Under the President's unilateral action, more people would be allowed to essentially cut in line for work authorization than are currently--and legally--waiting in line for such authorization, because the resources that would normally be devoted to processing legal applicants would be diverted to processing illegal applicants. That's a shocking abuse of executive power.
Steve Cohen: “Under the President's unilateral action, more people would be allowed to essentially cut in line for work authorization…”
On the recordMarch 14, 2016
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Cohen criticizes the President's actions on work authorization as an abuse of power.
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