On the recordNovember 19, 2014
The actions I'm taking are not only lawful, they're the kinds of actions taken by every single Republican president and every single Democratic president for the past half century.
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transcripts.cnn.comBarack Obama: “The actions I'm taking are not only lawful, they're the kinds of actions taken by every single Republican president and…”
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President Obama defends his executive actions on immigration as lawful and consistent with past presidential actions.
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