{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://donyoung.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=397983", "Congressman Young Responds to President Obamas  Lets Make a Deal Executive Action on Immigration", "2014-11-20", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "AK", "Don Young", "Y000033", "donyoung.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Following President Obama\u2019s declaration to grant executive amnesty to more than 5 million undocumented immigrants, Alaskan Congressman Don Young shared his deep concerns for the size and scope of his actions.\n\u201cThrough Executive Order, President Obama has moved forward on actions he previously said were not within his Constitutional authority over 22 times \u2013 a unilateral declaration to ignore U.S. law and stop the deportation of more than 5 million unlawful immigrants. Bypassing Congress and changing the law himself, simply because the Legislative Branch has not given the answers he\u2019s looking for, is plain wrong. Ignoring the clear majority of Americans who oppose amnesty will only hurt this nation and the principles it was founded upon.\n\u201cArticle I of the Constitution gives Congress the power over naturalization of immigrants, not the President. While past Presidents have used Executive Action or \u2018prosecutorial discretion\u2019 to address immigration, it has only been to enforce or clarify laws already passed by Congress. In stark contrast, President Obama\u2019s lawless executive decree significantly undermines the American people\u2019s trust in the branch of government responsible for enforcing our laws and puts our constitution in great jeopardy.\" \u00a0\n\n    \n        \n            \n        \n    \n\u201cThe notion that I can just suspend deportations through executive order\u2026that\u2019s just not the case.\u201d \u2014 President Obama, March 28, 2011. Sadly, the President has done exactly what he said was against his constitutional authority (click the video above).\n###", 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": ["http://donyoung.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=397983"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4398861676454544, "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"}