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On the recordNovember 19, 2014
He has no constitutional authority to do this. That resides in the Congress. This is a constitutional crisis.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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Steve King argues that the president's actions regarding immigration lack constitutional authority and create a crisis.

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