By Javier Manjarres
Florida Congressman Tom Rooney today announced that he has cosponsored a bill, H.R. 5953 with Congressman Ben Quale (R-AZ), to prohibit and prevent President Obama’s directive of allowing young illegal immigrant to legally stay in this country. What the bill is intended to do is pressure the Department of Homeland Security and its director Janet Napolitano to uphold and protect the laws on immigration that are already in place.
Rooney states that President Obama himself said, “he cannot change the laws unilaterally.” This is true. Last September, President Obama stated that, as well as saying ,”the fact of the matter is there are laws on the books that I have to enforce.”
Here is Congressman Rooney’s statement-
“President Obama is once again sidestepping the Constitution, ignoring the proper role of Congress, and putting his reelection prospects ahead of his responsibilities to the American people,” Rooney said. “Regardless of your position on the Dream Act, the Constitution gives Congress and only Congress the authority to legislate, and it gives the President the responsibility to enforce the laws of the land. The President can’t ignore the Constitution every time he thinks something is ‘the right thing to do.’”-
“As the President himself said last year, he cannot change the laws unilaterally, he has to enforce the laws on the books, and this kind of executive action does a disservice the goal of passing comprehensive immigration reform.”
President Obama, September 28, 2011: “I just have to continue to say this notion that somehow I can just change the laws unilaterally is just not true. We are doing everything we can administratively. But the fact of the matter is there are laws on the books that I have to enforce. And I think there’s been a great disservice done to the cause of getting the DREAM Act passed and getting comprehensive immigration passed by perpetrating the notion that somehow, by myself, I can go and do these things. It’s just not true.”- Congressman Tom Rooney
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7 Responses to “Rep. Tom Rooney Files Bill To Stop Obama’s Immigration Directive”
Good for Rooney!!! Someone in the legislative branch needs to put the breaks on our wannabe dictator in chief. Needs to do the same for DOMA and other executive directives that impinge on congressional authority.
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Thank you Mr. Rooney
All our government officials should worry about Our Economy instead of this derision. Did we all forget that unemployment is almost 10% and don’t blame immigration. Blame our government both parties!!!!.
Frank:
I suggest you read over the entire Executive Order and then respond.
This will allow 800,000 ILLEGAL Aliens to remain in this country, using resources that legal citizens pay for and should be allowed to take advantage of. Instead they will flood the market with people who should not even be here.
It has a lot to do with the Economy! These ILLEGALS will be allowed to take jobs, entry level jobs, jobs that our children (citizens) graduating from High School should be taking.
What you think it is ok for 800,000 illegals to be able to stay here for free and real Americans got to pay for these wet backs wounder if you went to Mexico illegally what they do to you sure in the hell give you free ride. We can get Americans back to work now this it is total B. S gather them all up and deported them TODAY