President Barack Obama will announce that he will take executive action on immigration during a primetime address to the nation Thursday evening — yet, Obama had previously made the case against doing just that.
A video posted online by the right-leaning Washington Free Beacon highlights the many times the president made the case against executive immigration action.
“For me to simply through executive order ignore those congressional mandates would not conform with my appropriate role as president,” Obama once said.
“With respect to the notion that I can just suspend deportations through executive order — that’s just not the case,” the president said in another.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/11/20/flashback-obama-previously-made-the-case-against-taking-executive-action-on-immigration/
Former White House press secretary Jay Carney said President Barack Obama is “literally” doing the opposite of what he once said he couldn’t with his executive action to halt deportations of some 5 million illegal immigrants.
Appearing on CNN after Obama’s prime-time address Thursday, Carney said he thought Obama would like to “have those words back” when he said he does not have the authority to halt deportations unless Congress passes a law.
“I think if he could have those words back, especially the first clip where he specifically talked about suspending deportations — that is literally what he is doing today,” Carney said. “In later instances, including when I was there, he would speak carefully about what he could not do as president. He can’t change the law. He can’t provide a path to citizenship.”
The White House and proponents of Obama’s executive action say it does not bestow legal status but rather prioritizes who — like felons — will be deported.
Jay Carney Makes Big Admission About Obama
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/11/21/jay-carney-admits-obama-literally-flipped-on-immigration-executive-action/
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