VICTOR DAVIS HANSON:: Legal Illegal Immigration – NRO
By MB Snow at June 29, 2012 | 12:40 am | Print
By Victor Davis Hanson –
President Obama recently issued an edict exempting an estimated 800,000 to 1 million illegal aliens from the consequences of federal immigration law. Ostensibly that blanket amnesty applies to those who arrived before the age of 16 and are younger than 30; who are in, or graduated from, high school or have served in the military; and who have not been convicted of a felony or multiple misdemeanors. And while most Americans sympathize with helping those who were brought into the United States as toddlers, were raised as de facto Americans, and followed the rules, the policy of exempting hundreds of thousands en masse may create far more problems in the long run than it solves.
First was the cynical timing. In 2009 and 2010, Democrats had a supermajority in the Senate and a majority in the House and could easily have enacted such a law over all opposition. So why was the edict handed down in a tough campaign year?
via Legal Illegal Immigration – Victor Davis Hanson – National Review Online.
