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Hill Statement on Supreme Court's Immigration Decision

Statement

Date: June 23, 2016
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Operations Judicial Branch Immigration

Today, after the Supreme Court's decision to remand President Obama's executive action on immigration back to the lower courts, which already issued an injunction against the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) program, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement:

"In my view, the Court's most fundamental responsibility is protecting the Separation of Powers prescribed by the Constitution. The president's maneuver to bypass Congress in order to create a class of over four million new residents is not exercising prosecutorial discretion, it's legislating in direct violation of the Constitution. The Court's decision today to uphold the rule of law provides a reminder to an administration who often feels that it is above the Constitution, that, in fact, it is not."


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