True to his word, the President acted to move the immigration issue when republicans failed to act on their own. The President's actions drew immediate response from the leaders of the republican party in congress with their usual nasty comments. Their nose stays in the "bent out of shape" position forever as long as a democrat is President, especially this democratic President.
The President's action exposed how phony the republican's position has been on immigration for many years. They failed to pass immigration reform during the George W. Bush administration even while they controlled both houses of congress and they failed to even take up and debate the immigration reform bill passed by the U.S. Senate in June of 2013, that is over a year and a half ago. The right wing of their party is in control and they dare not even have an immigration policy to talk to the people about.
As the President said to the republicans, if you don't like my decision, pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill. The President has thrown down the gauntlet and now the republican leaders have to put up and pass immigration reform. They will never shut up because that is their own way of not talking about their own failures to lead and produce policy.
President Obama has stood tall once again on a problem that has been around for a long time and his executive action has put the republicans in a box of their own choosing and the immigration issue is now in their court.
This commentary written by John Lucia.
