president is willing to act is a question that must also be balanced with what his options are. to help stem the flow of undocumented children flooding the border. today marks an entire year of inaction by house republicans on a bipartisan senate bill, and this week that had some democrats seeing red, literally. but as the white house signaled yesterday, and as politico reports today, vice president joe biden sent his own message to a group of immigration advocates. there is no red card on immigration. a week after the vice president travelled to central america, the first lady of honduras is here in the u.s. she s touring facilities where thousands of children from her country have ended up. but if the bottom line is that executive action is not a replacement for congressional reform and far-right conservatism continues to hamper any meaningful progress, what really can be done? raul reyes is a columnist for usa today and nbc news contributor. jimmy williams is the executi