President Obama will go before the nation tonight to outline his executive order that will give a framework to a new Federal Policy on Immigration. This is not a law but a policy. There's a difference not often understood by anyone, including the president. A simmering issue that has long divided the 2 major parties will now come to a boiling point and take over the headlines for months if not years as the country wrestles with this thorny topic which refuses to go away.
Coming as it does on the tail of the ACA of 2012, this immigration order will polarize an already polarized public. Dems and Republicans, already adjusting to election results from November 4th, 2014, will take the new order as the starting gun for Obama's last 2 years in office. While many immigrants, legal and illegal, will hail the order as progress, many will look askance at the affect on minorities across the country. Will it make a difference? How will that translate in terms of jobs, education, and border control. Will the border become calm and serene? Will the I.C.E. agents go home?
Hmmmm. It will be interesting. Just watch. Tonight, on TV.
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