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Thursday, April 07, 2016

Obama Claims Power to Make Illegal Immigrants Eligible for Social Security, Disability

Does the president of the United States have the power to unilaterally tell millions of individuals who are violating federal law that he will not enforce that law against them now, that they may continue to violate that law in the future and that he will take action that makes them eligible for federal benefit programs for which they are not currently eligible due to their unlawful status?

Through Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, President Barack Obama is telling the Supreme Court exactly this right now.

The solicitor general calls what Obama is doing "prosecutorial discretion."

He argues that under this particular type of "prosecutorial discretion," the executive can make millions of people in this country illegally eligible for Social Security, disability and Medicare.

On April 18, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case. Entitled United States v. Texas, it pits President Obama against not only the Lone Star State, but also a majority of the states, which have joined in the litigation against the administration.

At issue is the policy the administration calls Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents, which would allow aliens in this country illegally who are parents of citizens or lawful permanent residents to stay in the United States.

"The Executive Branch unilaterally created a program — known as DAPA — that contravenes Congress's complex statutory framework for determining when an alien may lawfully enter, remain in, and work in the country," the attorney general and solicitor general of Texas explained in a brief submitted to the Supreme Court on behalf of the states seeking to block the policy.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

What the heck is wrong with this guy?

Anonymous said...

WTF? It took me 3 years, $6,000 to a lawyer who only showed up the day of the hearing before I was finally granted my disability. And you have to forfeit your first 6 months of disability, so that's another 6k+ I lost. And this jerk is just going to hand it out to illegals who haven't paid a dime into the fund? BS!

Anonymous said...

This government is literally poking a bee hive with a stick.

We (bees) are so asleep that we just open the door and throw out the honey.

Anonymous said...

In answer to 7:24------He is a devout IDEALISTIC COMMUNIST.

Anonymous said...

Correction, 8:31... He is a devout muslim screwing up anything he can in order to distract us from his goal of importing enough muslims to take over the US. His dream is actually to declare martial law, giving him total power of a dictator.