Obama is poised to grant amnesty to about five million illegal immigrants tonight via executive order.
I'm trying to understand this action from a nonpartisan point of view. My understanding is that those granted amnesty will NOT become citizens, which means they will not have the right to vote or collect benefits from government programs, such as EBT, Medicaid (or free Obamacare), wealfare, section 8 etc. Rather, they will only be granted legal working papers, which [basically] means that they can legally work at the jobs they already have.
So, for example, your cleaning lady, the guy who delivers stuff from your local grocery, or the guys laying the bricks at that new construction site can now be "on the books" if he or she chooses.
This leaves three problems for the opposition [the GOP] to be upset about:
- This sweeping executive action is unconstitutional and is not within the president's power to grant.
- There will be more competition for existing jobs which are already difficult to obtain as it is.
- There will be an influx of illegals sneaking into the country now that they believe they can get amnesty
What am I missing here?