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| https://www.isakson.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ContentRecord_id=e0ae55a9-c6ce-42fd-9783-bcdf642940ab | Isakson Condemns President's Amnesty Decision | 2014-12-13 | 2014 | 2014-12 | Republican | House | GA | Johnny Isakson | I000055 | www.isakson.senate.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., tonight condemned as unconstitutional President Obama’s plan to halt the deportations of millions of illegal immigrants. During a series of votes on the Senate floor, Isakson supported a point of order by Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, declaring the president’s plan to grant amnesty unconstitutional. The Democrat-controlled Senate rejected Cruz’s point of order by a vote of 22-74. “Any attempt to circumvent Congress and grant amnesty to millions in this country illegally is unacceptable and unconstitutional,” Isakson said. “The president continues to circumvent Congress by executive action, and I am appalled that he is doing it once again with immigration.” Isakson also voted tonight for a government funding bill that gives the Department of Homeland Security, which funds immigration, only enough funding to operate until February 2015. That will allow the new Republican majority to revisit the agency’s budget in February and begin the process of de-funding and dismantling the amnesty executive order. # # # | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |