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If you like President Barack Obama's constitutionally dubious expansions of presidential power, you'll love President Hillary Clinton.
Obama has repeatedly insisted that the Constitution poses limits on his ability to set immigration policy, and then has repeatedly blown through those limits. In 2011, he was asked to grant "administrative relief" from deportation to immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as minors. He responded that it was "just not true" that he had the authority to do so, and that suggestions to the contrary were getting in the way of passing legislation that would provide real relief.
The next year, he went ahead and did exactly what he had said he couldn't do, in a move that one of his admirers said was "universally understood" as a way of stopping Republicans from advancing substantive immigration legislation.
Still, Obama assured everyone that that was it: He could go no further on his own because the U.S. was "a nation of laws." Then, in November, he went ahead with a broader executive amnesty anyway. The White House released a legal analysis insisting that this new policy gave unauthorized immigrants the strongest protections possible without new laws being passed. That analysis, though, rested on the fiction that the policy would be implemented through an individualized case-by-case review. And Obama's action is tied up in court.
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-05-07/hillary-clinton-immigration-extremist
Great job Obama and Clinton. Keep forcing them to show their true colors. Or maybe it is their fear of color that is showing. Keep up the great work.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)really tried to change the order. In other words, they cover themselves with their base and just blame Obama. they know immigration needs to be reformed but can't afford the political fallout.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)here in the United States of America. That these illegals are the cause of "low" wages. Most of their constituents believe and trust anything GOPers say because Liberals are just plain evil and that Liberals would destroy the country. Everything that goes wrong in the USA is always the Liberal's fault, including, but not limited to immigration.
Fact, there has been an ongoing assault on Unions for over 30 years. Unions are far from perfect but at least workers had some leverage. The "right to work" is pure slavery. Also, many so called "reputable" businesses and corporations hire cheap labor (breaking labor laws).