President Barack Obama is getting close to making an unilateral decision to allow illegal immigrants to stay legally in the country. According to the articles, “Obama’s immigration decision could roil 2014 election” from The Washington Post and “Immigration Clash Could Lead to Shutdown” from The New York Times, neither the Democrats nor Republicans are too thrilled about the decision. The Democrats are pleased to know that Obama wants to do something about the immigration issue, but they want Obama to postpone this action till the elections are over. They are worried that the Conservatives will not appreciate an unilateral decision being made and this will impact their re-election. The Republicans are upset that President Obama wants to go through with this executive decision and bypass Congress. The Republicans, particularly Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, say that they will, if needed, pull the funding to stop President Obama from doing this, which could lead to a government shutdown. Representative Steve King from Iowa thinks that President Obama’s executive decision could put us in a constitutional crisis and an impeachment could become a plausible option. If Obama goes through with this there will be chaos in the election aspect, even the Obama Administration is considering waiting till post-election.
This relates to the government course in the sense that it covers the Democratic and Republican ideology on the topic of immigration. Also, how President Obama could be impeached if he goes through with this or the government might shutdown again. And all of this could hurt both sides chances of re-election. Especially since President Obama is willing to sidestep Congress and may continue despite the funding cut from the Republicans. Even though the immigration rules on deportation need to change, President Obama should wait till the elections are over to go through with this decision, the only problem then are the immigration activists.
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