Obama's Immigration Speech | National Catholic Reporter

Obama's Immigration Speech | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: I think the President's defense tone had to do with the fact that he had to demonstrate legal justification for what he was doing.  The sad thing is that this is not the opening act, it is the closer. The GOP will do nothing, which is likely a good idea, because what they would do is veto bait.  The Senate bill was sent over not to pass but because it never would. It would have been better to have a Senate bill without the punitive measures included - letting McConnell block it and getting credit with the Latino community for proposing progress rather than compromising with the Tea Party Nationalists who roam the border even now.  I am glad that the Bishops got on the right side of this, but its sad who they rolled it out in a way that had their most conservative members able to distance themselves from it and maintain their contacts with the GOP sponsored National Right to Life Committee (which is compromised morally for not issuing their own statement of support).