Obama's Unilateral Immigration Policy

"On the subject of [Obama's] decision [Friday] to unilaterally enact sweeping changes to U.S. immigration policy on nothing but his own say-so, we would like to introduce Barack Obama to Barack Obama, who during a Univision interview just last year affirmed: 'America is a nation of laws, which means I, as the president, am obligated to enforce the law. ... There are enough laws on the books by Congress that are very clear in terms of how we have to enforce our immigration system that for me to simply through executive order ignore those congressional mandates would not conform with my appropriate role as president.' A little softness in the polls and one executive order later, the president has reversed himself. The president's executive order will categorically prevent the deportation of certain illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children. It will also grant them work authorizations to which they would not otherwise be entitled under law. ... The president's executive order violates the constitutional separation of powers that defines the political architecture of our republic. Cont. Reading




Obama's Unilateral Immigration Policy — The Patriot Post