President Obama Vows to Work Alone on Immigration Reform

By admin July 1, 2014 09:03

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President Obama speaks about immigration reform, Monday, June 30, 2014, at the White House in Washington. (AP)

President Obama speaks about immigration reform, Monday, June 30, 2014, at the White House in Washington. (AP)

PHOENIX — President Barack Obama said its time to act alone when it comes to tackling Immigration Reform.

According to Fox Latino News, Obama said that Republicans in the House of Representatives are standing in the way of fixing the flawed immigration system, and he is done waiting for them to act.

In a press conference on Monday, Obama said that House Speaker John Boehner told him that the House, where Republicans have a majority, will not vote on immigration reform this year.

And so, the president said, he will act on his own to fix the parts of the immigration system that he can address through executive action.

Obama said he instructed Homeland Security Department Secretary Jeh Johnson and Attorney General Eric Holder to present him with executive actions he can take without congressional approval by the end of the summer.

One of the first steps Obama said he would take immediately would be to refocus immigration enforcement away from the country’s interior and on to a Mexican border overrun by children crossing illegally from Central America.

Obama says there are enough Republicans and Democrats in the House to pass an immigration bill today, and says he would sign it.

Obama says he’s waited for more than a year to give Boehner space to act.

Obama says the thousands of unaccompanied children showing up on the border underscore the need to drop the politics and act on immigration.

 

By admin July 1, 2014 09:03

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