In re item one, fine for New York, but unless DOMA is
unconstitutional after all as per the President's post midterm revelation
(which I doubt given the precedent of Utah's entry into these United
States), Holder is on sounder ground than the President.

Politically, however, I suspect the President wants someone to sue
the USA to enforce the law (which could be tactically smart) or he's a
wimpola and is saying one thing while allowing Holder to take the heat for
enforcing the law, which only earns contempt from natural allies which have
been cooling on him lately and doesn't win over many opponents - it likely
doesn't even mollify the orthodox black churches leadership sufficiently to
sway a vote.

Unless the economy improves drastically, however, I expect this to
be a side-show. Unless a lousy economy can credibly be blamed upon a social
issue (as in booze prohibitions or drug legalization fights, or segregation
or immigration), I do not expect these sorts of things to have much
traction.

With all the hubbub on the (in)famous Morton's memo of backdoor method of granting temporary status to aliens in removal proceedings as quoted in

http://wearefl.com/2011/06/07/presidents-authority-to-stop-deportations/

(page 3 of 5)

"Deferred action does not confer any specific status on the individual and can be terminated at any time pursuant to the agency's discretion. DHS regulations, however, do permit deferred action recipients to be granted employment authorization.5"


I wanted to check with as a immigrant alien with a pending I-130 for my spouse (with retrogressed priority date) who is currently in US on limited time visa, can one apply,as a legal immigrant, for prosecutorial discretion and get employment auth card and stay on until the PD becomes current? Does one have to become an illegal alien to receive benefits that exceed people in line for legal migration? Is it even a possibility or is AILA or other law community raising issues like these?

I am glad, for once, to be seeing completely eye-to-eye with Honza Prchal, whose comments are always thoughtful and carefully considered, whether one agrees with them completely or not.

I also agree with his June 29 comment. I cannot think of a better word to describe Obama on immigration (and many other issues) than "wimpola". Obama is always anxious to grab credit for taking the side of immigrants and other ordinary people without great access to power or political influence, while in reality giving into powerful special interests, including the anti-immigrant hate lobby. We can only expect more of the same if Obama wins a second term. Then, there would be no break on his power to throw immigrants and everyone else who once had such high hopes for him under the bus.

Unfortunately the Republicans would be far, far worse. By their activities at the state level, they have already made clear that if they win control of the White House and Senate next year, their top priority will be to make immigrants the prime scapegoats for their catastrophic economic policies, which are already beginning to transform America into a third world banana republic made of a small group of multi- billionaires at the top and an impoverished underclass consisting of everyone else.