Obama Angers Latino Allies by Delaying Immigration Change
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Citing the “extreme politicization” of the issue, President Barack Obama retreated from his pledge to swiftly revise U.S. immigration policies, prompting a backlash from allies seeking to ease deportations at the Mexican border.
Obama defended his decision in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” set to air tomorrow, and said it wasn’t made to protect Democrats’ control of the Senate. He said a surge of unaccompanied Central American children crossing into the U.S. this summer affected his political calculations.