A May 12 New York Post editorial accused President Obama of not having “serious interest” in passing immigration reform and claimed his recent speech in El Paso, TX was delivered for the purpose of “scor[ing] political points,” “passing the buck,” and “smearing Republicans.” From the New York Post:
Does President Obama want to fix America's broken immigration system -- or just score political points?
Judging from his trip to Texas Tuesday, it's hard to see any serious interest from him in reform.
And that's a shame. Because, as he himself notes, the status quo is a disaster.
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Let's face it: As even The New York Times admitted, “politics were central” to Obama's Texas trip.
He has no plans to introduce legislation or change federal policies. That would unduly antagonize some of Big Labor -- a core Democratic constituency.
Yet he frets that many Hispanic Americans, an increasingly powerful political bloc, will hold him responsible in 2012 for not keeping his vows of reform.
Sorry: Hispanics, like everyone else, know that passing the buck and smearing Republicans won't cure America's immigration ills; it'll just poison the political climate further.
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