{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20141206023853/http://pearce.house.gov/press-release/pearce-obama-overreaches-again", "PEARCE: OBAMA OVERREACHES AGAIN", "2014-11-21", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "NM", "Steve Pearce", "P000588", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC (Nov. 20, 2014)\u00a0Today, Congressman Pearce responded to President Obama\u2019s executive order outlining expanded relief for undocumented immigrants in the United States.\u00a0 Specifically, the \u201cImmigration Accountability Executive Action\u201d is a plan that expands Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and creates a new deferred action program for up to 4 million undocumented people who have lived in the U.S. for more than 5 years and are parents of U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents. The result is that the immigration law will be changed for nearly 5 million undocumented immigrants.\n\u201cPresident Obama\u2019s decision to use executive powers to alter immigration policy for 5 million people is a gross abuse of power,\u201d said Congressman Steve Pearce. \u201cThe President is choosing to ignore the bounds of his Constitutional powers and bypass Congress.\u00a0 Very simply, these actions are illegal and unlike those taken by any other President.\u00a0 This is not just my view, this is the view of many.\u00a0 Even Doris Meissner, the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization Service for President Clinton, noted that prosecutorial discretion does not provide the President the right to ignore current law.\u201d\n\u201cNot only are the President\u2019s actions disregarding the Constitution, the democratic process, and the will of the people, they are short-sighted and cruel.\u00a0 The innately political action by the President will have harmful and damaging effects, while significantly disheartening and disadvantaging the millions of potential immigrants following the law and waiting to enter the United States.\u201d\n\u201cThe immigration system in the United States must change.\u00a0 As New Mexicans, we live with the impacts of a broken immigration system.\u00a0 For our families, for our neighbors, and for our friends, the government must work to correct this problem.\u00a0 As Gov. Martinez describes in a recent Washington Times article, reform cannot be political, temporary, or self-promoting.\u00a0 It must be permanent and it must be based on fairness.\u201d\n\u201cCongress must work together. We must find bipartisan solutions anywhere we can, as I have with Congressman O\u2019Rourke.\u00a0 Comprehensive immigration reform is not the only option, nor does it have to be.\u00a0 Immigration reform, like any issue, is not too large to face, as long as we are willing to work together.\u00a0 While members of Congress recognize the need to fix our broken immigration system, and that differing approaches exist to accomplish this, the reality is that the President cannot just ignore our laws.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://web.archive.org/web/20141206023853/http://pearce.house.gov/press-release/pearce-obama-overreaches-again"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0255009401589632, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}