Session #115 · 2017–19

Speech #CREC-2017-03-30-pt1-PgH2578-6_t13

Congress has to do that. When he was pressed to change the law and he said he didn't have that authority those 22 times, then he concluded that he could get away with it anyway. He issued the order, the DACA order--two of them that are really openly and blatantly unconstitutional. DAPA, the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans, that is how they called it. Again, it is parents of those who were born here to illegal parents, and we need to move the birthright citizenship bill to put an end to that. The President knew he didn't have the authority for that DAPA program, and he knew he didn't have the authority for the DACA program, and he said so at least 22 times. Then he issued those orders, and the executive branch of government began to carry out the President's orders, which are in violation of the law. So he has commanded the executive branch of government to violate the law. Subsequent to the DACA order going out, President Obama went to Chicago and gave a speech and said publicly--and this is on videotape, too. He said this: I changed the law. Mr.
Keywords matched
DACA

Classification

Also mentioned
Americans
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
STEVE KING
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
IA
Gender
—
Date
2017-03-30
Speech ID
CREC-2017-03-30-pt1-PgH2578-6_t13
Paragraph
#2
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