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Jason Smith: President Obama is violating the Constitution, which explicitly reserves immigration policy for Congress.

On the recordDecember 1, 2014
President Obama is violating the Constitution, which explicitly reserves immigration policy for Congress.
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Jason Smith
Republican · Missouri

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Smith argues that immigration policy is a congressional power, which Obama is overstepping.

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