Daines Asks Obama to Abandon Executive Amnesty Plan – Secure Borders Instead

Representative Steve Daines called on President Obama today to abandon his anticipated plan to grant executive amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, and instead focus on securing the nation’s borders and enforce existing immigration laws. Here’s Daines:

"Now I don't say this very often, but you know what? I agree with him," Daines said. "His job as president is to enforce the laws that Congress has passed. But now, President Obama seems to have forgotten that he is not a king. President Obama's plan to extend executive amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants is an unacceptable abuse of power that goes against the will of the American people."

Daines said that Obama has mentioned he has no legal authority to extend executive amnesty because “that’s not the way our Constitution is written.”

"As the president said himself, and I quote, 'That's not how our democracy works. That's not how our Constitution is written,'" Daines said. "President Obama should abandon this plan, executive overreach, and work with Congress to secure our borders and strengthen enforcement on existing immigration laws."

Obama was expected to bypass Congressional approval and grant via executive order legal status and work permits for up to 5 million illegal immigrants.