Archives for November 2014

A Commentary About the Chief Emperor’s Usurpation of the Rule of Law

Commentary by Jim Gilchrist — President Obama and his unprincipled fellow Democrats can snub their noses at commonsense rule of law all they want. But, they also have to deal with an enraged electorate who have been relegated to the status of second class citizens while the illegal alien population has just been exalted to […]

What Is President Obama’s Immigration Plan?

NY Times — President Obama announced on Thursday evening a series of executive actions to grant up to five million unauthorized immigrants protection from deportation. The president is also planning actions to direct law enforcement priorities toward criminals, allow high-skilled workers to move or change jobs more easily, and streamline visa and and court procedures, […]

How is Obama justifying this amnesty?

  Townhall says The Office of Legal Counsel memo released before Obama’s speech cites Obama’s Article II Section 3 constitutional duty to “take care that the Laws be faithfully executed” as the source of his power to grant this amnesty. The memo reasons that since there are 11.3 million illegal immigrants in the country today, and DHS only […]

The guts of it

So here’s what he’s doing. The key to Obama’s new immigration policy is the creation of one new amnesty program and the expansion of another. Specifically, Obama’s new amnesty program will give illegal immigrants who have been in the United States for at least five years, and who are parents of U.S. citizens or legal residents, a three year work permit. This […]

Bill introduced to defund immigration order

Reps. Ted Poe (R-TX) and Diane Black (R-TN) have already introduced legislation that would defund Obama’s executive action on immigration: Their bill, titled The Separation of Powers Act, would block the use of funds for deferring deportations of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally or providing work permits. Poe said the legislation would reinforce the […]

Boehner vows House will act to stop Obama’s executive fiat

Republicans are scrambling to strategize the best possible way to prevent Obama’s executive order on immigration, and Speaker John Boehner vowed Friday that the House will do whatever it takes to prevent Obama from “damaging the presidency”: “With this action, the president has chosen to deliberately sabotage any chance of enacting bipartisan reforms that he […]