Does this change the fact that he indeed is stopping the deportation of DREAM-Eligible youth? As far as I'm concerned whether it's election season pandering or not, if he does it, great.

The President doesn't only represent liberals; I find he's more or less trying to be a centrist to pull this increasing partisanship polarity together again.

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Do not get me wrong I am in 100% favor of this move. I Just hope the Latino people are not stupid enough to take the election year trick and think that Obama is all of a sudden concerned with their plight.

Obama is going to PANDER to every group he can just to get reelected, so he can go about the 1% business as usual. Cornel West & Tavis Smiley have Obama's number

Excellent points, Argon18. Whatever the intent behind the decision, even if it's not totally pure, if the end result is positive, I'm OK with it.

There seem to be degrees of purity and how postive it is depending on circumstances. The most postive would be if the power of voice of the people was being considered by the administration for purely democratic reasons.

To a lesser degree "Because the demonstrators were themselves undocumented immigrants, an administration decision to remove and arrest them would have subjected them to possible deportation, making the decision of how to handle the protests a delicate one. With today’s announcement, that decision goes away, as does the possibility that the occupations could spread to more politically problematic states — Florida, say, or Arizona, or the campaign’s national headquarters in Illinois." that at least takes into account some compassion for their situation of staying but also adds the element of CYA and keeping a lid on dissent.

At the very least it's good PR to contrast the harsh and selfish stances of the opposition, so yes I agree, most of the results are positive

Now it's time to occupy his re-election offices to get the Wall St crooks arrested and tried :-)!

Agreed! And thanks.

The president has not created jobs for these young people. He has,if they qualify given them a work permit for two years to be able to look for work without the worry of being deported. It does not guarantee they will find work.
For the president to create jobs he needs congress. Just remember congress holds the purse strings. Creating jobs costs money such as his "Job's Bill" that would have created jobs for millions. He planned on paying for it by adding taxes on the wealthy. The Republicans voted it down. Many of these young people may not find jobs but they can not be deported for trying. I hope this answers your question without asking you to vote for Obama.

Thnx S -- I was serious in my comment, I just wanted to know how he could do this without congress. And altho' I wasn't thinking about these immigrants having jobs you did explain it in such a way as to make it possible for me to better understand the connection between us having jobs and the part congress plays in that.

congress appropriate the money

I could be wrong but I think the president has always had the power to grant amnesty, look at the pardon Nixon was given even though he was a criminal and the amnesty that was granted Vietnam draft dodgers who had gone to Canada in clear violation of the law. It's nice to let common sense trump law at times.

A good explanation can be found at;

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Presidential+pardon

and scooter libby, don't forget about him.

They aren't "foreign nationals," many grew up here in the United States. We're not giving these undocumented students any extra aid or advantages, we're just agreeing to not deport them. How does that threaten anyone's ability to afford college?

Why you would just spend it.

Pay attention people. How's he gonna kick you in the face? Hows He gonna kick at all?

It would be nice to be able to call people what they are, however, pointing out the fact that someone is a racist is considered to be a personal attack, and such comments are removed.

As are all Americans except for Native Americans.

are you a Native American??

In the late 1700s those who rebelled against the law were called patriots, those who insisted on obeying the law were called torys.

one million criminals to be given sanctuary should be the title if this story

Evidence, please.

Undocumented means they snuck into the country or came and didn't leave according to the established laws. They are criminals, nothing more.

What obama should do is give them all, every single one, a one way ticket to Switzerland. Then they can all make Switzerland a "better" place.

Ah, so now babies and small kids are criminals... Sheesh!

haven't you heard that Americans don't need jobs ? they just have to kneel down in front of a millionaire and receive trickle down gold