Obama Tells Hispanic Caucus He 'Rode Over' From WH With 2 Illegal Aliens

longknife · Oct 3, 2014

He openly sneers at the law he swore to uphold and defend. You have to see the video for yourself @ http://cnsnews.com/video/cnsnews/obama-tells-hispanic-caucus-he-rode-over-wh-2-illegal-aliens

waltky · Nov 7, 2014

Sounds like gonna be gridlock over immigration...

Boehner Wants Immigration Reform: It Is Just Time to Deal With It
November 6, 2014 -- House Speaker John Boehner said at a press conference today that it is just time to deal with the issue of immigration reform, indicating he hopes to enact an immigration law in the coming year.

Meanwhile, Boehner's spokesman, Michael Steel, did not respond this afternoon to an emailed question from CNSNews.com asking him whether the speaker would rule out enacting a law that granted legal status or a pathway to citizenship to illegal aliens. Boehner also warned President Obama not to take unilateral action on immigration, saying that if he did so it would prevent Congress from actually passing legislation for the same purpose. I want to talk to our members about how to move forward, but Ive made my position very clear, Boehner said. It is time for the Congress of the United States to deal with a very difficult issue in our society. This immigration issue has become a political football over the last ten years or more. It is just time to deal with it.

When a reporter asked Boehner whether a Republican presidential nominee could afford to run if you have not acted on this issue, Boehner said: This is not about politics. This is about doing the right thing for the country. Listen, you've all heard me say starting two years ago yesterday that our immigration system is broken and needs to be fixed, Boehner said. But I've made clear to the president that if he acts unilaterally on his own, outside of his authority, he will poison the well and there will be no chance for immigration reform moving in this Congress. Its as simple as that.

A reporter asked Boehner if Obama taking unilateral action on immigration would be a catalyst for you to actually get something done. No, because I believe if the president continues to act on his own he is going to poison the well, said Boehner. When you play with matches, you take the risk of burning yourself. And he is going to burn himself if he continues to go down this path. The American people made it clear on Election Day, they want to get things done, and they dont want the president acting on a unilateral basis.

At a press conference on Wednesday, President Obama had said that before the end of the year he intends to take unilateral executive action that will change the status of some illegal aliens in the United States. Obama also said he believed that Boehner sincerely wanted to pass the immigration bill in the House that was passed by the Senate in the last Congress. That bill allowed illegal aliens to gain legal status in the United States and get on a so-called path to citizenship. So we got a bipartisan bill out of the Senate. I asked John Boehner at that point, can we pass this through the House? Theres a majority of votes in the House to get this passed, said Obama. And Speaker Boehner I think was sincere about wanting to pass it, but had difficulty over the last year trying to get it done. So when he finally told me he wasn't going to call it up this year, what I indicated to him is I feel obliged to do everything I can lawfully with my executive authority to make sure that we don't keep on making the system worse, but that whatever executive actions that I take will be replaced and supplanted by action by Congress, said Obama. You send me a bill that I can sign, and those executive actions go away."

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Cruz, Lee Threaten 'Procedural' War on Senate Floor to Stop 'Lawless Amnesty'
November 5, 2014 -- Republican Senators Ted Cruz of Texas, Mike Lee of Utah, Jeff Sessions of Alabama, Pat Roberts of Kansas, Mike Crapo of Idaho, and David Vitter of Louisiana sent a letter to lame-duck Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada today saying that if President Obama takes unilateral action to grant amnesty to illegal aliens it "will create a constitutional crisis."

The senators told Reid that they would assist him in enacting a measure to stop Obama from unilaterally granting an amnesty, but that if Reid lets Obama go forward with such an amnesty they "would use all procedural means necessary" to make the Senate focus on the constitutional crisis they say that this "lawless amnesty" would create. On Dec. 11, the continuing resolution now funding the government will expire. Before that date, both Houses of Congress will need to approve a new continuing resolution to fund the government beyond that date.

If the CR does not permit the Executive Branch to spend money on some action, the Executive Branch cannot take that action. "We write to express our alarm with President Obama's announced intention to take unilateral executive action by the end of this year to lawlessly grant amnesty to immigrants who have entered the country illegally," the senators wrote Reid. "The Supreme Court has recognized that 'over no conceivable subject is the power of Congress more complete' than its power over immigration," the senators said. "Therefore, President Obama will be exercising powers properly belonging to Congress if he makes good his threat.

"This will create a constitutional crisis that demands action by Congress to restore the separation of powers," the senators told Reid. "As majority leader of the Senate, you have the responsibility of not only representing the citizens of your state, but also of protecting the Constitution through vigilant exercise of the checks and balances provided under the Constitution," wrote Cruz, Lee, Sessions, Roberts, Crapo and Vitter.

"Therefore, we write to offer our full assistance in ensuring expeditious Senate debate and passage for a measure that preserves the power of Congress by blocking any action the president may take to violate the Constitution and unilaterally grant amnesty," the senators said. "[H]owever," they continued, "should you decline to defend the Senate and the Constitution from executive overreach, the undersigned senators will use all procedural means necessary to return the Senate's focus during the lame duck session to resolving the constitutional crisis created by President Obama's lawless amnesty."

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waltky · Nov 20, 2014

Recidivism rate high among illegal aliens...

Ariz. Sheriff: Illegal Aliens Imprisoned 10 Times or More for 10 Different Crimes
November 20, 2014 At a House Judiciary Committees Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere hearing on Tuesday, Rep. Matt Salmon (R-Ariz.) said its a serious problem how illegal aliens are imprisoned for criminal offenses multiple times in his state, according to what hes been told by Maricopa County Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

I was told by Sheriff Arpaio hes had some that have been in his prison 10 times or more for different crimes 10 different crimes, Salmon said. So theyve been arrested, flagged by INS [Immigration and Naturalization Service, now part of the Department of Homeland Security], released, back in jail, arrested on another crime a few months later or a year later. Its a serious problem, said Salmon, who is chairman of the subcommittee.

The hearing was held to question Obama administration officials about the governments response to the more than 60,000 illegal alien children or Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) that surged over the U.S. border from Central America over the past year. State Department officials tried to focus on how the United States is trying to provide money and services to Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala to stop the violence and poverty that they said drove the aliens to leave their homes in Central America. But Republicans on the committee were concerned about those entering the country illegally that pose a threat to public safety.

Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) cited a report given to Judiciary after it requested the statistics from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DeSantis said he was shocked when he saw the report. For fiscal year 2013, ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] released 36,700 convicted criminals who were in the country illegally rather than have them detained pending outcome of deportation proceeding, DeSantis said. We always hear weve got to focus the resources on the criminals the people who really mean us harm. Some of the convictions these people 193 homicide convictions, 426 sexual assault convictions, kidnapping, aggravated assault, vehicle theft, drug trafficking -- I mean, very, very serious offenses and yet DHS is releasing these individuals into American society rather than repatriate them back to their nation of origin.

DeSantis said the government claimed it released the criminals because their countries of origin refused to repatriate them. So, DeStantis argued, why doesnt the State Department put pressure on those countries by restricting the issuance of visas if criminals are not permitted to return? Let me assure you that DHS and the State Department work really closely on the issue of criminal deportees, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson responded at the hearing. And when we are notified by DHS, we work really closely with them to push very hard to get countries to take back those criminal, Jacobson said. But not hard enough where you would actually stop the issuing visas, DeSantis said. We succeed very often in getting criminal deportees returned, Jacobson said. She noted in her sworn testimony that the three Central American countries that were the focus of the hearing have been repatriating citizens who have been convicted of a crime.

DeSantis then pointed out that the 36,700 criminal aliens released represent a large number (32 percent) of the 88,000 criminal illegal aliens that were in U.S. custody in fiscal year 2013, according to the report given to Judiciary. That clearly is not doing what is necessary to keep the American people safe, DeSantis said. DHS officials were asked to testify at the hearing but declined to appear, according to the subcommittee.

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