The handling of our nation’s illegal immigrants by the President’s executive order has brought a return to partisan warfare. After the Conservatives found a new hope in their Senate victory, President Obama struck back with a mandate concerning illegal residency during a speech this past month. His address relayed his intentions to strengthen border security, enforce regulations on the hiring and utilization of undocumented workers, provide methods for earned citizenship, as well as streamline immigration processes and procedures. The proposal in and of itself is rather generous to either party, but the Red Rebels of Capitol Hill have designated the chief flaw in this new system as the implementation of its changes and the manner in which it was approved.

Immigration policies in the United States have been either poorly identified or ineffective in execution. Border control is notoriously understaffed, spread too thin, and granted too few liberties in the cracking down on illegal aliens. In turn, deportation has been an extremely murky area of our nation’s judicial system, often times leading to unnecessary separations or passive allowances. The recurring issue of the policy’s framework has been that there isn’t clarity to the extent of prosecution or the flexibility of its forgiveness. The President’s new offer doesn’t give concrete ground to stand on still, but it at least provides a foothold here and there for legal decisions in the future. As typical of most political motions, the plan is filled with ample hemming and hawing, but does give basic ideas for the future.

The proposal is aimed at giving current illegal residents a reassurance to their safety in their homes, as well as the promotion of legal immigration into the states. A non-deference agreement has now become established between the 5 million illegal immigrants with families in the United States. In addition to these encouraging commitments, the President promised to increase the prevention of convicts entering the country, as well as the tightening of our nation’s borders. Deportation of convicts after imprisonment is to become the standard, and border security is on track to being doubled in strength with both manpower and protective fences.

The President is focusing on the human appeals of illegal immigration, rather than the political results it will muster. Republicans are accusing Obama of vote generating, but the President is ensuring that his plan is moral and economically sound. Boasting that immigrants create 28% of all new small businesses, (though not mentioning whether or not illegals make up that number), the Chief of Staff implied the cash flow of these undocumented workers would increase with legal standings.

As expected, the contrarian nature of the Republicans in DC was quickly present with this issue. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R – OH) has been working with his party to avoid another government shutdown yet allow voices to be heard. A bill to repeal the act has already made its presence known, though its success has yet to be seen. The President worked meticulously to determine the legality of his actions beforehand, but the scale of this shift is still a lot to take in. Hints of impeachment have made their way around congress, but this is nothing new.

The timing of the President’s address has also come under fire, seeing as it was released on a Friday night, and not to mention it preceded the Ferguson controversy’s grand jury verdict by a span of hours. It’s safe to say that Obama took the keen strategy of allowing the masses to draw their focus towards Missouri’s turmoil, but lawmakers everywhere are not letting his movement hide in the shadows.

As common for nearly all pleasant thoughts in our government, the fledgling policies on immigration will be difficult to enact, ripe with flak, and plagued by technicalities. In an ideal world, the concepts of this plan would benefit every party involved, but alas, the democratic process is a long and tumultuous road, and the fate of millions will be decided by its close.