Obama unilaterally rewrites immigration law again (Congress, illegal, Clinton, illegal immigration)

[All American NYC]

President Obama issued a rule yesterday through the Department of Homeland Security to put illegal immigrants who have United States citizens in their immediate families on the fast track to permanent legal status....The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, which Bill Clinton signed in 1996 in order to deter illegal immigration, requires illegal immigrants who have overstayed their visa to leave the country while applying for a new one. ....Someone who has overstayed a visa for more than six months is barred from reentering the U.S. for three years; those who overstay more than a year are barred for 10 years,” the Los Angeles Times explained yesterday.

Who gives Obama the power to do these things?

[LAWS]

Originally Posted by All American NYC

Who gives Obama the power to do these things?

The same thing that enables govt to do anything. Threat of violence.

[MTAtech]

Read the Illegal Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act of 1996 and see if the Executive has rule making power.

[softblueyz]

Originally Posted by All American NYC

Who gives Obama the power to do these things?

Obama.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by All American NYC

Who gives Obama the power to do these things?

Congress did and DHS is part of the Executive Branch and has wide berth to "interpret" the laws.
DHS has an FAQ on this and they say they are not changing the law, just the process.


https://www.federalregister.gov/arti...relatives#h-37