- #UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Alabama GOP Chairman Bill Armistead said today that Americans should be outraged President Barack Obama has decided “to ignore our laws and the U.S. Constitution by changing immigration law via executive order.”
Armistead’s comments were made in anticipation of President Obama’s announcement to stop the deportation of almost five million illegal immigrants, effectively granting them amnesty and sanctuary.
“President Obama apparently learned nothing from the beating Democrats took in the mid-term elections, when Americans stood up against his failed policies. Obama’s arrogant attitude towards Congress and American voters is unlike anything we have ever before witnessed from a President of the United States.
“As is customary with this president, he steps off the podium and retreats to one of his fun activities. Although this time it isn’t golfing, Obama will instead head to a political pep rally in Las Vegas on Friday. This president just doesn’t get it, and he apparently could not care less about what Americans think,” Armistead stated.
Armistead said President Obama has clearly flip-flopped when it comes to immigration. “Only a few months ago, President Obama told immigration activists he could not change immigration laws because, then he would be ‘ignoring the law in a way that…would be very difficult to defend legally’. And, President Obama previously said he could not issue executive amnesty because he’s ‘not the emperor of the United States’. It is obvious Obama has changed his mind about being emperor.”
“You would think President Obama would be looking for ways to work with the new Republican majorities in Congress to get things done,” Armistead said. “Instead, a man who has preached, but never practiced, bipartisanship is defying the will of the people by violating his oath of office and contravening the very Constitution he swore to uphold.”
President Obama’s immigration order would provide illegal immigrants with the exact benefits Congress has repeatedly rejected: Social Security numbers, photo IDs and work permits. “Obama’s actions,” Armistead said, “will allow illegal immigrants to take jobs directly from struggling Americans. Congress must not allow this unconstitutional action. Congress can continue to fund the government while ensuring that no funds are spent on this unlawful purpose.”
“Obama’s illegal action on immigration shows he has knowingly and repeatedly lied to the American people,” Armistead stated. “We all remember how Obama lied to us on ObamaCare…’if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor…if you like your plan, you can keep your plan’. And, as we found out last week, Obama further insulted Americans when his ObamaCare advisor, MIT Professor Jonathon Gruber, stated over and over again that the reason they had to lie to us about ObamaCare was because we are too stupid to understand such complex matters.”
“In the case of this unilateral action on immigration, Obama is trying to codify his illegal acts in order to stack the deck for decades to come, and enable liberal Democrats to control the United States government. He would like nothing more than to eventually make these illegal immigrants ‘legal’ voters and accomplish his end goal to ‘fundamentally transform America’,” Armistead stated.
“I don’t see how even the most partisan liberal American can support any of Obama’s attempts to take over our country by rigging the game so only his team can win. It is way past time that we put a stop to the actions of this rogue, lawless president,” Armistead concluded.