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| Lamar Alexander |
Senator Lamar Alexander: Our founders did not want a king, and the
American people don't want a president who acts like one. Our
immigration system is broken, and our border is a mess. The president
should be working with Congress to secure the border and create a system
of legal immigration not disregarding the rule of law and the will of
the American people.
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| Bob Corker |
Senator Bob Corker: The president is not acting in strength, he is acting in weakness.
This decision makes it clear that the president doesn't have the
ability and willingness to lead by rolling up his sleeves and doing the
hard work to reach a consensus that is in the best interest of our
country.
The president is blatantly ignoring the rule of law
and Congress' constitutional role, and I could not be more disappointed.
Congress has to respond, but the response should be prudent and we
should not lose sight of the fact that our job over the next two years
is to enact policies that will make our nation stronger.
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| Jim Cooper |
Rep. Jim Cooper, 5th District Democrat: President
Obama is doing exactly what he said he would do if Congress did not act.
Comprehensive immigration reform already cleared the Senate with 14
Republicans, including both of Tennessee's senators. Speaker Boehner
should allow the House to vote on the bill. There's still time before
the end of the year.
Rep. Marsha Blackburn, 7th District Republican: After months of
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| Marsha Blackburn |
crafting comprehensive immigration reform behind closed
doors and delaying it to shield Democrats up for re-election, the
self-proclaimed most transparent administration in history is finally
announcing the scope of its lawless amnesty. The president's decision to
nullify the immigration laws of this country through executive action
will hurt our economy, lead to more unemployed American citizens and
make us less secure. It signals that
America is an "open borders"
society with no rules governing entrance except those announced through
royal decree.
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| Diane Black |
Rep. Diane Black, 6th District Republican: Once again, President Obama is prioritizing election-year politics and
illegal immigrants ahead of the rule of law and the American people.
His policy change amounts to back-door amnesty that will be funded on
the backs of hard-working, law-abiding Americans. When unemployment
remains above 8 percent, for some reason the President thinks it's a
good idea to add hundreds of thousands of new people to the job market
to compete with Americans for jobs. That's insulting to the millions of
unemployed Americans. I have
sent a letter to the President calling on him to reverse his decision.
As long as the decision stands, I will pursue all means necessary
whether that’s through legislation or the court system to fight
this
outrageous power-grab by the President.
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| John Duncan |
Rep. John Duncan, 2nd District Republican: There is a right way to do things, and there is a wrong way to do things. This is the wrong way. President
Obama has said on several occasions in the past that executive orders
are the wrong way to fix immigration and that
he isn't a king, but now
this is exactly what he is trying to do.
With unemployment and
underemployment rates still high and so many millions of people who have
given up looking for work, it is not a good move to bring in millions
more people from other countries.
Rest assured, there will be a
strong and coordinated response from the Congress to stop
this
unconstitutional overreach of power.
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| Scott DesJarlais |
Rep. Scott DesJarlais, 4th District Republican: President Obama's decision to act unilaterally on immigration shows
a
blatant disregard for the constitutional checks and balances upon which
our government was founded and sets a troubling precedent for the use of
executive power. Congress has the sole authority to create and amend
laws, with the president's duty being to faithfully execute those laws.
Although he might wish otherwise,
the Constitution does not give
President Obama the authority to circumvent Congress simply because
existing immigration laws conflict with his particular ideology. My
colleagues and I will be reviewing all available options afforded to
Congress to prevent this usurpation of power and preserve our rule of
law.
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Lamar's Gang of Eight Bill did almost the same thing as O's order.
ReplyDeleteAnother thing, when are you folks going to do something instead of whining about it???