Huelskamp: The American People Are Not Stupid

Washington – Today, following President Obama’s lawless action attempting to grant amnesty to millions illegal immigrants, Congressman Tim Huelskamp (KS-01) issued the following statement:

“On March 28, 2011 and more than 20 other times, President Obama has rightly said that he cannot suspend deportations of illegal immigrants via executive order. Doing so, President Obama said, would be ‘ignoring the law.’ Tonight, he announced he would just ignore it anyway. As a supposed Constitutional law professor, he should and does know better.

Let's review the history.

Obama has been a DC politician now for nearly a decade. In 2005 and 2006, then-Senator Obama was apparently too busy opining about the 'lawlessness' of the Bush Administration to work with a bipartisan Congress and pass comprehensive immigration laws.  In 2007 and 2008, with a Pelosi-controlled House and his Democrat Senate, he was too busy running for President to get it done.

Then as the President in 2009 and 2010, he had full control of Congress, but chose to do NOTHING.  And for the last four years, he again was called upon to work with a bipartisan Congress but offered no compromises or negotiation or leadership. Instead, he issued a disastrous executive order that created a massive humanitarian crisis on our southern border this summer.

But now, upon an unprecedented defeat at the polls and facing his lowest approval ratings ever, Obama has engaged in a clearly vain and desperate attempt to misuse the Office of the President. I am confident that the American people, who just overwhelmingly rejected his policies only 16 days ago, will see through this crass executive amnesty.

Unlike Obama's key ObamaCare advisor Mr. Gruber, I know the American people are not stupid. They recognize this monarch-like move is not only inconsistent with our Republican ideals, but reflects the ever-growing arrogance of a President and his Administration that despise the very people they claim to represent - and the Constitution they have sworn to uphold."

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