Obama’s troubles are Aquino’s troubles

Undocumented Filipinos in the United States as well as their relatives in the Philippines can only cheer President Barack Obama’s resolve to legalize the stay of five million undocumented immigrants in the US. They are, after all, going to benefit from it. But it is far from an accomplished fact. The Republican majority in Congress is questioning its constitutionality, and the Aquino administration may not be able to express a position on it, without interfering in the internal affairs of the US government.

This is not because the Republicans are against foreign immigrants, while Obama is not.