Mitt Romney warns President Obama not to 'poke the eye' of the Republican party with executive action on immigration reform

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[h=1]Mitt Romney warns President Obama not to 'poke the eye' of the Republican party with executive action on immigration reform[/h]

• President Obama earlier this week said he would use executive action to pass immigration reform
• Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney appeared on Face the Nation Sunday to critique that plan
• Romney said the president should 'take a breath' and work with Republicans to find a long-term solution to the issue both parties can agree on

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Republicans may have overtaken Congress with the mid-term elections, but President Obama has made it known that he will make sure immigration reform happens during his next last years in the White House - even if that means taking executive action.
On Sunday, former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney warned the president against passing reform on his own, saying the results of the recent elections show Americans are not in favor of his policies.
'My advice to the Democrats at this point and to the president in particular is to take a breath. The president said that he was not on the ballot in the election that was just held, but that his policies were. And the American people sent a very clear message to the president about his policies. They're not happy with them,' Romney said Sunday on Face the Nation.


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'Take a breath': Mitt Romney appeared on Face the Nation Sunday morning to discuss President Barack Obama's threat to use executive action to pass immigration reform

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At any cost: After Republicans won back Congress in the mid-term elections, Mr Obama vowed to pass immigration reform in the last two years of his presidency, even it that means executive action. Pictured above on Sunday in Brisbane, Australia for the G20 Leaders Summit


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Romney went on to call executive action an 'extra-constitutional' move that would just be 'poking an eye of the Republican leaders in Congress'.
'The president has got to learn that he lost this last election round, the American people spoke loud and clear. Let those people who were elected come together with a piece of legislation on this and other topics, and then he has a chance to veto them if he doesn't like them. But the idea of violating the principles of our constitution, which is a balance of power, checks and balances, that is something which is wrong,' Romney, former governor of Utah, said.
Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill from Missouri criticized Romney calling executive action a 'poke in the eye', saying it is the Republican party that has brought the issue to a standstill - while also admitting she's 'not crazy' about executive action.

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Continuing issue: Immigration reform came to the forefront earlier this year when masses of unaccompanied minors started crossing the border,overwhelming southern border patrol officers unsure what to do with the children. Above, Central American families turn themselves into border patrol after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico into Texas on September 8, 2014


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'I'll tell you what a poke in the eye is,' McCaskill said. "A poke in the eye is for the United States Senate, almost a year and a half ago, passing by a two-thirds majority a comprehensive immigration bill with Republicans voting for it from places like Tennessee and South Carolina that just got reelected by double digits. And Speaker Boehner has refused to debate one of the most complicated and difficult problems facing our country. They won't take our bill up.'
'All he has to do next week if he doesn't want the president to act is take up the Senate bill,' McCaskill added. 'Amend it, change it, put up your own bill. Let's get back to doing our work instead of just blaming the president for everything.'

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Last year, President Obama tried to make a change in immigration reform by supporting a bipartisan bill that was approved in the Senate.
The bill focused on changing immigration policies to offer a route to citizenship for the approximate 11million undocumented workers already in the country.
While that bill made it through the Senate, it still has not been brought up for a vote in the House.
One of the fears if President Obama decides on executive action is whether House Republicans will shut the government down like they did over the budget for Obamacare last year.
However, Romney believes that method of blocking is unlikely.
'I think there's got to be more productive ways for us to be able to impress on the president the need to work for a permanent solution as opposed to a temporary stop-gap solution,' Romney said.

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[akphidelt]

Lmao!! First off I agree with Romney on immigration! But it's just hilarious watching the Republicans try to act like America is now on their side. They won some degenerate states and lost 5 of the last 6 General Elections. The American people want Obama. The degenerate states want misery. If they try to pawn this off as if Republicans winning the Senate means this is what Americans want I will throw up all over myself!!

 

[Seymour]

Lmao!! First off I agree with Romney on immigration! But it's just hilarious watching the Republicans try to act like America is now on their side. They won some degenerate states and lost 5 of the last 6 General Elections. The American people want Obama. The degenerate states want misery. If they try to pawn this off as if Republicans winning the Senate means this is what Americans want I will throw up all over myself!!

They have the largest disparity of seats in the House in the last 100 years - um, America is on their side

 

[Seymour]

This is gonna be great - Obama is gonna make 5 million illegals legal with the stroke of a pen - he is aware that's 5 million more food stamp recipients and Housing Vouchers - I'm not sure everyone is aware but legal residents get food stamps - they spend half the time in their country and half here - they sell their card when they are away

 

[Acebb]

Yeah, Republicans totally only won a few states!!!

The Democratic party has lost13 Senate seats and 70 House seats since 2008.

GOP gained majorities in 8 legislatures on election night, bringing them to total of 67, a modern record.

Republicans control governorships in Florida, Texas, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia and Massachusetts. Democrats were hoping to knock off Republicans Scott Walker in Wisconsin, Rick Scott in Florida and Rick Snyder in Michigan. All survived. In Ohio, John Kasich won by the second-largest margin in state history.

Just a few states and stuff!!!

 

[Dave007inVegas]

I fail to understand the need for new immigration laws when the current laws are not being enforced. What makes anyone think a overhaul of immigration will be better for the country?

 

[festeringZit]

Lmao!! First off I agree with Romney on immigration! But it's just hilarious watching the Republicans try to act like America is now on their side. They won some degenerate states and lost 5 of the last 6 General Elections. The American people want Obama. The degenerate states want misery. If they try to pawn this off as if Republicans winning the Senate means this is what Americans want I will throw up all over myself!!

"I am a moderate" -- AAAKKFratTaard

 

[Seymour]

I fail to understand the need for new immigration laws when the current laws are not being enforced. What makes anyone think a overhaul of immigration will be better for the country?

I fail to understand what u don't understand - Obama plans on making 5 million Mexicans that came here illegally legal - at which time all 5 million will apply for food stamps - enforce the laws? in 10 years we will have out next wave of 5 million demanding there residence cards and entitlements

 

[roadreeler57]

What a lot of people dont realize is that we already bring about 1,125,000 LEGALS here from all over the world per year (more than the rest of the world allows into their countries combined) now Obama wants to make the ones that jumped the fence legal.... Find out more here www.numbersusa.com

 

[Dave007inVegas]

I fail to understand what u don't understand - Obama plans on making 5 million Mexicans that came here illegally legal - at which time all 5 million will apply for food stamps - enforce the laws? in 10 years we will have out next wave of 5 million demanding there residence cards and entitlements

Once again, it doesn’t have to be that way. It ain’t broke, it doesn’t need to be fixed.

That is why, among many, many other things, the Republicans now have control of Congress. They were given control to put the brakes on. At least that’s what I believe happened. (Of course I also believed the Saints would dominate yesterday, so take it for what it’s worth.)

I really don’t understand the hoopla. Obama needs money to pull this off, Congress decides on what and where the country spends its money, no?

It seems simple to me, no ticky, no laundry.

 

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Run mitt run

 

[Dave007inVegas]

Run mitt run

He had his chance and blew it. Besides he’s a nice gentle guy, I want a no prisoners taken kind of Conservative in office.