Senate Democrats at risk of losing re-election in moderate or conservative-leaning states this fall are wary about President Obama using his executive powers to sidestep Congress and act alone on immigration reform.
Their biggest concerns appear to be that Obama will expand his 2012 executive action that deferred deportation for young illegal immigrants by extending it to as many as 5 million more people living illegally in the United States.
"This is an issue that I believe should be addressed legislatively and not through executive order," said North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan, one of the most vulnerable Democrats in Republicans' bid to take control of the Senate.
The president is scheduled to return from a family vacation at some point this weekend to engage in high-level White House talks. Administration officials will not disclose what will be discussed but have said the president does not intend to take action at least on the current immigration crisis -- the influx of unaccompanied Central American youths crossing the southern U.S. border -- until after summer.
Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., another vulnerable incumbent, said in a statement that he also is "frustrated with the partisanship in Washington. But that doesn't give the president carte blanche authority to sidestep Congress when he doesn't get his way."Read the rest of the story HERE.
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