being done and the effect it will have. Not only is it an end run around Congress as Mookie pointed out - but its timing is highly suspect. Still, lets move past that.

This is an unmitigated disaster for the economic prospects of many American citizens. Unemployment was already creeping up, people were leaving the workforce due to lack of jobs, and now anywhere from 800k to 3 Million additional "workers" just got dumped into the equation. How is that good for the guy on the street that has already been looking for work for the last 18 months?

The immigration aspect of this also is a disaster, but that will take some time to see. Mark my words - this will turn out to be a huge error for us all.

The topic is one that must be dealt with - but we have Congress for reasons - one of which is that the Senate is supposed to be the "deliberative" body - the one that slows things down and THINKS about the results of actions before they are implimented. End runs - especially on legislation that has already failed - often has disastrous results. This will be one of those. Brace yourselves, we are in for a bumpy ride.