President Barack Obama is returning Tuesday to the city where he says he first forged his ties to the Latino community to pitch his new executive actions on immigration, on a day when a suburb of St. Louis is recovering from massive overnight riots 300 miles away. The president's decision to give an expected lengthy speech in the Windy City after devoting just nine minutes Monday night to calling for calm in Ferguson, Missouri, will open him up to criticism that he's both insensitive and politically tone deaf. He said Monday night in response to a single question he took from a reporter at the White House that no decision has been made about whether he will visit Ferguson personally.
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Trip was scheduled before chaos took over streets of St. Louis suburb
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But Obama risks being seen as tone deaf by pushing for an unpopular policy objective in the midst of a national emergency
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Rasmussen poll shows a massive majority of likely voters – 62 per cent – oppose his plan to give millions of illegal immigrants a temporary amnesty
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Obama plan also includes work permits for millions not currently allowed to hold US jobs
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Only 24 per cent now say Obama has the legal authority to change immigration policy without agreement from Congress
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A 55-per cent majority believe federal lawmakers should challenge him in court
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