Testing the Limits of Power.

The article focuses on the conflict between U.S. President Barack Obama and House and Senate Republicans about the immigration issue. It cites the reaction of Republican leaders to the move of Obama to take executive action and made a number of undocumented immigrants eligible for temporary legal status. It also notes that the executive action does not provide a path to citizenship but gives undocumented parents of children who are in the nation legally a three-year reprieve from deportation.