https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/19/good-cop-bad-cop-are-obama-and-the-senate-group-coordinating-to-push-immigration-reform/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 02:37:55 -0400<![CDATA[Nevertheless, once there is wholesale granting of probationary status under the Gang of Eight’s plan, the pressure from the advocates to declare the border secure in order to convert the probationers to full-fledged legal status will be irresistible. Indeed, the declaration and the conversion will likely occur in well under the eight years that Obama’s plan sets out. But in any case all of these details within the two plans and the minute distinctions between them are utterly irrelevant to intending illegal aliens — the only thing that matters is the removal of illegal status.]]>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:10:06 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/19/good-cop-bad-cop-are-obama-and-the-senate-group-coordinating-to-push-immigration-reform-n100280