When our nation's Founding Fathers created our three-branch system of government, they did so to prevent the self-interest of a few individuals from overriding the best interests of the country at large.

What they never envisioned, however, was a day when the self-interest of entire political parties would so gridlock the system that the needs of the vast majority of persons would be so cold-heatedly ignored.

I write in reference to President Barack Obama's recent immigration overhaul and the overwhelming negative Republican response. Though certainly not a card-carrying Obama supporter, I greatly applaud his recent action as morally just and beneficial. Having given Congress plenty of time to come up their own response to the immigration problem, a Congress that was more focused on their own party squabbles than the needs of millions, now, cannot see past their own political noses.

Their thirst to counteract the president's immigration reform, regardless of the fact that what the president did was good for the country, is a pitiful and despicable attempt to save face, despite the fact that to do so would hurt millions. It is a truly frustrating time to be an American.



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