As President Obama prepares to issue an Executive Order addressing the immigration crisis in America, the howls from the right wing are starting to rise. (Read, if you must, New York Times Republican scold and would-be moral arbiter "Cardinal" Ross "I Seriously" Douthat's piece if you want to experience full-on crackpot hyperbole.) Meanwhile, Republicans are threatening to use budget bills to pressure Obama to back down on immigration. If only consistency and humanity guided them rather than pure racist partisanship. At the risk of their tiny heads exploding, these right-wingers might want to see what other recent Presidents took executive action to shield immigrants from deportation =cough= St. Ronnie =cough= Poppy Bush =cough=. But, seriously, you were expecting something different? Our rule of thumb applies here as elsewhere: the louder the Republicans squeal, the more certain you can be you're doing the right thing.
In the meantime, here's your cartoon twofer:
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(Jim Morin, The Miami Herald)
(Rob Rogers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
