Barack Obama still hopeful on immigration - Page 4

Yes you are right, of course. There's no reason to look down upon those less educated and there's no reason to bash those that more highly educated. But there's a lot of both going around on this forum, which I don't get.

We don't need Obamas's sympathy, we needed his support.
Newt Gingrich can be very bad news for Obama next year. According to Gingrich there must be a place between legalization and deportation & I don't think Obama has any credibility when it comes to immigration.

What do you want him to do exactly?
He's not a dictator. The Dream Act failed in the Senate- And it's chances of passing are much lower now than before. What makes you think voting on it now is a good option?

It's easy to just blame one guy for everything, but let's remember that there are THREE BRANCHES of government and that an executive order for something like this wouldn't be appropriate at all.

It's very counter-productive to be anti-Obama at this point. He clearly wants DREAM to pass, but doesn't have any way to do it now. We need to support him by electing Democrats in 2012 so they can take back the house and hopefully also get a greater majority in the Senate. He's the president, not the king.

Let's not forget how much worse everything would be if Republicans took the White House and/or the Senate.

I understand everyone is upset, but let's direct that towards something useful, instead of just getting mad at the one guy who could make our situations better if we help him.

yup...canada it is

I sincerely applaud your optimism. But, how can Obama explain not tackling DA when there was clear support in both the house and the senate? It is not our fault that he kept delaying the issue till the last minute. Now it has gotten to a point where I see myself leaving this country very soon.

^ He did tackle it; it failed. Trying again would have only had the same result.

Not at the right time he didn't...reading comprehension goes a long way.

You're right Ali. If he tacked it in the first month of his term, five more senators would have voted in favor of the bill just because.

Common sense goes a long way.

That's exactly how I felt. Obama was so passionate to pass healthcare bill even though that lowered his approval rating. DA was supported by both GOP and Democrats when he first elected into the office, and he did not do anything about it until the last minute. Some people say that he was strategically not supporting it, so he won't lose his approval rating anymore, but what about healthcare?
He could have tackle the issue, but he did not do it, and that resulted in dreamers to live under the shadow for next few years or might be forever.
The reason I left the US is Obama never seemed to say "yes" or "no" on DA. There is no answer to a question such as "maybe", and Obama exactly did that. In the GOP majority congress, they obviously send the message "no" to DA and CIR.
I know many people in this forum need definite answer to our problem, not some kind of assumption or false hope. For those people who think they are educated and calm in this forum, your patience won't do a thing for your future. Act now or wait for your doom. You can not be young and stupid forever.

I'm not even going to re-address the fact that there isn't ONE senator who voted against the bill that would have voted in favor if it was introduced earlier.

Keep up your complaining and moaning guys!
It makes it all better! Keep going!