So, what is the other side saying about the latest amnesty?

Usually, I don't link to left wing sites, but I'll make an exception in this case.

Here's something that coincides with my thinking on this latest amnesty from Mother Jones:

It's an open question whether Obama's actions are politically wise...There's also, I think, a legitimate question about whether liberals should be cheering an expansion of presidential power, whether it's legal or not.--- Kevin Drum

Just because you can do something doesn't mean that you should.  Obama and the left know that this isn't politically popular, that's why it was deferred until the end of Obama's presidency and directly after an election.  If it were helpful to them politically, he would have done it before the election.

For example, President Bush's decision to go into Iraq was clearly legal.  It didn't work for him politically.

However, Obama isn't counting on it to work politically this past election, but he is counting on it to work in future elections.  That's why he did it.

He's hoping for a backlash from Hispanics for anything the GOP might do in stopping this latest amnesty.  For him it's a low risk high reward type of move.

Even if it is legal, it is still an abuse of power.  An abuse of power doesn't have to be illegal.  It's an abuse because it was done for political advantage and not for the good of the nation.  It was done at the benefit of the few over the objection of the many.  This is implied in the timing.  He knew that the majority wouldn't like what he did.