Obama's Recent Executive Order on Immigration

What does Obama hope this Executive Order will accomplish?

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Political-related Vocab:

Washington Post: Obama's Evolution on Immigration:

1. Political Pressure- political action which relies upon use of mass media and communication to persuade politicians that the public wants or demands a certain action
2. Political Legacy- Something that happened in the past or that comes from someone in the past, that occurred in politics i.e. Locke's Natural Rights: Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness
3. Executive Authority- Powers of the presidential cabinet
4. Key line of Attack- a strategy or main line of defense
5. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee- the official party group working towards electing Democrats to the U.S. Senate

New York Times: Obama's Immigration Action Has Precedents, but May Set a New One:

1. Imperial Overreach- also know as Imperial Overstretch, it's a hypothesis that suggests an empire can extend itself beyond it's ability to maintain or expand it's military and economic commitments
2. Prosecutorial discretion- Power that Immigration and the Customs Enforcement Agency have to influence a deportation case 
3. Legislative Fiat- Legislative's authoritative decree, sanction, or order
4. Deporter-in-Chief- a nickname that has recently been bestowed on Obama due to his rising number of deportations
5. Bipartisan consensus- two conflicting parties that normally don't agree on much but come to a consensus

Key Political Players, their role, and ideology/beliefs on the issue:

• Barack Obama- President, Democrat

His ideology/beliefs on immigration at this time is that he is in favor of taking action on this issue. But what I'm questioning is, will his sudden take charge action be enough? On Obama's decision to tackle immigration it seems, he's trying to take a stand and negotiate at the same time. He is in favor of taking action on immigration, but not enough action it would seem. As it stands Obama's action will still leave millions of undocumented immigrants to go after and will barely make a dent in the remaining population.

• Shannen W. Cofffin- Chief Executive

Her ideology/beliefs on the matter are it could possibly unconstitutional what Barack Obama has done. Is he trying to change the game? Is he choosing not to exercise his discretion? Coffin, surely feels that his actions on the immigration issue are more towards he's changing the rules of the game. She seems to think because it's such a big issue and decision, it could in fact be more damaging than what was intended.

• Janet Murguia, president of the National Council of La Raza

Her ideology/beliefs on the matter are that Obama is a  deporter-in-chief, Obama's numbers of deportations are quite high, in fact one of the highest. Is she right? Could Obama in fact be a deporter-in-chief?

Three Takeaways:

1. Their are mixed views (surprising!) on the issue of immigration. It would seem that as much as these actions for immigration could help, they could also be very damaging.
2. This stand that Obama is taking, will still leave millions undocumented and barely make a dent in the remaining population.
3. Obama is set on this issue, even if he has to quote, "move ahead on his own,"

Question:

1. What does Obama hope this Executive Order will accomplish?