Democrats Threaten Obama Unilateral Action On Immigration If GOP Doesn’t Act
Obama has so far held off on changes to the Administration’s deportation policy, urging Republicans to bring immigration reform legislation to the floor before July.
“We’re at the end of the line,” Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) said Thursday. “We’re not bluffing by setting a legislative deadline for them to act.
“Their first job is to govern,” Menendez added. “…[I]n the absence of governing, then you see executive actions.”
Democratic Senator Dick Durbin (Ill.) also chimed in on the issue of immigration reform Thursday, urging House Speaker John Boehner to move on the issue which hasn’t seen Congressional action since the Senate passed a broad bipartisan reform measure last year.
“I hope that Speaker Boehner will speak up today,” Durbin said. “And if he does not, the president will borrow the power that is needed to solve the problems of immigration.”
A day earlier, however, Boehner issued a memo to fellow Republicans informing lawmakers that he plans to sue the President for the very sort of executive actions the Democrats claim Obama will use to force the immigration issue.
The GOP isn’t likely to bring immigration reform legislation in the House, especially with a crisis currently unfolding at the border due to Administration policies which have provoked a flood of illegal unaccompanied minors coming to the U.S.
And any unilateral actions the President takes are likely to be cited in Boehner’s lawsuit if it gains traction.
Obama created the problem by his giving amnesty to children of illegal aliens, and now he wants to do the same for all the mexicans that came over ILLEGALLY. The only thing he doesn't understand is that he is not a law unto himself. He has far exceeded his reach and is going against the law in my opinion.
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