Obama's Immigration Order Overreaches: Our View
By Editorial Board of USA Today


Link: http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/04/17/daca-dapa-us-v-texas-obama-immigration-executive-orders-editorials-debates/83160384/

Summary: In an effort to make way on immigration reform, President Obama passed an executive order to aid over 5 million undocumented immigrants from being deported. This order was instituted towards the end of Obama's 2nd term. The policy seemed too extreme, according to many, and was said to be passing the right things in the wrong way. Republicans didn't even see it as a good thing at all, and now the order is being challenged in the Supreme Court. When President Obama  leaves office in January of next year, a Republican president would rescind the order anyway, making it tough for immigration policy to even make way without having serious backlash and problems getting past Congress; order or not. Undocumented immigrants should be a problem left to Congress to evaluate and solve.

Class Relation: During class, we have been discussing two topics as of late: the presidency and the bureaucracy. The executive order by president Obama is perfect for what we have been going over in class. We have looked at how the president can pass an executive order to get something done quickly and effectively without consent of the House or Senate. We have learned about the presidents who have used the most and least executive orders during their time in office. Obama's executive order on immigration is a clear example of orders carried out by the president.

My Opinion: I think the people at USA Today are wrong to say Obama's executive order was done in the "wrong way." For decades, our country has had very big problems with letting immigrants enter, and live peacefully in this country. It is our responsibility as a nation to take in people escaping hardship, famine, natural disasters, and economic problems in other countries worldwide. You might hear or think that the immigrants coming in to this country are terrorists or rapists or drug lords or even people coming to "take our jobs and money." This is not true. While there are immigrants coming in that do do harmful things and cause trouble once they have made it into the U.S., it is an extremely small number compared to all those coming in to do good and to help our nation grow. Those who come in and work for lower wages are actually strengthening the economy and making life better for every American. I feel they should be paid equally, but for now, America is prospering from people coming in to feed their families and go to work. Who are we to deny these people that right? Who are we to deport them and send them back to only tragedy and hardship. The least we can do as a nation is allow them to stay in our country and work and live and feed their families, because that's what America should be all about.