GOP: New Obama deportation policy violates oath of office

The Hill ^ | 06/15/12 11:31 AM ET | Mike Lillis

[BradtotheBone]

Republicans are criticizing the Obama administration’s new leniency for some illegal immigrants as a politically motivated and possibly illegal effort to win over Hispanic voters.

The Republicans contend the new rules — which will prevent deportations for as many as 800,000 illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children — circumvent the law just to buy Obama support from Hispanics ahead of November's elections, in which the Hispanic vote will likely be crucial.

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said the change marks "a breach of faith with the American people."

“This huge policy shift has horrible consequences for unemployed Americans looking for jobs and violates President Obama’s oath to uphold the laws of this land," Smith said in a statement.

“How can the administration justify allowing illegal immigrants to work in the U.S. when millions of Americans are unemployed?” he added. “President Obama and his administration once again have put partisan politics and illegal immigrants ahead of the rule of law and the American people.”

On Twitter, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said the policy would entice people to break the law.

“President Obama’s attempt to go around Congress and the American people is at best unwise and possibly illegal,” he tweeted. “This is a classic Barack Obama move of choosing politics over leadership.

“This decision avoids dealing with Congress and the American people instead of fixing a broken immigration system once and for all,” he said on Twitter.

Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) piled on, arguing that changes of such significance should require the approval of Congress.

[Mat_Helm]

When are you sheeple going to stand up and throw this idiot out of office for breaking the law yet again? Half of Congress plays right along and lets this wimpy dictator ignore the Constitution while the other half pisses all over our laws with their master and cheers this idiot on. The idiot and Holder give guns to Mexicans so they kill each other and our border guards and nobody knows who gave the order to allow it? Now they give all the illegal drug smuggling gangs immunity for being here and now they can more easily cross the border and stay? Why on earth would anyone now want to be a border guard? We better hurry up and throw these illegals in jail for not paying for or having their government mandated health insurance!!! Oh wait, they don't need insurance because they receive health care for free!!!!!!

[LibLieSlayer]

GOD also told Lott that for the soul of but one good man, HE would spare sodom... HE will spare the USA for no less. May GOD bless you and help you in these horrid times.

LLS

[Lurker]

Oh my. Lindsay is so upset he Tweeted! That’ll show Obama he means business!

What a useless, spineless sack of monkey excrement Graham is...

[eyedigress]

I just sent Fred Thompson an email stating that Congress is no longer required. Let’s get the action started.