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Following a disappointing Election Day for his
Election, Immigration, Obama,
Democratic Party, President Barack Obama
USA
said he may sign an executive order on
immigration reform so the Republican-controlled Congress can take the
issue up on its own.
From the White House on Wednesday afternoon, Pres. Obama told
reporters hes willing to authorize an immigration reform bill himself in
order to kick-start lawmakers in the House of Representatives and Senate
to work on their own solution.
"If in fact the Republican leadership wants to see an immigration bill passed,
they now have the capacity to pass it, Obama said this week hours after
the GOP secured a majority in both the House and Senate.
Absence any immediate effort, however, Pres. Obama said hell sign an

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executive order on immigration before the end of the year. At that point,
he said, Congress will be hard pressed to come up with their own bill to
supersede the administrations action.
I have consistently said that it is my profound preference and interest to see
act ask on a comprehensive immigration reform bill, Obama said, the likes
of which he hopes would strength the United States southern border but
also put in place a framework for undocumented aliens to get in the back
of the line and eventually gain citizenship.
Pres. Obama has sought immigration reform since his first term, but
efforts during the last six years have been stalled in Congress, largely
thanks to Republican Party lawmakers. Now with the GOP gaining control
of both the House and Senate after this weeks midterm elections, Obama
said during Wednesdays presser that while he believes House Speaker
John Boehner (R-Ohio) was sincere about achieving reform in recent
months, the White House will write its own rules in lieu of waiting for the
incoming Congress to accomplish as much.

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I would act in the absence of a congressional solution, Obama said, and
take whatever lawful actions that I can take that I believe will improve the
function of our immigration system.
But whatever executive action I take, Obama added, will be replaced and
supplanted with action by Congress.
If [Congress] want to get a bill done, whether its during the lame duck or
during next year, Im eager to see what they have to offer, the president
said. What we cant do is just keep waiting. There is a cost to waiting.
Ahead of the presidents presser on Wednesday, Sen. Mitch McConnell

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(R-Kentucky), the soon-to-be Senate majority leader for a GOP-majority

chamber, said the potential use of executive authority to pass immigration
reform would be like waving a red flag in front of a bull.
I have no doubt that there will be some Republicans who are angered or
frustrated by any executive action that I may take, Obama acknowledged.
Those are folks I just have to say who are also deeply opposed to
immigration reform in any form and blocked the House from being able to
pass a bipartisan bill. I have said before that I actually believe that John
Boehner is sincere about wanting to get immigration reform passed, which is
why for a year I held off taking any action beyond what we had already
done for the so called Dream Kids, and did everything I could to give him
space and room to get something done. And what I also said at the time
that if in fact Congress, this Congress, could not get something done, that I
would take further executive actions in order to make the system work
better.
So if in fact there is a great eagerness on the part of Republicans to tackle a
broken immigration system, then they have every opportunity to do it, the
president added. My executive actions dont prevent them, said Obama,
but should be a spur for them to try and get something done.
In August, RT reported that the White House was considering an executive
order that would provide temporary relief for law-abiding undocumented
immigrants who are closely related to US citizens or those who have lived in
the country a certain number of years, per administration sources who
spoke with the Washington Post. Weeks before hand, the GOP-controlled
House authorized Boehner to sue Obama after the speaker accused the
president of abusing his executive power to unilaterally extend deadlines
pertaining to his hallmark Affordable Care Act.

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