Obama delays action on immigration

Under pressure from some senators facing tough re-election battles, among others, President Obama is delaying his planned action on immigration and deportation until after November's elections:

The decision is a striking reversal of Mr. Obama’s vow to take action on immigration soon after summer’s end. The president made that promise on June 30, standing in the Rose Garden, where he angrily denounced Republican obstruction and said he would use the power of his office to protect immigrant families from the threat of deportation.

“Because of the Republicans’ extreme politicization of this issue, the president believes it would be harmful to the policy itself and to the long-term prospects for comprehensive immigration reform to announce administrative action before the elections,” a White House official said. “Because he wants to do this in a way that’s sustainable, the president will take action on immigration before the end of the year.”

The human cost of delay is clear, but will the political upside be as the president's advisers expect? Republicans will certainly continue to run on the fear of immigration reform (brown people), while Latino voters have been asked, once again, to keep waiting patiently and believe that Democrats will do the right thing someday. Immigration activists are definitely unhappy:

Americas Voice: "We are bitterly disappointed in the President and we are bitterly disappointed in the Senate Democrats"
— @BenjySarlin

That's about the size of it.