Gutierrez: 'I Want to Thank' Obama for Bypassing Congress to Cancel Deportation of Illegals

By Edwin Mora
September 14, 2011
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Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., left, talks with Rep. Jose Serrano, D-NY, on Capitol Hill before members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus announced their support for the health care reform bill on Thursday, March 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

(CNSNews.com) – Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) thanked President Obama for circumventing the Legislative branch when it comes to immigration law.

Title 8 Section 1325 of the U.S. Code makes it a federal crime to be in the United States illegally. Nevertheless, the Obama administration in August directed federal immigration officials to use "prosecutorial discretion" in deciding which illegal aliens to detain and deport.

“We had a president of the United States that recently was speaking at National Council of La Raza who said during his speech, ‘There are those who simply wish me to bypass Congress when it comes to immigration,’ and many in the audience clapped, saying, ‘Yup, bypass Congress…’â€