Democrats scared of repercussions in November polls.
By The American Bazaar Staff
WASHINGTON, DC: Hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants’ hopes and aspirations for securing work permits and Green Cards sooner may have to be put on hold, as President Barack Obama has indicated that he is rethinking on his earlier proposed move of bringing in immigration reforms next month, which among other things would have led to more number of H-1B visas for skilled workers, work permits for H-4 visa holders and Green Cards for workers who have been waiting for years and decades.
“Some of these things do affect timelines, and we’re just going to be working through as systematically as possible in order to get this done,” Obama told The New York Times on Friday, on his proposed move for reforms next month. “But have no doubt, in the absence of congressional action, I’m going to do what I can to make sure the system works better.”
The Times report said the delay is under pressure from nervous Democratic Senate candidates in tight races in the upcoming November polls, which may swing out of their control over the issue of executive action on immigration reforms by Obama. He may now delay some or all of his most controversial proposals until after the midterm elections in November, according to people familiar with White House deliberations, said the Times report.
Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary, said Friday that the president was “as determined as ever to take that kind of action on his own.” But he and other White House officials declined to repeat the president’s earlier pledge of an announcement by the end of this summer, or to say whether the president was considering delaying some of his decisions until later this year.
“That’s putting the cart before the horse,” Earnest was quoted as saying by the Times. “Those who are speculating about how those recommendations might be implemented are a little ahead of themselves.”
Inside the White House, the timing of an announcement on immigration reforms has become the subject of a fierce debate, said the Times report.
Some of Obama’s advisers are urging him to postpone it, fearful of the political ramifications of a sweeping action to protect millions of illegal immigrants from deportation and provide many of them official work papers. Such a move by the president, some senior officials worry, could set off a pitched fight with Republicans and dash hopes for Democrats running in conservative states.
But others inside the White House are pushing the president to stick to his promised schedule, regardless of the immediate political consequences. They argue that Republicans will criticize the president and attack Democratic candidates even if Obama delays parts of his announcement until after the election.
While the delay by Obama has been because of the surge in illegal immigration, there is a sliver of hope that Obama might go ahead and announce reforms for legal immigrants, on which subject his staff has held some 20 meetings with business and industry groups and advocates, who urge increasing the number of work visas and giving more Green Cards.
But it’s more likely, however, that Obama might package the who deal together, if and when he announces it.
(Updated image on 30-08-2014)
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Every four and one-half days (4.5 days) the world population increases by one million people.
These multitudes are pouring out of poor countries and flooding into wealthier nations like the USA and Europe, quickly undermining and destroying the vulnerable middle classes, who are already suffering mass unemployment and declining wages.
President Obama has a duty to protect America and to enforce the existing immigration law. He should be impeached for willful neglect of this duty.
Every four and one-half days (4.5 days) the world population increases by one million people.
These multitudes are pouring out of poor countries and flooding into wealthier nations like the USA and Europe, quickly undermining and destroying the vulnerable middle classes, who are already suffering mass unemployment and declining wages.
President Obama has a duty to protect America and to enforce the existing immigration law. He should be impeached for willful neglect of this duty.
Every four and one-half days (4.5 days) the world population increases by one million people.
These multitudes are pouring out of poor countries and flooding into wealthier nations like the USA and Europe, quickly undermining and destroying the vulnerable middle classes, who are already suffering mass unemployment and declining wages.
President Obama has a duty to protect America and to enforce the existing immigration law. He should be impeached for willful neglect of this duty.