Other politicians have also said the president lacks the constitutional authority including -- President Obama himself!
“With
respect to the notion that I can just suspend deportations through
executive order — that’s just not the case. Because there are laws on
the books, that Congress has passed — and I know that everybody here at
Bell is studying hard so you know we’ve got three branches of
government. Congress passes the laws. The Executive branch’s job is to
enforce and implement the laws, and then the Judiciary has to interpret
the laws. There are enough laws on the books by Congress that are very
clear in terms of how we have to enforce our immigration system, that
for me to simply through executive order ignore those congressional
mandates would not conform with my appropriate role as president.” --
President Barack Obama, Univision Town Hall, March 28, 2011
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