There is no question the President understands this. On multiple occasions he has made remarks that would seek to restore the separation of powers. but they have been missing from his dialogue for a long time now. and that is just about how long it is that he has been planning. made his decision that he is going to go forward and now try to rationalize. he will try to justify and he will try to rationalize an unconstitutional act that. put it in quotes. "legalizes" 31/2 million. 5 million. 7 million. maybe as many as 9 million people. This Congress has. we have the enumerated power to set naturalization. and by a good number of case law. also immigration policy. No one else sets the immigration policy. The United States Congress does. There is a statute that exists that directs that when immigration enforcement encounters someone who is unlawfully present in the United States. it says they shall place them in removal proceedings. The President has already ordered that they not place them in removal proceedings. He has created four classes of people and said. under his prosecutorial discretion on an individual basis. only he has the authority to decide to waive the law against people who have broken our laws. most of whom are criminals by the definition of the laws that they have broken.
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