[Ray76]

There are legal requirements for refugee status.

Additionally, the president can do nothing without first consulting with Congress. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1157

[caww]

Here was Cruz during news conference where a bicameral group of Congressional Republicans called for Senate Democrats to vote on funding for the Department of Homeland Security February 12, 2015 in Washington, DC. Funding for the department has been tied up with legislation that would roll back President Barack Obama's executive order on immigration.... dems were holding the ball.