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If were r having problems with it then why grant amnesty

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Anti-deportation protesters chant in front of the White House in Washington on Aug. 28. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

The immigration reform issue continues to float on, largely untouched, with President Obama being the latest politician to pledge action only to fail to deliver.

And in fact, all of the recent controversy over the southern border and Obama's delayed executive action appear to have only made real reform less possible.

A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows that the percentage of Americans who say they strongly oppose a new path to citizenship for illegal immigrants (27 percent) now outnumbers the percentage who strongly support such a path (21 percent).

That's a reversal from the beginning of the current Congress (April 2013), when strong support was at 29 percent and strong opposition was at 21 percent.

And overall support for a path to citizenship (both "strongly favor" and "somewhat favor") has also dropped, from 64 percent last year to 53 percent today. So while poll after poll for years has shown strong support for a new path to citizenship, this one shows a pretty small 53-45 split.

In addition, Americans are becoming less and less critical of the GOP's border-security-first argument on immigration reform. In April, 59 percent of Americans said that emphasizing border security was a thinly veiled attempt to block comprehensive reform efforts, while 36 percent said it was a legitimate concern. That was a 23-point gap.

Today, the gap is just 12 points. A slight majority -- 52 percent -- says Republicans are just blocking reform, while 40 percent say they raise legitimate issues.

That doesn't mean that the American public is going to start celebrating the Republican Party's position on immigration reform (though comparatively, it's looking better). But it does mean they are more sympathetic. And if Republicans didn't really feel the need to act on comprehensive immigration reform for the past 20 months, these numbers suggest that they've got even less reason to do so now -- apart, of course, from worrying about losing another presidential election because of the Latino vote. (But we would submit that this hasn't proven a compelling reason to act so far and probably won't before the 2016 election.)

Immigration reform's progress has long been stunted by two things: 1) the lack of enthusiasm among its supporters, and 2) the fact that Republican incumbents fear being labeled "amnesty" supporters in their primaries.

And for reform advocates, these problems are only being exacerbated right now.

(h/t Carrie Dann)

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Immigration reform just went from extremely unlikely to impossible

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The immigration reform issue continues to float on, largely untouched, with President Obama being the latest politician to pledge action only to fail to deliver. And in fact, all of the recent controversy over the southern border and Obama's delayed executive action appear to have only made real reform less possible.

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This shows that we need amnesty because after you look at this you can see all the money that go to non legal immigrants, who dont have to pay taxes.

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according to this article the reason why they dont want Obama to pass the amnesty is because the people running for ofice and other positions want to use that act to apeal to the hispanic votes.

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As President Barack Obama considers enacting executive amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants, USA Today urged him not to do it, saying it would "set a dangerous precedent" for future presidents to act unilaterally on a host of "significant matters without the assent of Congress."

After maligning Republicans and reiterating unproven liberal talking points-like Republicans need to pass amnesty to appeal to Hispanic voters- USA Today reiterated that Obama is "thinking about going it alone" by "greatly expanding" the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Obama enacted DACA via executive fiat in 2012, which has been responsible for the drastic surge in the number of illegal immigrant juveniles who have been apprehended at the border.

"Our advice: Don't do it," USA Today wrote in a Sunday editorial. "Yes, the intransigence of Republicans in the House is exasperating. Many would vote for the bill, but in the name of party unity, the leadership gave its immigration hard-liners a veto."

USA Today conceded that "Congress is the only appropriate venue for adopting such sweeping changes in policy" and noted that "Obama himself has said so in the past."

"An executive order affecting a small segment of children brought here by their parents is one thing," USA Today emphasized. "A policy shift impacting millions of undocumented workers is quite another."

Opponents of executive amnesty-like U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner Peter Kirsanow-have emphasized that granting work permits to millions of illegal immigrants would only harm American workers, especially black workers on the bottom of the economic ladder.

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USA Today to Obama on Exec Amnesty: 'Don't Do It' | Breitbart

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After maligning Republicans and reiterating unproven liberal talking points-like Republicans need to pass amnesty to appeal to Hispanic voters- USA Today reiterated that Obama is "thinking about going it alone" by "greatly expanding" the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

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according to what obama did amnesty is not as important to him as the democrats thiking badly of him. so i guessamnesty isnt important it can wait.

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When critics tried to troll Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by resurfacing an old video of her dancing, she showed she's still got the moves.

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this is a quote from a web site saying the basic outline of amnesty.

"The basic outline would be this: enforcement first, without preconditions or trade-offs, but targeted mainly at the prevention of new illegal immigration. Once that’s fully in place, we can move on to the grand bargain: amnesty for remaining long-established, non-violent illegals in exchange for an end to mass legal immigration".

after reading this amnesty doesnt seem so bad . it seems like it could help us with the immagration overload.