07-08-2014, 01:52 PM
Some rumblings the President will go it alone, yet again:
President Barack Obama has said that he will act administratively on immigration before the midterm election. Pro-immigration activists are pleading with him to "go big and bold,” as Gustavo Torres, executive director of CASA de Maryland, told Buzzfeed. If Obama is in a gambling mood, he might do just that.
Obama's Midterm Surprise: Immigration - Bloomberg View
I understand the politics, the changing demographics and all that, but the economics are actually pro-capitalist. More immigration means a bigger labor pool, means downward pressure on wages, much of which have been stagnant for quite some time already.