President Obama’s unilateral action on immigration has no precedent

Washington Post ^ | December 3, 2014 | Post Editorial Board

[Mariner]

By Editorial Board December 3 at 7:32 PM

THE WHITE House has defended President Obama’s unilateral decision to legalize the presence of nearly 4 million undocumented immigrants as consistent, even in scope, with the executive actions of previous presidents. In fact, it is increasingly clear that the sweeping magnitude of Mr. Obama’s order is unprecedented.

Central to the administration’s argument is its contention that the 4 million covered by the president’s order — some 36 percent of the estimated undocumented population of 11 million — is in line with the percentage covered by a comparable action by President George H.W. Bush in 1990. At that time, there were about 3.5 million illegal immigrants in the country; Mr. Obama, administration officials and their allies have said that about 1.5 million of them — the spouses and children of previously amnestied immigrants — benefited from Mr. Bush’s move.

In addition to the White House press secretary, Josh Earnest, and Mr. Obama himself, the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel cited the Bush executive action as precedent, using the figure of 1.5 million immigrants.

However, as The Post’s Glenn Kessler has scrupulously reported , there is every reason to believe that the estimate is wildly exaggerated and based mainly on what appears to have been a misunderstanding at the time.

[Mariner]

While not vehement in it's condemnation, this shows sometimes even commies get nervous and remember thieir 8th grade American History.

[DesertRhino]

of course it has a precedent. Royal coronations, Hitler’s enabling act, a new gang leader. .. etc etc.

[JimSEA]

“Unlike Mr. Bush in 1990, whose much more modest order was in step with legislation recently and subsequently enacted by Congress, Mr. Obama’s move flies in the face of congressional intent — no matter how indefensible that intent looks.”

Meanwhile, Obama acts in contravention of existing law. No comparison what so ever.

[Mariner]

I believe the WaPo Editorial Board, no sh!t, is to the right of the GOP Leadership of Congress, the largest majority since 1920.

Ain't that the damnedest thing?

[FlingWingFlyer]

The next non-’RAT president needs to use his/her phone and pen to make the ‘RATS and their freeloaders pay dearly for their sins against the American people.

[Tallguy]

WAPO is factually correct here, but why do I get the feeling that their only motivation is to create a food-fight so that they can nearly swing their support behind the President like Lucy yanking away the football.

[Mariner]

"WAPO is factually correct here, but why do I get the feeling that their only motivation is to create a food-fight so that they can nearly swing their support behind the President like Lucy yanking away the football."

Does that even matter?

The shame carried around by GOP "leadership" will be heavy.

WaPo Board says this is outside the scope of POTUS, and GOP telling their voters there's nothing they can do about it?

Next week Chris Mathews will be calling the GOP "Leadership" pu$$ies because they won't PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION.

[Mariner]

If I had known, for sure, this outcome on Nov 4th, I would have voted Democrat across the board. And I would have sent money to the DNC.

Time to burn this somb!tch down and start over.

[Ray76]

Washington Post?

[R0CK3T]

If the Left thinks they can reel the Despotic Genie of Dictatorship back into the bottle they are badly misinformed.

Obama is Emperor and

We are all Serfs Now…

That should be the next cover of Time Magazine, if it weren’t for the fact that they are al cowards to speak the truth.

[cpdiii]

The article indicates that our immigration system is broken. It is not broken. The problem is our Federal Government refuses to enforce the present immigration laws on the books.

The cost of enforcing these laws is far far less than the cost we will incur due to the illegal breaching of our borders by those not entitled to live and work here whom also receive government benefits paid for by you and me.

[Travis McGee]

[The Westerner]

They are ALL compromised. If the Clintons gathered 500 FBI files under Louis Freeh, nothing could prevent total access to those files now under the lawless AG now. Checkmate.

[Travis McGee]

Exactly. And we know that no laws, morals, ethics or scruples will prevent them from using the files for blackmail.

It’s the Chicago Way that got Obama elected to state and national Senate.

[The Westerner]

Isn’t there one politician willing to sacrifice his career to expose the thugs running Washington? Maybe it’s not just secrets that will come out, but also death threats. Why aren’t Rush or Mark Levine exposing it?