Posted on 08/22/2011 6:33:06 AM PDT by Hojczyk
The new policy, however, is broader than Pear’s account indicates. Lynn Sweet’s more detailed Chicago Sun-Times post includes quotes and primary materials that make it clear the policy applies to all illegals whose presence cannot be determined to raise a threat to public safety. The new policy is something like amnesty by executive decree. Those Republican congressmen who have objected to the new policy on this ground are on to something.
Only last month, addressing The Race, Obama disclaimed the authority to reform immigration policy on his own:
THE PRESIDENT: Now, I swore an oath to uphold the laws on the books, but that doesn’t mean I don’t know very well the real pain and heartbreak that deportations cause. I share your concerns and I understand them. And I promise you, we are responding to your concerns and working every day to make sure we are enforcing flawed laws in the most humane and best possible way. Now, I know some people want me to bypass Congress and change the laws on my own. (Applause.) And believe me, right now dealing with Congress —
AUDIENCE: Yes, you can! Yes, you can! Yes, you can! Yes, you can! Yes, you can!
THE PRESIDENT: Believe me — believe me, the idea of doing things on my own is very tempting.
(Laughter.)
I promise you. Not just on immigration reform.
(Laughter.)
But that’s not how — that’s not how our system works.
What is to be said? I think that the new policy reflects much that is wrong with the Obama administration. For example:
(Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...
A President is sworn to uphold the Constitution and enforce the laws that Congress passes. If he picks and chooses which laws he wants to enforce and ignores those laws he does not, he has breached his oath and should be impeached................
Perhaps he is trying to get impeached. Normal politics will not save the administrtation. Impeachment did save the Clinton Administration.
Why aren’t We The People demanding to know when the Congressional Sheeple will investigate and impeach the fraud and his gang of corrupt RATs?
Gallup: Latino Approval of Obama Plunges to 49%Friday, 19 Aug 2011
Hispanic-Americans are souring on the Obama presidency, according to a Gallup poll that shows just 49 percent of them approve of his job performance. That’s a huge decline since spring of 2009, when Obama registered the 85 percent approval among Latinos.
Since that high water mark, Obama’s job performance ratings with Hispanics has been sliding downward. It reached a nadir of 45 percent in late July but has made a slight comeback since then, according to CNSNews.com.
The survey was conducted before Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano’s announcement Thursday that the department no longer will depart illegal aliens who meet certain criteria, such as attending school, having family members in the U.S. military, or who are primarily responsible for other family members’ care.
Clinton’s impeachment happened in his second term.................
If the jackass in chief had any balls he’d have had ICE waiting outside the doors to round up a bunch of folks for deportation.
Article 2 Section 3He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers;
he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed,
and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.
Note what is not included but should have - "and have not committed a felony".
Curious to see what the new poll numbers are since this granting of amnesty.
I am still waiting to hear from the GOP presidential contenders in response to this. I don’t think anyone has said anything yet.
If you'll recall, obama could not force himself to actually swear to defend and uphold the Constitution of the United States of America; he borked the oath of office (on purpose, in my opinion) and it was "re-enacted" later behind closed doors. He made history that day, but not the good kind.
bttt
You can impeach him all the live long day. The Senate in it’s current configuration will never remove him and you know it.
Obama studied Law to subvert the law. He has no respect for the concept of rule of law.
Fed up with both Obama AND Congress? Take a number and get in line!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhkyRZoHlTM
“...The Senate in it’s current configuration ...”
Work really hard to change the configuration in 2012.
If we take the Presidency and the Senate, impeachment of Obama still will never happen.
Ping!
You can’t jig around with the Constitution.
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