CREDIT: White House/Pete Souza House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) slammed President Obama for his forthcoming executive action on immigration , claiming that the action could “inject serious constitutional questions into an already heated debate,” according to a joint statement released Thursday. But two new reports by the Immigration Policy Center and Center for American Progress point to a wellspring of precedent demonstrating that presidents have used executive action to enforce immigration law, especially when it’s justified by humanitarian reasons. In their statement, the two House Republicans charged that Obama could challenge...
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