Speech #1140011316

Mr. President. on July 14 of last year. I wrote a letter to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle warning that the President was planning to issue an Executive amnesty for 5 million illegal alienspeople unlawfully in America. Congress was at the time considering a supplemental funding measure for the Department of Homeland Security. I wrote: Congress must not acquiesce to spending more taxpayer dollars until the President unequivocally rescinds his threat of more illegal executive action... If Congress simply passes a supplemental spending bill without these preconditions. it is not a question of if the President will suspend more immigration laws. but only how many he will suspend. Executive amnesty became a major issue in the election last November. Many Members of the Senate and House who had supported these immigration policies of the President didnt come back. They were sent home. and many returning on both sides of the aisle said during their campaigns that they opposed these policies. Still. on November 20. after a historic midterm election defeat. President Obama defied the will of the American people and Congress and issued his Executive amnesty for 5 million persons. This amnesty included not just the right to stay in America but an explicit photo ID. work authorization. work permits. Social Security numbers and Social Security benefits. Medicare benefits. cash tax credits. and the right to basically take any job in Americaat a time of high unemployment and falling wages. as economists have told us is happening.