“It was my hope that a new, Republican-led Congress would seek to govern responsibly by supporting commonsense solutions to one of our country’s greatest challenges, just like President Bush and Sen. John McCain tried to nearly a decade ago,” Obama wrote in an op-ed for The Hill.
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— The Hill (@thehill) February 24, 2015
Instead, a series of votes have been cast to deport young people “who are American in every way except on paper”, the president continued.
Obama announced his decision to protect some five million illegal immigrants from being deported and provide them with work authorization in late 2014.
On Monday, US senators voted for a fourth time to reject debate on the US Department of Homeland Security funding bill in a bid to halt the president’s immigration reform. Funding for the department is expected to run out on Friday.
