Jon Kyl: “I have to ask the question whether this administration, frustrated by the fact that Congress has not acted to pass…”

“I have to ask the question whether this administration, frustrated by the fact that Congress has not acted to pass comprehensive immigration reform, is now considering an end-around the Congress by administrative action through reinterpretations, definitions, rules, and regulations, changing guidelines and the like--in other words, administrative actions to accomplish what cannot be accomplished because Congress is in no mood right now to adopt comprehensive immigration reform--in effect, to use the phrase in the memorandum, a ``nonlegislative version of amnesty.'' I hope this memorandum, which is designated a ``draft,'' will be thoroughly explained by the administration and will be disavowed in terms of an intention to do an end run around Congress.”