Expect immigration reform to be next

*Hopeful thinking in the momentum of Obamacare and same-sex marriage.  Barreto says it’s possible as part of an overall progressive shift. VL

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By Matt Barreto, New York Times

[tweet_dis]Public opinion and the recent Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage suggest an evolving progressive view in America. [/tweet_dis]A renewed debate over wages and inequality point to majority support for closing the chief-executive-to-average-employee pay gap.

[pullquote]This progressive trend in U.S. politics is often obscured by partisan fighting and dysfunction in Congress. But this Tea Party caucus in the House is increasingly out of sync with public opinion.[/pullquote]

Even Obamacare, which remains polarized by partisanship, is seeing a progressive shift, not only with the Supreme Court upholding the subsidies, but also 70 percent of Americans agreeing that the government should be allowed to provide financial assistance to low income Americans to buy health insurance. And while Republican governors have sued to block President Obama’s recent executive action on immigration, [tweet_dis]76 percent of all Americans agree with Obama that undocumented immigrants who are parents of U.S. born children should be allowed to stay in the U.S.[/tweet_dis] without fear of deportation.

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