[chrisser]

Sessions also noted that the requirement, which allowed only US citizens to acquire food stamps, was eliminated in 2002, under President George Bush

I'm certainly not a cheerleader for W, but this comment seems a bit disingenuous.

Unless Bush personally wrote the legislation, Congress is the one responsible for writing, debating and then passing the ginormous bill that this provision was included in.

Perhaps Republicans in Congress should have put up more of a fuss when they wrote and passed the bill.

Bush may bear some responsibility for not vetoing the whole bill because of this one measure, but Constitutionally, it is Congress' responsibility to write good law and the President's to enforce it.

[ken in texas]

... Congress is the one responsible for writing, debating and then passing the ginormous bill that this provision was included in.

Indeed. Bills might contain hundreds, if not thousands of different items. There's no line item veto, so you sometimes accede to unwanted things to get what's needed.

I wish each bill dealt with one item only, no more than two pages long. Vote up or down, then accept or veto as warranted, but that will never happen.

[kabar]

Bush was/is an amnesty supporter. I guess he figured that the illegals will become US citizens someday so why not treat them like that now. Bush was even worse than Clinton when it came to enforcing our immigration laws. Obama is Bush on steroids when it comes to immigration.