Posted on 11/17/2016 2:23:47 PM PST by ColdOne
White House officials moved Thursday afternoon to stop the nascent effort by Democrats and immigration activists asking President Obama to pardon so-called DREAMers, releasing a statement to BuzzFeed News that the president does not have the power to do so.
“The president takes the executive clemency power seriously. As a general matter, we do not comment on the likelihood of whether a specific pardon may be granted, should one be requested,” a White House official said. “We note that the clemency power could not give legal status to any undocumented individual. As we have repeatedly said for years, only Congress can create legal status for undocumented individuals.”
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Isn’t that what he said right before he granted them amnesty?
And then he’ll do so anyway.
Under the bus you go...
You cant pardon anyone for future lawlessness.
1 nano second after such a pardon they would be in violation of immigration law.
Can they pardon non-citizens? I would think not...
Yeah, since when did the law mean anything to these ass hats?
They don’t need pardoned...they need deported.
Just like Hitlary went back to every epithet in the book about two nanoseconds after seeing it all slip away.
(not to mention a gallon of whiskey and a case of ashtrays)
The proposed pardon is not relevant to “dreamers.” Pardoning them would only be for the crime of entering the US illegally and even pardoned, that entry is grounds for deportation.
To no effect unless, of course the Republicans in COngress act like Republicans and simply accept as a fait accompli whatever is claimed by the Emir.
What happened when Jimmy Carter gave a blanket pardon to Vietnam era draft evaders?? Did that clear them or did they still have legal issues after that?
Eggzactly. It’s a pardon, not a license.
He did not have the authority to give them amnesty of any kind, not work permits, not anything.
The entire DACA was illegal as was DAPA which was stopped by the court.
The only reason DACA was not stopped was because the GOP refused to sue to stop him.
They wanted him to legalize illegal aliens illegally.
Just trying to get some protesting going
yes
“only Congress can create legal status “
Oh my. If their status isn’t legal, then what might it be?
Deferred means punting to a later time to take action-—the clock definitively will run out Jan. 20th.
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