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Professor Michael Olivas: House should be ashamed of its reaction to Obama’s executive action

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In this op/ed, Professor Michael Olivas criticizes Republicans in the House of Represntatives for the strong negative public reactions to President Obama’s latest immigration initiatives.  In so doing, he kicks things off with a wonderful film analogy:

“In `Casablanca,’ the greatest immigration movie ever made, the police round up the `usual suspects.’ We see Rick meet Ilsa in one of the great `gin joints in all the world,’ and Inspector Renault is `shocked … shocked!’ at the gambling going on, as he is handed his winnings. Who knew this improbable 1942 wartime movie classic was to be reprised by today’s elected officials?”

 

KJ