Smith Responds to President's Amnesty Plan

Statement

Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today released the following statement regarding President Obama's planned executive orders to provide amnesty to millions of undocumented immigrants without the consent of Congress:

"We have already seen how the President's youth amnesty encouraged tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors to pour across the border. Providing amnesty to millions of additional undocumented immigrants will only encourage others to break our laws and make it more difficult to fix our broken immigration system.

"Worse than the specific policy is the precedent President Obama continues to set by ignoring Congress and the will of the American people. Failing to perform his Constitutional duty to enforce laws undermines our system of government and reinforces the gridlock plaguing Washington. Solutions will require both sides to work through regular order to come to an agreement."

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