On the recordSeptember 8, 2014
The President continues to claim that if Congress won't act on immigration issues, he will, but the House has acted and recently passed legislation to address the border crisis. The President still threatens to grant amnesty by executive order, but such actions run counter to his own statements about the illegality of enacting such immigration policies on his own. In 2011, the President stated: I swore an oath to uphold the laws on the books. Now, I know some people want me to bypass Congress and change the immigration laws on my own. That is not how our Constitution is written. He stated as recently as last fall that, ``If, in fact, I could solve all these problems without passing laws in Congress, then I would do so. But we're also a nation of laws.'' The President should listen to his own words and abide by his oath of office and the Constitution. ____________________
