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Originally Posted by MK Ultra
The Democrats had the House, a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, and the White House for two years.
If they really wanted immigration reform they had ample opportunity to get it.
The simple fact is it's too good a wedge issue to beat the Republicans over the head with for them to ever even consider taking it off the table by passing what was one of candidate Obama's big campaign promises.
And the Republicans are idiots for not addressing this in the Congress now.
All they need to do in the House is amend and then pass the bill sent over by the Senate I think last year, change "pathway to citizenship" to "pathway to legal status" to avoid the amnesty argument (I was around in 86 and remember the unkept promises we were given then) strengthen the border security aspects superficially then send it back to the Senate and then watch Obama explain why he's vetoing it.
Because even though the Latino groups would probably grudgingly accept Permanent Resident status the Democrats want them to be able to vote because most of them will vote Democrat.
And the Republicans can say "we tried" and fingers will be pointed and nothing will change. 
We have the Government we deserve  |
I never suggested the democrats did this for a noble reason. I think they blew most of the first two years of Obama's presidency getting Obamacare passed. After that the republicans gained seats and things got more difficult.
Like you say, the democrats want a plan where those here now will eventually become citizens and be able to vote. They know if they can get that it will win the the Latino vote for decades to come. Of course, the republicans want no part of that, but they find themselves in a rough area. They need at least some of the Latino population to vote for them or they can't win the white house, but in the meantime they can't piss off their bread and butter voters.