Obama is playing a skillful game of dangling a carrot before the donkey of immigration activists who support Democrats, but are becoming increasingly angry at continued deportations. According to Buzzfeed however, the President will announce tomorrow that action on immigration reform will come right after the election, and he will ask Hispanics to stick with him for 40 days:
President Obama will reaffirm his promise of administrative actions to slow record deportations before the end of the year during a high-profile speech to Latinos and Hispanic officials on Thursday, BuzzFeed News has learned.
His speech at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) gala — his first there since 2011 — comes as activists have expressed anger and frustration over repeated delays on executive actions.
Obama will tell Latinos in attendance that he understands their frustration but will also call on them to stick with him and wait 40 more days, until after the election, according to a source who viewed the president’s prepared remarks.
It is unclear if the 40 days comment is a reference to expanding the range of dates the White House would consider to act or if they continue to hold firm to a date after the holidays and before the end of 2014.
The tension is that immigration activists demand that ALL deportations stop, while the majority of Americans support deportations when asked in polls. Republicans should absolutely HAMMER their Democrat opponents on whether they support this extortion from the administration, especially in districts where border control is popular.