An editorial by Mr. Barone in the New Orleans Advocate of 7/17/14 titled, "Obama pays price for inaction on immigration law" is another ditto head conservative attempt to blame the President for what is taken place with the influx of children from Central America.
Barone trys to justify the U.S. House's failure to take up and pass immigration reform that was passed by the U.S. Senate in June of 2013 by saying the Obama administration failed to pass immigration reform in 2009 and 2010 because the administration's mind was on Obamacare, the stimulus and cap and trade legislation. Barone failed to mention that the leaders of the republican party in congress vowed to not work with Obama in order to make him a one term President. He also forgot that the Senate needs 60 votes to break a fillibuster and the republicans have used that procedure to block Obama's agenda a record number of times.
The conservative columnist did not mention the failure of the George W. Bush administration to pass immigration reform. Bush's administration was so split on the matter that John McCain flipped flopped all over the place which was pointed out by his republican opponents in the 2007 republican debates for his party's nomination. McCain's flip flop was also subject to a commentary by this writer dated 11/5/2007 titled, "McCain's Immigration Flip-Flop.
Barone also blames Obama for the flood of immigration from Central America on the President's comments on the "dreamact" in 2012. That was over two years ago and of course Barone pays no attention to the fact that those children are being sent here to escape the drug violence, rape and other hardships being placed on those children in their own country.
It has also been pointed out that there is no border crisis since those children are entering through only one entry point along the Rio Grande and are turning themselves in to the border patrol who are doing their jobs. The crisis is "playing ;politics" during an election year. The problem can be worked out and handled properly if politics as usual would take a day of rest.
The U.S. House leadership should take up immigration that was passed by the U.S. Senate instead of their decision to let it die this year. Immigration reform can not be solved with out a starting point. Passing the legislation in the U.S. House represents that starting point. The U.S. House needs to get their act together.
This commentary written by John Lucia
