That is, can another president also use that same executive power to order the DEPORTATION of 8,000,000 ILLEGALS somewhere down the road?
To me, the reverse should be true.
Its been done before.
Yes what you say is true.
I’d like to see threats abound about “getting legal” under 0bama’s amnesty... things like “when he’s gone, they’ll use your information to find you and deport you” and such.
Fight back.
Yes, the next President could issue deportations by EO. The EO of Obama’s would be temporary, but we all know that just doing it will cause great harm to America in many ways.
Of course, he can. Indeed, the former is announcing that he chooses not to enforce the law. The latter is choosing to enforce the law.
Interestingly, the former is within the President's discretion. It is not necessarily an act of "lawlessness" -- if he has an appropriate reason for deferring action (he doesn't, but that's not the point).
In the meantime, note what has been omitted from the following statement:
President Barack Obama says he intends to issue an order easing the threat against deportation for immigrants in the country illegally.
There is no mention of work permits! Issuance of a work permit legalizes the status of the aliens. But simply deferring deportation has no effect on their legal status -- they remain illegal aliens.
Moreover, as you point out, deferring deportation is a readily reversible action.
Has somebody blinked...???