Sam Graves Statement On House Action To Stop The President's Executive Order On Immigration

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Sam Graves made the following statement after voting for H.R. 5759, the Executive Amnesty Prevention Act.  This legislation upholds that, except within strict constitutional limits, the President does not have the authority to exempt or defer removal of persons unlawfully present in the United States. 

“The President’s recent actions regarding immigration amount to nothing more than amnesty by executive order,” said Rep. Graves.  “Amnesty rewards those who have cheated the system and punishes those who played by the rules and went through the legal immigration process,” he continued.  “The President does not have this authority under our constitution and this legislation makes that clear.”

“I stand firm in my opposition to this amnesty order and call on the Senate to pass this bill to protect our constitutional separation of powers.”

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