Time
By Maya Rhodan
December 4, 2014
On
the same day that House Republicans voted for a no-chance bill to
overturn his recent executive action on immigration, President Obama
criticized them for failing to pass a comprehensive
reform bill and instead working to “force talented young people” out of
the country.
“The
immigration issue is, I recognize, one that generates a lot of passion,
but it does not make sense for us to want to push talent out,” Obama
said.
Speaking
at a White House summit on College Opportunity Thursday, Obama
denounced a symbolic bill that passed the House along party lines later
on Thursday, the Preventing Executive Overreach
on Immigration Act of 2014. (219 members voted for the bill, while 197
against it.) Introduced by Republican Rep. Ted Yoho of Florida, the bill
would nullify Obama’s plan to grant work permits and temporary legal
status to about 5 million undocumented immigrants.
“Notwithstanding
any other law, the executive branch of the Government shall not— exempt
or defer, by Executive order, regulation, or any other means,
categories of aliens considered under
the immigration laws,” the bill text reads.
The
vote offers Republican lawmakers an opportunity to formally express
their disdain for the president’s executive action. The bill has no
chance of passing the current Senate, but Obama
would veto it anyway. It also comes amid the pending struggle to ensure
that the government stays funded after Dec. 11, which many speculated
could be held up if the President acted alone on immigration.
The
vote will also come as 17 states including Texas, Alabama, Georgia,
Montana and Louisiana sued the federal government over the actions.
Texas governor-elect Greg Abott is leading states’
charge against the action, saying it “tramples” the U.S. Constitution.
Obama
and the White House, however, are holding firm. Next Tuesday, the
President will appear in Nashville to again tout his actions.
“The
President took action after leaving the door as wide open as possible
for bipartisan action,”said a senior administration official. “He took
an important first step and he will continue
to press the case for that step and for Congress to do it’s job and fix
the immigration system that is broken.”
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