Immigration Reform 2014: News, Update, Obama May Give Executive Order to Allow More Guest Workers, Little Public Support for Amnesty

President Barack Obama's possible immigration amnesty has been the focus of conservatives ever since the president announced he would take executive action, since Congress was deadlocked on immigration reform. According to a public opinion poll take this summer, most American's wouldn't support any kind of amnesty for undocumented immigrants, anyway. However, White House officials have said there won't be a blanket amnesty, but there' s a strong possibility there will be an easing of work permit rules for undocumented immigrants. 

"Now let's be clear: this is not an amnesty," Obama said in 2012, when he eased restrictions on immigrant children. It's also clear, according to public polls, that the last thing American's want is amnesty that will allow people coming from Central America a clear pass to become citizens. 

But amnesty has never really been the case, and it's a word conservatives and others are misusing, according to Politifact.com.

As Obama stated two years ago: "Over the next few months, eligible individuals who do not present a risk to national security or public safety will be able to request temporary relief from deportation proceedings and apply for work authorization." 

It's believed that this similar program will be part of Obama's upcoming executive action, the difference being that the delay in deportation and the right to work permits will apply to adults, and not just the children.

A poll by Reuters/Ipsos, that the Huffington Post reported on said:  "Seventy percent of Americans -- including 86 percent of Republicans -- believe undocumented immigrants threaten traditional U.S. beliefs and customs, according to the poll."

More than the people who responded to the poll, 63 percent, said "immigrants place a burden on the economy," while 45 percent said they thought fewer legal immigrants should be allowed in to the country. Jjust 17 percent were of the belief that more immigrants should be allowed into the country.

As an opinion article in USA Today, by former presidential attorney Alberto Gonzales states, "Because Congress failed to appropriate additional funds before the recess, the President will have to exercise whatever authority he has to reallocate money in the executive budge."

Gonzales, a lawyer under George W. Bush wrote, "And fund additional immigration judges, hearing officers and administrative personnel in order to accelerate the hearing process."