Apparently President Obama now thinks that he has the capacity to push through any piece of legislation that he wants, via executive order, of course. This most recent abuse of the president's ability to issue an executive order comes in the form of Obama essentially legalizing the Dream Act.
The Dream Act was a bill which was being considered in the U.S. Senate earlier this year. The purpose of the Dream Act was to grant children of illegal alien's citizenship, so long as they enrolled in college, or volunteered for military service.
However, the Dream Act failed to pass in the Senate. Despite the actual legislature failing to make the Dream Act law, Obama decided to take measures into his own hands. Last Friday, he issued a memo telling federal immigration officials to be more lenient in regards to the deportation of illegal's who are enrolled in school, pregnant or nursing, or whose family members are performing military service.
The only logical conclusion that one can draw from this order is that Obama is becoming increasingly desperate to secure the Hispanic population's vote. According to Gallup, Obama's job approval rating is at 45% of American's approving, while 48% currently disapprove. These are not good numbers for a president who is seeking re-election in 2012.
What President Obama does not seem to realize is that we have check's and balance's in this country for a reason; to prevent a tyrant from coming to power. What is the point of having a legislature in this country when our executive disregards what they have already voted on, and takes measures into his own hands?
Kind regards,
Kip
Sources: http://www.examiner.com/immigration-reform-in-national/obama-issues-dream-act-by-executive-order-press-ignores#ixzz1Py9Q0tBP, http://www.gallup.com/home.aspx
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