DHS chief: Obama's immigration order will be 'comprehensive'

The Hill ^ | 11/19/14 | Jesse Byrnes

[jimbo123]

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson on Wednesday said President Obama is poised to announce “comprehensive” executive action on immigration.

“I do not want and will not get out ahead of the president and the announcement that he will make in the coming days," Johnson said at the Washington think tank New Democrat Network.

“Legislative action is always preferable, but we’ve waited now for years to get Congress to act, and Congress has not acted.”

The White House on Wednesday said the president will announce his “commonsense steps” on immigration in a prime-time address on Thursday evening. Johnson said he believed Obama’s policy moves would fall within “a fairly wide latitude within existing executive authority to fix the system.”

“They will address a number of things, including border security,” Johnson said. The “comprehensive reforms are all within our existing legal authority to fix the broken immigration system.”

[Dagnabitt]

There will be no impeachment proceedings. The GOP leadership will do some angry posturing, some of it will even be real anger. But there will be no effective action. The GOP's donor base wants to import cheap labor. They're not too concerned how it happens. The GOP elite's biggest concern with Obama's fiat Amnesty is how to game it to best possible political advantage for the GOP. Stopping it is not on the table. Making some kind of theatrical fuss as a sop to rank and file GOP voters is very much on the table.

I would love to be proven wrong and to see the GOP rise up and stop Obama, but I'm not holding my breath. Sadly, I predict that every bit of Obama's fiat Amnesty will eventually be made into law, bit by bit, over the next 10 years.

[Political Junkie Too]

“Legislative action is always preferable, but we’ve waited now for years to get Congress to act, and Congress has not acted.”

Congressional inaction IS action.

They just don't like not getting what they want.

-PJ

[no-to-illegals]

Yes, Mike, we ARE in FOCUS!

[no-to-illegals]

Yes, those silly little nothings don’t add up to nothing! The hardest part could be easy.

[no-to-illegals]

It is just the waiting that makes me feel Good! Take It On Faith!

[no-to-illegals]

but when one comes around looking ... is called ‘Stop’

[no-to-illegals]

10-4!

10-50 but is the choice of America. Prayers for 10-4! We warned Mike and is all we are allowed.

[KC_Lion]

[no-to-illegals]

Thank You for the Gold! On Go!

[Ray76]

Congress is just an advisory body to the King.

[Kickass Conservative]

It ain’t broke, except for that Border Fence we were promised years ago.

[Windflier]

We’re all nervous about this, but it’s no time for anyone to get froggy.

Better for millions of us to descend on Capitol Hill and stand there stomping until Fedzilla gives in to our demands.

[Windflier]

I say put pressure on members of Congress to duty their and impeach this SOB. Ignore the RINOS and bedwetters.

After tomorrow, millions will be on the phone to DC melting the phone system. This executive amnesty is going to blow up in Obama's face.

[plain talk]

There will be blowback however I notice the MSM is already floating phony polls that show the majority of americans support amnesty. Usual crap.