Reports that President Barack
Obama could use executive orders to enact immigration policies could
force a showdown with Republicans with broad constitutional
implications.
Stories from the Associated Press, the
Los Angeles Times and Politico indicate that the White House is
considering using executive orders, a tactic already heavily criticized
by Republican leaders, to defer some deportations and expand work
permits to currently illegal immigrants.
With
House Republicans already set to sue President Obama in federal court
over what are seen as executive abuses of power over the Affordable Care
Act, such aggressive actions from the White House wouldn’t go
unchallenged.
But the big question is how would the GOP challenge immigration reforms through executive orders on constitutional grounds?
Josh Gerstein from Politico went over some of the legal roadblocks to a GOP challenge in an extensive story on Tuesday.
“Legal
experts see any challenge to the expected immigration policy changes
headed for the same key roadblock facing House Speaker John Boehner’s
planned suit over Obamacare implementation delays: finding a way to show
the injury needed to press a case in the federal courts,” said Gerstein.
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