Reading over this thread it seems that a lot of posters don't mind the President overstepping his authority as long as it "screws over" the GOP. That's not the way this country supposed to work, no matter who is President. Most politicians are just following the will of the people who voted for them and those Republican Congressmen who are voting against immigration reform are only following the will of the people who voted for them.
The majority of people were against the civil rights act, and a lot of brave people had to go against the will of the people who voted for them to help make it happen, and lost their careers in politics to do it. The majority is, with great frequency, too stupid to know what's in their own best interests. One of the more important functions of our government is to protect minorities from the whims and tyranny of the majority.
I would hardly compare the Civil Rights Act to allowing millions of illegal immigrants to stay in the US. Victims of segregation laws were born here and didn't have too many choices. I don't know where people get the idea that legalizing well over ten million illegal immigrants who will then turn around and try to get more of their family members here is in the best interest of our country.
In my opinion the US shouldn't have to deal with this but Mexico likes to look the other way while allowing the highest members of their government to be infiltrated by drug cartels. But for some reason people think that we should bend over backwards to accommodate illegal aliens and will go as far as call us racist if we don't, like enforcing our immigration laws is a form of racism.
I just want to add that the Civil Rights Act was built upon the rights endowed upon men through Natural Law. The concept of segregation did not mesh with the very premise of the creation and existence of United States when the argument made for the creation of the US was that "All Men are created equal.". The same does not apply for people who are not citizens of the United States and as such they are not entitled to the rights that were given to those who demanded justice and equality in the Civil Rights movement of the 50'-60's.
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