WH Reporter Asks If Obama Thinks He’s ‘the Emperor of the United States’ “ 'Because [Obama] was asked very specifically about the idea of expanding the deferred action executive order for the DREAMers to their parents. And he said September 17th last year on Telemundo, very clearly: ‘If we start broadening that, then essentially I would be ignoring the law in a way that would be very difficult to defend so that is not an option. Is that still off the table?” asked Karl
"Karl: “When the President said specifically that expanding the DACA executive order is not an option because it would be ignoring the law. Does he still believe that?”
“ 'Well Jon, I don’t want to get ahead of – what – any sort of announcements that the President might make, before the end of the year, about executive actions that he may take to fix our broken immigration system. Since [the Telemundo] interview aired, the President did direct the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a review of the law to determine what, if any, authority he could use to try to fix some of the problems that House Republicans have refused to address. SO this is something that has been under consideration for a long time…”
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"Karl: “When the President said specifically that expanding the DACA executive order is not an option because it would be ignoring the law. Does he still believe that?”
“ 'Well Jon, I don’t want to get ahead of – what – any sort of announcements that the President might make, before the end of the year, about executive actions that he may take to fix our broken immigration system. Since [the Telemundo] interview aired, the President did direct the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a review of the law to determine what, if any, authority he could use to try to fix some of the problems that House Republicans have refused to address. SO this is something that has been under consideration for a long time…”
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"Karl: “But I’m not asking about the options, I’m just saying: Does the President still stand by what he said in that interview in September last year?”
“ 'Well, Jon, obviously there are some things that have changed,” Earnest fumbled.
“ 'So no,” said Karl." ....
Here’s How to Stop Obama’s Amnesty Order ... "Savage told his listeners the new Republican-majority Congress has a weapon at its disposal, if it only is willing to deploy it.
“ 'If the executive order is based on a statute, Congress can change the statute, thereby nullifying the order,” Savage said.
“ 'Come January, the first day – instead of all the ceremony – call [Congress] back in session, go to power, go to the mats and change the statute. Day One,” he told his “Savage Nation” audience Thursday.
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