BOTH OF NEW MEXICO DEMOCRATIC SENATORS … TOM UDALL AND MARTIN HEINRICH … ARE TALKING ABOUT WHY THEY SUPPORT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S DECISION TO TAKE EXECUTIVE ACTION ON IMMIGRATION. UDALL SAYS DEPORTING THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN WHAT HE CALLS "IMMIGRATION LIMBO" IS NOT A REALISTIC OPTION. HE ALSO AGREES WITH THE PRESIDENT THAT OUR LIMITED RESOURCES ARE BETTER USED SECURING THE BORDER AND GOING AFTER DRUG DEALERS, GANG MEMBERS, AND POTENTIAL TERRORISTS.
SENATOR HEINRICH, MEANWHILE, SAYS HE LIKES THAT THE PLAN REQUIRES UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS TO PASS A BACKGROUND CHECK AND PAY TAXES.
BUT REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN STEVE PEARCE PREDICTS IT'LL BRING HORDES OF IMMIGRANTS TO THE U-S, EVEN THOUGH THE PRESIDENT SAID THE PLAN WOULD NOT APPLY TO NEWCOMERS. PEARCE SAYS OBAMA HAS STEPPED BEYOND HIS POWER AS PRESIDENT.
