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 […]
Make this the first action of the 114th Congress
There is a perfectly simple way to stop the Executive Order regarding illegal immigrants and deportations. Congress can overturn it. It’s been done before. Now is the time to call your Congressman and Senators. You tell them you know that the President’s actions are unconstitutional. i.e. they are not powers enumerated to him under the Constitution. Then tell […]
Sen. Sessions: ‘America now has its first emperor’
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) has written an op-ed in USA Today in response to Barack Hussein Obama’s executive order on immigration, and he urges America “to resist this imperial decree and return control of this nation to its own citizens — as our Constitution established”: Only a short time ago, President Obama himself admitted this […]
Obama Executive Action to Block Deportations of 5 Million Illegal Aliens
The Blaze — In a primetime speech, President Barack Obama used emotional appeals and invoked scripture to announce sweeping executive action allowing nearly 5 million illegal immigrants to register for background checks, pay back taxes and not have to worry about deportations for three years. “Even as we are a nation of immigrants, we are […]
State of Texas to Pull Back National Guard from Border
Breitbart — The State of Texas is set to pull back the Texas National Guard from the Mexican border with claims of replacing them with state troopers and technology. Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst announced the move on Wednesday. Addressing the media in a press conference at the Texas Capitol, Dewhurst said while the surge under […]