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FBN’s Gerri Willis on Obama Administration shifting immigration policy without working with Congress.
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Nobody saw this one coming the president announcing a radical shift in our immigration policy.
Considered deporting some young illegal immigrants the Obama administration will be offering them work permits.
Now it's not based on any -- and the president says that's Congress's fault.
In the absence of any immigration action from congress to fix our broken immigration system.
What we try to do -- focus our immigration enforcement resources.
In the right places.
So now when the president says congress was in an inactive what he really means is they rejected his idea.
It was called the DREAM Act congress considered it but it didn't have the support to pass that's why it's not a lot but the president's putting it into effect anyway.
And this isn't the first time the president has ignored the will of congress it's become one of his favorite tactics.
In October 2009.
Obama at the Department of Justice announced they would stop prosecuting medical marijuana users and suppliers.
This is just nine months into office I guess have been taken too long to give up on the bipartisanship he campaigned on.
Then last September the Department of Justice announced -- change -- interpretation of the lot and effectively.
Legalize.
Internet gambling.
With this move the presence actually ignoring two laws on the books the wire act of 1961.
And the unlawful Internet gambling enforcement act.
This is about more than -- here how about education.
No Child Left Behind had strict requirements for school performance and threatened to -- federal funding from failing schools.
That's a lot but Obama doesn't like get so the administration has granted waivers to 918 states.
What's the point of electing a congress -- the entire executive branch is going to ignored them.
To not uphold and defend the laws of the land now here's one of the most egregious parts of the new immigration policy.
The senate is at work on a new version the DREAM Act and is supported by Republican senator Marco Rubio.
-- -- the president have worked with him on finding common ground.
Is bipartisanship really that this -- for the president might undermine the president's campaign message that congress can't get anything done.
You think the president would know better.
Because he's sworn in as though the -- uphold the constitution and this isn't buried in the fine print article one section one congress has the exclusive power to write lots.
Not the president he's responsible for enforcing them.
But you know there's -- constitutional scholar who describe this exact situation.
Just last year.
America.
Is a nation of laws which means I have the president and obligated to enforce the law the notion that I can to suspend.
Deportations.
Through executive order.
That's just not the case.
-- -- of emigration haven't changed since then I guess the president's views have just evolved.
Isn't incredible what an election year can do to your point.
