Administration's immigration announcement presents challenges to Republicans, Obama

The move may also limit the ability for Congress and the nation to embrace full immigration reform, Matt Lewis wrote at The Daily Caller.

"I am convinced that America needs to have a serious national discussion about immigration reform. Short-circuiting the legislative process deprives us of that organic discussion. It also guarantees there will be no bipartisan consensus," Lewis said. "Perhaps Rubio could have persuaded more conservatives to back common sense reforms? The water is now poisoned. Obama — for transparently political purposes — has made sure that conservatives and Republicans will feel slighted and kept out of the loop. That's because they have been."

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, the vice-chairman of the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement, said on Mike Huckabee's radio program Friday that he would sue the Obama administration to halt the implementation of its new illegal immigration enforcement policy. King previously sued former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack over legislating by executive order and won the case. Vilsack is now Obama's Secretary of Agriculture.

"I will tell you that — I'm not without experience on this — I'm prepared to bring a suit and seek a court order to stop implementation of this policy," King said.