Posted on 06/30/2014 12:39:17 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Saying he's grown frustrated with waiting for congressional Republicans, an angry President Barack Obama said Monday he will bypass Congress and act on his own to make changes to immigration policy by the end of the summer. Obama spoke Monday from the Rose Garden, where he slammed House Republicans for being too accommodating to the conservative, anti-immigration wing of their party and chided House leadership for not working to pass a "darn bill."
"They're unwilling to stand up to the Tea Party and do what's right for the country. And what's worse — a bunch of them know better," Obama said in the Rose Garden, where he was joined by Vice President Joe Biden.
A White House official said earlier Monday that Obama's new moves came after House Speaker John Boehner told him last week the House will not vote on immigration-related legislation this year. Obama said Boehner informed him Republicans will not vote "at least for the remainder of this year." The president has faced pressure from immigration advocates to stem the tide of deportations in lieu of waiting for congressional legislation.
Obama said he will direct Homeland Security Department Secretary Jeh Johnson and Attorney General Eric Holder to present him with executive actions he can take without congressional approval by the end of the summer. He said he will implement them "without further delay." It's unclear what specific actions the administration might look to take, but Johnson suggested in an interview with PBS last month he would look at changing a controversial deportation policy that has faced criticism from all sides.
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Impeach him. Do not allow him to get away with this.
Congress?? Congress! We don’t need no steenking Congress. I have a pen and I ain’t afraid to use it. What are they going to do?? Impeach me - hahahahahahah
He’s getting desperate folks. I’ve said a dozen times or more that Obama is a clinically-diagnosable narcissist. When narcissists are cornered or don’t get their way, they get VERY dangerous.
The seams are starting to show.
Simple. Enforce the existing law! Secure the borders!
The gloves are about to come off. This is it folks.
"Tide of deportations"???? How about "stem[ming] the tide" of illegal aliens violating the border?
0bama is destroying the legitimacy of the US Government.
We’re past impeachment. Arrest and try the bass turd for treason against the United States of America. He has violated our laws and Constitution too many times.
My Mom is one.
Following the pattern, he will keep escalating, even to violence.
If he feels that his version of reality is threatened, he will burn it all down.
RE: The gloves are about to come off. This is it folks.
Ahh, but will the other side put up a fight?
How on Earth are we going to stand him for 2 1/2 MORE years??
It’s a bluff.
Yes. They always think that they personally must “win”, no matter who or what they destroy in the effort. It’s about them personally, not the issue.
I suppose he can stand on the border, loudly screeching,
“All-e-all-e-in-free!
(In Spanish, of course...)
I have decided to ‘bypass’ congress on whether to pay my income taxes.
According to our duly elected Constitutional legal scholar, anyone who means well can decide their own law. Right?
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