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| http://roe.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=397790 | Roe Statement on President Obama's Executive Action on Immigration | 2014-11-20 | 2014 | 2014-11 | Republican | House | TN | Phil Roe | R000582 | roe.house.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tonight, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) released the following statement after President Obama’s announcement he would take executive action on immigration reform: “The president’s unilateral action on immigration reform is outrageous. In October, the President rightly noted that he wasn’t on the ballot, but his policies were, and the American people sent a clear message on November 4th they wanted a different direction. Tonight’s action makes clear that the president has no interest in working with Republicans in Congress to find common ground on any substantive issue, and instead intends to go it alone. “The president himself has made the case throughout his presidency that he doesn’t have this authority. As Speaker Boehner noted, President Obama has said 22 times that he couldn’t legally do exactly what he’s announced he will do tonight. In February of 2013, when discussing this exact executive action, the president stated, ‘The problem is that I’m the president of the United States, I’m not the emperor of the United States.’ “The administration points to President Reagan’s executive action in the 80’s as setting precedent for this kind of executive action, but the difference was that in 1986 Congress explicitly authorized immigration reform first. Furthermore, the fact we have more than 11 million illegal immigrants in this country today – less than 30 years later – proves what we did in the 80’s didn’t work. A Band-Aid didn’t work then, so we shouldn’t expect it to work now. “President Obama has clearly prioritized his political legacy over the will of the American people and effective governing. As I’ve said before, we can—and should—take steps to reform the immigration process, starting with fully securing the border. But the president’s attempt to rewrite immigration law from the Oval Office is the wrong solution, not to mention a smack in the face to every naturalized citizen that earned their legal right to live in this country.” | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |