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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsQuestion... Why did Obama do his immigration thing
after the election and not before?
Like a month or two before ?
just curious.
Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)Or is that just supposition?
EarlG
(21,966 posts)it's unlikely that it would have changed the ultimate outcome of the elections (GOP gaining control of the Senate/retaining control of the House) and the danger was that if it had been done earlier, the mid-term results would have been seen as a referendum on immigration. Republicans would have said "the people have spoken on immigration" and that the president had lost the fight.
This way, immigration remains a top issue that both Republicans and Democrats will have to deal with going forward into 2015/2016.
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)but its still supposition and knowing hispanic demographics it might have changed things.
But mine is supposition also
Thanks Earl for your take.