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\n- Jonathan Cohn<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/span>Don’t Worry, Republicans: Obama Isn’t Giving Undocumented Immigrants Obamacare<\/a> The executive order President Obama issues this week will give up to 5 million undocumented persons a temporary reprieve from deportation and, in some cases, papers that allow them work legally. The order will not give them access to health benefits through Obamacare.The…<\/span><\/li>\n
- Jonathan Chait <\/a>–\u00a0Republicans Hand Obama an Immigration Political Triumph<\/a> Immediately after the election, when John Boehner asked Obama to hold off on unilateral action, reporters asked if he would promise to bring an immigration bill to the House floor. He refused. A senior administration official pinpointed this as the moment when any chance of delay ended. For all the…<\/span><\/li>\n
- Howard Meyerson: Beat the Press <\/a>–\u00a0Obama’s Immigration Move About Much More Than Politics<\/a> \u00a0The commemorations of the 25th anniversary of the\u00a0Berlin Wall\u2019s fall\u00a0have thrust into the public spotlight the border guard who ordered the gates ope…<\/span><\/li>\n
- Paul Waldman: Beat the Press <\/a>–\u00a0<\/span>Why Republicans Are So Mad About Obama’s Immigration Order<\/a> President Obama is going to detail some executive actions he plans to take on immigration in a speech tonight, and you may have noticed that the debate over this move is almost completely void of discussion of the particulars. Instead, we’re discussing whether Obama is exceeding his powers. That’s an important question to address, but it also frees Republicans (for the moment anyway) of having to…<\/span><\/li>\n
- Jonathan Chait <\/a>–\u00a0Paul Ryan Sad That Obama\u2019s Immigration Plan Hurts Chance to Cut Taxes for the Rich<\/a> The news of President Obama\u2019s plans to liberalize immigration enforcement has once again disappointed and saddened Paul Ryan. The incoming chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee provides two reasons for his feelings of hurt and betrayal. The first is that Obama threatened to act on his own just…<\/span><\/li>\n
- Jonathan Chait <\/a>–\u00a0An Immigration Shutdown Is the Dumbest Idea the Republican Party Has Ever Had<\/a> The Republican Party has had some bad ideas, but it has never come up with a political tactic as obviously stupid as shutting down the federal government to protest President Obama\u2019s immigration policies. It is almost a masterpiece of self-sabotage, harnessing the party\u2019s most self-destructive short-term political maneuver to its…<\/span><\/li>\n
- E.J. Dionne <\/a>–\u00a0Obama pursues a can-do approach<\/a> House Speaker John Boehner has said that President Obama…<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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