Obama to designate millions of acres as wilderness The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is on Alaska’s North coast. Oil drilling in all of ANWR’s 19mil acres is currently off limits. That issue has been hotly debated in Congress since the 70’s. But ~7mil acres of ANWR are designated as “Wilderness.” That means those areas permanently off limits to oil drilling. …
Immigration Reform
President uses executive action to make changes on immigration Obama announced executive action on immigration on Thurs. Children born in the US to illegal immigrants gain citizenship. The reforms mean the parents of those kids won’t be deported. The reforms don’t protect anyone who immigrated after 2010. The reforms don’t grant citizenship or a permanent visa. People have to …