Posted on 06/26/2011 9:33:08 AM PDT by kozanne
Who needs Congressional authority when you can govern by executive fiat?
A new enforcement memo handed down by the director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week has some accusing the White House of running around Congress to implement the DREAM Act and consequent amnesty for some illegal immigrants by executive fiat. The new memo, penned by ICE Director John Morton, directs ICE agents, attorneys and directors to exercise prosecutorial discretion meaning less likelihood of deportation for illegal aliens who have been students in the U.S., who have been in the country since childhood or who have served in the American military. LINKMortons excuse for the memonot enough resources:
Specifically, the memo argues, Because the agency is confronted with more violations than its resources can address, the agency must regularly exercise prosecutorial discretion.Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer calls this maneuver a Constitutional breech pointing out that it is Congresss responsibility to enact laws:
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
To be honest the president has some discretion in not enforcing a law. The discretion ends for the exhaustive when it comes to actions as apposed to inaction.
To act the president must be authorized by both the Constitution and Congress.
Inaction is the default position.
Ping!
Did you know Valarie Jarrett’s father in law was friends and in a union with Frank Marshall Davis? It’s a small world in Chicago land.
aaaaargah!
‘eh? I don’t agree with that view point at all. What he is doing is completely out of line.
Valerie Jarrett and Cecil Butler: Partners in Slime
"Ms. Jarrett, as city planning commissioner and then a real estate executive, championed mixed-income development to replace housing projects .."
Yeah, sure...
They are still criminals, deport them!!!
Valerie Jarette was born in....... Isfahan or Shiraz (sister cities) of central IRAN! As primary adviser to Obambi, this may color some of his actions.
Hillary had and has Al-Qaeda Huma Abedin in her White House, he has Valerie to promote self-serving treachery in his Oval Office.
Direct violation of the congressional process and the wishes of the people again. But he needs that base - most political pResident ever.
Imagine if Bush had tried to ram something through congress it was defeated and he passed it through executive fiat. The media would be calling for his resignation.
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