Thread: SEE LETTER FROM CONGRESS TELLING OBAMA TO HALT EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON IMMIGRATION

BREAKING: SEE LETTER FROM CONGRESS TELLING OBAMA TO HALT EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON IMMIGRATION

By Roxy Grant
11:01 pm November 19, 2014

In a letter dated today, Wednesday, November 19, 2014, Michael McCaul, the Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, and Bob Goodlatte the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee sent this scathing letter to Obama admonishing him for saying he will take executive action on immigration.
They implore Obama to work with Congress to enact legislation to properly address immigration, respect the Constitution and abandon any unconstitutional, unilateral executive actions on immigration.
Quote: ‘We join our fellow members of Congress in expressing our disappointment in your continued efforts to bypass Congressional authority. The latest indications that you will take executive action on immigration later this week are a slap in the face to the American people and the Constitution.’

They went on to say: ‘The Constitution is clear that it is Congress’ duty to write our laws and, once they are enacted, it is the president’s responsibility to enforce them. Something as important as changing our immigration laws cannot be forced by unilateral action by the president. That’s not the way our system of government works.’

READ FULL LETTER HERE

http://truthuncensored.net/breaking-...cutive-orders/

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Wednesday, November 19, 2014

The top House Republicans who oversee immigration policy called President Obama's expected action this week to grant temporary amnesty to illegal immigrants a "slap in the face to the American people and the Constitution" in a letter sent Wednesday.

Judiciary Committee Chairman Robert W. Goodlatte and Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent the president the letter to register their objections and pleading with him to work with them instead on legislation.

"Let's secure the border, enforce our immigration laws in the interior of the United States, and build a broad consensus for immigration reform," the two said. "Otherwise, as the chairmen of the committees with oversight over border security and our nation's immigration laws, we will be forced to use the tools afforded to Congress by the Constitution to stop your administration from successfully carrying out your plan."

The two chairmen didn't say what tools they have — and most analysts say that short of a difficult fight over canceling funding for the president's favored projects, Congress is toothless. The courts, meanwhile, have been reluctant to referee these disputes.

For his part Mr. Obama has said he's given Congress enough chances to act, and he must go it alone now.

The president has said he still welcomes Congress's action next year, and anything they do will supersede his own actions, but in the meantime he is deporting illegal immigrants he doesn't think deserve to be deported.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...gop-lawmakers/

Originally Posted by Jean

The two chairmen didn't say what tools they have — and most analysts say that short of a difficult fight over canceling funding for the president's favored projects, Congress is toothless.

How about a short-term funding bill, and Universal E-Verify.

Exit polls showed that voters were concerned about immigration. It shouldn't be difficult for the new majority to show Americans that they want to put American interests first.

Repubs are much more likely to be hurt in 2016, if they don't protect Americans. 'Bama's amnesty will produce another wave of illegals. That'll mean less labor force participation, stagnant wages, and even more Americans needing food stamps, to put food on the table. Repubs should do better by protecting Americans, than by selling us out.
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