Obama Draws Natives Into Immigration Reform Battle

Last week, President Obama went out on a political limb with his executive order allowing an estimated 5 million undocumented immigrants to remain in the United States. It was just more fuel for Republicans’ anti-Democrat fire, who of course responded with more threats to sue, and all the usual hateful rhetoric. What was more interesting, though, was Obama’s statement to a Chicago audience, pointing to the broader absurdities of immigration history. Talking about how each wave of immigration is met with complaints about who should and shouldn’t be allowed to immigrate into the U.S., Obama said “the only people who have the right to say that are some Native Americans.”

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