(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) Senate Democratic leaders pushed President Obama to act unilaterally on immigration policy, writing in a letter that he should halt deportations for millions of people who are now living here illegally but have “strong ties to the United States.”
The letter, signed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and his deputies, also calls on the president to change border enforcement and immigration policy to be “more effective, humane and non-discriminatory.”
The letter blames the GOP for blocking immigration reform legislation passed in 2012 that would have coupled some border security improvements with increased immigration and a path to citizenship for many of those now living here illegally.
