Obama previously on DREAM ACT ”I cannot do this on my own because there are laws on the books.” #tcot #tlot #teaparty

RRD:I wish to note that I favor a generally laissez faire approach to immigration (with some wartime exceptions).And I am sympathetic to those supporting the DREAM ACT(though I have not read the bill and distrust anything that comes out of Congress).However the question in this case isn't "What should law X be" on a particular issue.It's where does the legal authority reside.And Obama himself thought that he didn't have the authority to do this until he thought that it would benefit him in the election.

Krauthammer: New Obama immigration policy 'lawlessness' | The Daily Caller

http://dailycaller.com/2012/06/15/krauthammer-new-obama-immigration-policy-out-and-out-lawlessness-video/

“Beyond the pandering, beyond the politics, beyond the process — is simple constitutional decency,” Krauthammer explained. “This is out -and -out lawlessness. You had a clip of the president himself say months ago ‘I cannot do this on my own because there are laws on the books.’ Well, I have news for president — the laws remain on the books. They haven’t changed.”

..”He said this appears to be the White House attempting to enact the DREAM Act, which failed to pass muster with the Congress after several attempts over the past several years.”....

....“He proposed the DREAM Act of which the executive order is a variation,” Krauthammer continued. “He proposed a DREAM Act. The Congress said no. The Congress is the one who makes the laws. What the administration does is it administers law.”....

...“And in fact, what it is pretending to do is to use discretion,” he said. “That’s what the Homeland Security said. This is not discretion. Discretion is when you treat it on a one-by -one basis on the grounds of extenuating circumstances. That is declaration of a new set of criteria, which is essentially resurrecting the legislation that the Congress has said no to.” ....

RRD:If Obama's ”discretion” permits this,what else does it permit?

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