Posted on 11/20/2014 10:01:15 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Incoming Senate Budget Committee chairman Sen. Jeff Sessions says that President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty is something that is “endangering our entire constitutional order” as a democratic Republic.
“President Obama’s executive amnesty violates the laws Congress has passed in order to create and implement laws Congress has refused to pass,” Sessions said in a statement. “The President is providing an estimated 5 million illegal immigrants with social security numbers, photo IDs, and work permits—allowing them to now take jobs directly from struggling Americans during a time of record immigration, low wages, and high joblessness.”
Sessions noted that Obama’s specific actions were each rejected by Congress, and as such acting without congressional approval puts the U.S. system of government in jeopardy. Even though Obama and the White House claim that Obama’s actions are backed up by each previous president dating back to Dwight Eisenhower, the previous presidents’ immigration executive actions—at least the Republican ones—were done in conjunction with the will of congressional approval. Obama’s does not have congressional approval.
“This amnesty plan was rejected by the American people’s Congress,” Sessions said. “By refusing to carry out the laws of the United States in order to make his own, the President is endangering our entire Constitutional order.”
Sessions also hammered the specific detail of Obama’s plan that allows illegal aliens to get green cards—and a fast track to citizenship and taxpayer benefits.
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Exactly right. If not stopped now he’ll just succumb to further justifications to make more damaging decrees later on. This is the hill we must defend.
Obama has been here over five years, but I don’t think he could pass a background check. So can we deport him?
Obama is our Romulus Augustulus....a usurper and last “emperor” (President) of the Republic.
I emailed Sessions several times and didn’t even get a damn auto-response.
This could have been SO much worse!
Obola could have given every illegal in country or who comes to the country before he leaves office citizenship!
why not? what's to stop him? no one has standing apparently to sue. Democrats will support him no matter what, and we dont have the votes to impeach or the will to shut down the government.
He COULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING!
We should be thanking our lucky stars honestly.
I believe that this EO will cause absolute mayhem at the borders, for the simple reason that it will be understood as the first step toward inevitable amnesty, and those who want in need to come NOW.
But I think there is less here than meets the eye for the average illegal immigrant. If I am such an immigrant and I already have a job and a faux SSN, what do I gain by coming out of the shadows? I have to pay taxes, but according to Obama and his ilk, this EO does not give them access to any benefits. I think half or more of the 5 million who are eligible use this EO as nothing more than a get out of jail free card — if they are pulled over for speeding, for example, they agree to sign up rather than get deported.
This all seems pretty pointless and perhaps counterproductive even for the illegal immigrant themselves. If they came to the US illegally, that’s bad enough. But then to be given the opportunity to come out of the shadows and become legit and STILL TO REFUSE to obey the law, well ... doesn’t this make it harder to assert that they should get to stay here?
I think Obama over promised on this sh*t for years and finally got backed into a corner where he had to do something. And it ends up being pretty weak and convoluted and so backfires on him ultimately, even as it flaunts the constitution. I know that most folks on Free Republic believe that our Republican leaders are insufficiently passionate in their opposition. But McConnell in particular is a parliamentarian of the first order and I am convinced that he, Boehner, and others have winning hand and a clear plan. I think they’re restrained in public and that behind closed doors they are fist-pumping and high-fiving each other.
May God Bless Jeff Sessions and keep him in His care.
Impeach
Convict
Remove from office
Imprison for life
Oh, sorry I missed your hand. OK, tell me what options Republicans will take and the results YOU expect from those options?
“Raise your hand if you believe the Republicans will do anything to stop Obama. I don’t see many hands up.”
Jeff Sessions and Ted Cruz will try and the status quo ‘leadership’ will stop them.
Pathetic
When we look back on the Obama presidency, all we see is a sore loser. He won big in 08, lost in 10, and they passed Obamacare. Republicans (and Americans) are still challenging it. And it may not survive.
He won again in 12, and lost big in 14. Now he does one other thing - immigration exec orders.
2 wins, 2 losses, 2 sore-loser big moves. Neither will stand the test of time, and he will just continue to get smaller and smaller over the next 2 years. I think he will rage more, and continue to do more exec orders. Each will be more stupid than the last, and his desperation for a legacy will undo him.
Just my 2 cents...
In the final analysis I doubt Obama will have done his party much good and I love how you said "... his desperation for a legacy will undo him." I totally agree!
You write as though we have a Republic as described in text books from the 50s.
I strongly suggest you read how Republics die.
The damage this Marxist is doing is permanent and incapable of being corrected with laws from D.C.
Pathetic
Sadly, I fear you are correct but at least they stood up.
” He’s testing the waters. If no one actually stops him, there’s no limit to the “power” he will exert over the American people”
You nailed it.
Huh?
Obama's singular concern is the utter destruction of the United States as Founded.
He has no interest in a leagacy as most previous Presidents desired.
Obama wants America destroyed -- that is his only goal.
Good point.
Obama's singular concern is the utter destruction of the United States as Founded.
He has no interest in a leagacy as most previous Presidents desired.
Obama wants America destroyed -- that is his only goal.
Obama may not care about his legacy but a legacy he will have regardless.
Look, this country has survived for over 200+ years, it WILL survive Obama AND it will work to undo what he has done. America is stronger than Obama! COUNT ON IT!
Just watch the borders. MILLIONS of illegals will swarm the border, from all over the world!
Exactly. They’ll do nothing. Zero. Nada.
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