That is the shift in focus that the Chief Executive just gave the INS (the Immigration and Naturalization Service), when it comes to which of the 11 million plus Immigrants they should deport.
[President Obama, address to the nation on immigration: ]
[...] And that’s why we’re going to keep focusing enforcement resources on actual threats to our security. Felons, not families. Criminals, not children. Gang members, not a mother who’s working hard to provide for her kids. We’ll prioritize, just like law enforcement does every day.
Could it truly be that America --
through its Chief Executive -- is going to demonstrate that it is the "Land of Opportunity" again ... A nation that welcomes the "desperate and oppressed" ... A shining land from sea to sea, that does not run from its "basic decency and humanity" ... ?
The president's executive action will protect undocumented parents whose children are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents, as well as immigrants who came to America as children and others with long-standing ties to the country, from being deported.
Obama defended his actions in an interview with George Stephanopoulos, host of ABC's "This Week," that aired Sunday morning. “The history is that I have issued fewer executive actions than most of my predecessors, by a long shot," he said. "The difference is the response of Congress, and specifically the response of some of the Republicans."
"But if you ask historians, take a look at the track records of the modern presidency, I’ve actually been very restrained, and I’ve been very restrained with respect to immigration," Obama added. "I bent over backwards and will continue to do everything I can to get Congress to work because that’s my preference.”
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Ted Cruz Wants To Fight Obama Over Immigration, But He Forgot About One Thing -- Amanda Terkel, huffingtonpost.com -- 11/23/2014
Still some forces remain who would crush these uniquely America Dreams, if only they are given a large enough soapbox, and the air-time chance ...
Some maniacal men "who would be president," who think duly-elected President has ENTIRELY the wrong focus.
-- That curious kids, that grandmas and papas, that college students, that their hard-working Moms and Dads -- would ALL be Deported Tomorrow -- if only a President Cruz were giving the Orders.
Until then, the one "who would be president" will do everything in his power to the duly-elected, separately empowered branch of the People's Government -- to give this co-equal Chief Executive, ALL the Hell and Official Disrespect that his rabble can rally ... Up to and including the claims of Treason.
That is HOW MUCH much these Faux-Patroits Hate immigrant families
That is HOW MUCH these Government Repealers, Hate the democratic, collective will of the Majority of the American People -- as vested in the current Chief Executive -- TWICE.
Nevermind that History is not on the Haters' side:
Executive Orders: Washington - Obama
compiled by Gerhard Peters -- The American Presidency Project -- ucsb.edu
Nevermind that the Constitution is not on the Haters' side:
Executive Orders: The Power of the President’s Pen
Posted on December 11, 2008 by Articles
Written by: Kirk Strohman
Researched by: Casey E. Sanders
Edited by: Daniel Kwak
Managing Editor: Mary Anne Nash
[...]
Generally, executive orders don’t get much public visibility. Yet, they represent a significant authority for the president to manage the executive branch departments and agencies – both in organization and policy. Because a president acts alone when signing an executive order, the system has room for potential abuse. Congress and the courts can stop presidents that go too far, but history shows that this rarely happens. Most often, it is up to future presidents to reverse or adjust the policies of executive orders he or she doesn’t agree with. In a time where the current administration has pushed executive power to its furthest, executive orders are a legal tool the public should take notice of.
Article II: Power to the POTUS
An executive order (E.O.) is one type of a presidential directive. Article II of the U.S. Constitution doesn’t mention executive orders, but it does provide an expansive mandate in stating that “[t]he executive power shall be vested in a President….” This is a broad grant of power and is the basis for presidents’ power to invoke executive orders. The orders are laws of “of general applicability and legal effect.” The term “executive order” was not a part of the political lexicon until 1862, when such orders where formalized by a counting system beginning with “1” (President Bush signed Executive Order 13477 on October 31, 2008). A signed order is published in the Federal Register and generally remains in effect until superseded by another order, although some orders are written to expire at a prescribed time.
[...]
Nevermind that
the People are not on the Haters' side:
[from thinkprogress.org, Poll: Majority Of Americans Want Immigration Reform: ]
[...]
In a survey of 794 likely voters interviewed recently, 81 percent of Americans want Congress to tackle legislation dealing with immigration, with 44 percent believing that it’s a very important issue. Adults over the age of 65 were more likely to agree that passing immigration reform was important. And while 40 percent of Democrats deemed passing immigration legislation very important, an even greater 53 percent of Republicans also considered it very important.
A strong majority of self-identified Democrats -- 63 percent -- support a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, while only 19 percent of Republicans support that position. Breaking the poll down by age, more than half of young people between the ages of 18 and 29 support providing a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, while about half of voters surveyed above the age of 30 oppose a pathway to citizenship.
Nevermind all that,
the Haters will just keep on hating -- because that's what Haters do.
They burn-harshly with the flame -- that has consumed them. They have traded their compassion for contempt, a long long time ago.
To our once-welcoming nation's great loss. ... That is, IF indeed the Haters succeed -- because the decent-hearted Americans everywhere, sat back and said nothing.