As the 112th Congress convenes this January, the Obama administration faces continued challenges to its delicately balanced immigration policy. In his first two years in office, President Barack Obama has pursued a dual strategy of advocating comprehensive immigration reform while simultaneously increasing immigration enforcement.
Pro-immigration advocates may welcome the president’s attempts at comprehensive reform, but many remain skeptical toward his hard-lined tactics, which have included a record number of detentions of illegal aliens and heightened restrictions on employers that hire foreign workers. Conversely, conservatives in Congress might applaud the administration’s aggressive tactics, but will likely remain cool to any perceived amnesty for illegal aliens. To tread this thin line, the administration will need to highlight every facet of its increased enforcement policies to woo these conservative members of Congress in the inevitable horse-trading over comprehensive legislation.
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