A panel on CNN’s “New Day” expressed their shock that President Barack Obama’s announcement that he will act unilaterally on immigration has received criticism. 

Anchor Kate Bolduan stated that Speaker John Boehner’s negative reaction to the president’s statement “makes me scratch my head just a little bit, because Obama’s talking about essentially through this executive action is use his existing Department of Homeland Security, beefing up border security.  New Yorker magazine’s Ryan Lizza added that “everyone should be happy” with Obama’s announcement, and that there was “a lot of theater” in the immigration debate.

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