Immigration Delay Blame
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From the Left
Democrats blame GOP for Obama immigration delay
President Barack Obama postponed executive action on immigration, but Democrats want voters to know the delay isn't his fault.
Blame Republicans instead, according to the latest Democratic latest talking points.
Obama had weighed action on immigration -- including moves that could allow a path to legal status for millions of undocumented workers -- after congressional action on the issue stalled.
The President took the brunt of criticism immediately after the White House announ
From the Right
Obama blames border crisis for immigration inaction, after blasting GOP for doing the same
President Obama appears to be straddling both sides of the rhetorical border as he tries to explain why he's pushing off executive action on immigration until after the November elections.
Obama, speaking June 30 in the Rose Garden, initially said he planned to use executive action and pointed to the border crisis as a reason to act -- blasting Republicans for using the surge of illegal immigrant kids as an "excuse to do nothing."
"Their argument seems to be that because the system is broken, we shouldn't make...
From the Left
Political Shift Stalls Efforts to Overhaul Immigration 
By the time Senator Angus King called the White House to warn President Obama against taking executive action to overhaul the immigration system, officials were well aware they had a problem on their hands.
What had once looked like a clear political imperative for both parties — action to grant legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants — had morphed instead into what appeared to be a risky move that could cost Democrats their majority in the November midterm congressional elections.
But Mr. King, a Maine independent who is a...
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