How Obama’s immigration gamble backfired

By Brian Hughes

Published November 7, 2014 10:00am ET

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How Obama’s immigration gamble backfired — This Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014, photo shows demonstrators as they march at Freedom Plaza in Washington, asking President Obama to modify deportation policies. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) | Jose Luis Magana

President Obama gambled that delaying executive action on immigration reform would preserve Democratic control of the Senate.

He lost.

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