Immigration anger fuels House vote, Madana Kloss 4th

Immigration anger fuels House vote, Madana Kloss 4th 

Recently, President Obama has taken a clear stand on America's immigration policy. Congress was not too happy. Ted Yoho, a Florida Republican Representative, has drafted the "Preventing Executive Outreach on Immigration Act" in response to Obama's policy. The House of Representatives have voted for this bill to take an opposing stand on immigration while others voted for it to establish Congress's authority.  There have often been times in the past where presidents have acted far beyond their roles or even unconstitutionally for reasons we nowadays believe to be moral. For example, Lincoln's emancipation proclamation may have been Lincoln overstepping his boundaries. In addition, interestingly, the House of Representatives votes were very closely split by the two parties.

I was not shocked by the Republican backlash on Obama's immigration reform; however, I was shocked that this close to a possible government shutdown, time would be spent on an act to put checks and balances in place. This is because I personally think we already have a very good working system of checks and balances. In contrast, it is clear that America's immigration system is broken and with over 11 million undocumented workers, I think it was good that Obama took a clear stand now to solve the issue. Although I do believe he overstepped his role as the executive branch, but Congress did not seem to have anything on the table in terms of immigration. It's a very pressing issue in America which needs to be dealt with as soon as possible. 

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/04/politics/republicans-voting-immigration-bill-shutdown/index.html?hpt=hp_t2