He has made it more difficult for Congress to move forward and for that I am truly sorry.

And yet this program that we are dealing with here would allow an alien to get 'advance parole' and ultimately a green card, ultimately potentially citizenship so long as that person has a meeting with a client in Toronto, rather than…

the lawmaking power that we the people delegated to the Federal Government is vested in this body, in the Congress of the United States, not in the Executive.

This is a no-brainer. My I-Squared bill has 26 bipartisan cosponsors.

Madam Chair, before we close, could I introduce two documents into the record?

My problem with what the President did is that he did it the wrong way.

the notion that they can take the decision not to prosecute or not to remove and deport individuals who are here unlawfully and convert that into a lawful presence that gives entitlement to work authorization is beyond anything that this…

But what the President did is actually make it harder because he poisoned the well creating what is already a very controversial subject.

It is clear that the President and his Administration are removing certain statutory obstacles to citizenship, obstacles that were put in place by law, by acts of Congress.

I am convinced it violates Federal law as enacted by the Congress.

I think it would strike people as fundamentally unfair for the millions of people who have been waiting patiently in line and playing by the rules.

Does not Federal law currently say, statute on the books, does not Federal law currently say that if you are in the United States unlawfully and you leave the United States while here unlawfully and then you try to come back that you will…

I believe strongly, however, that we can make real progress on immigration reform despite the President's action.

Seems to me in this hearing we are talking about this consumer right to know. I find it interesting, this is on an issue where everyone has acknowledged there is no health or safety risk here.

if these four words creates the unfettered discretion that the President and his Office of Legal Counsel claim, there is no intelligible principle whatsoever, no channeling of the discretion given to the Executive.

These instructions say, 'USCIS may in its discretion grant advance parole if you are traveling outside the United States for educational purposes, employment purposes or humanitarian purposes.'

if we do not follow of law, we are in trouble.

The Administration is doing this deliberately, conscious of the implications and deliberately concealing the fact that they are setting forth a path to citizenship for most of these 5 million.