Speech #1130121381

There is no President who has abused the authority to issue Executive orders more than the current occupant of the White House. All Presidents have issued Executive orders since President George Washington. but no one has held Congress and the Constitution in such contempt that they feel as if Congress is irrelevantexcept when I need them to appropriate money or to help them serve my purposes. But the President is going to take steps in the coming days that would send men and womensuch as those I have mentionedwho came. playing by the rules. pursuing legal immigration to the United States. He is going to basically tell those folks: Get to the back of the line. We are the most generous country in the world when it comes to naturalizationalmost 1 million people a year. But the President is going to tell the people who have been waiting patiently in line. playing by the rules: Get in the back of the line. I am going to put millions of people ahead of you in front of the line who have not played by the rules. Well. it is a sure way to send a message to the rest of the world that our country does not enforce its own laws. which is an essential part of who we are. and where everybody. from the humblest to the most exalted in our country. are all bound by the same laws. whether you are President of the United States or whether you are one of these new Americans who takes an oath to uphold and defend the laws and the Constitution of the United States. I have to say. because I come from a big State that sees disproportionate negative consequences of illegal immigration. this is a sure way to continue to reward the criminal organizations that get rich on the status quo. The 60.000 unaccompanied children that came from Central America that were part of this humanitarian crisis we had last summer continue to come. and the criminal organizations that continue to profit from this moneymaking operation are continuing to get rich. It encourages children to take a perilous journey. for many of whom it ends in kidnapping. sexual assault or death to get to the U.S. border.