Recently, Obama ordered an executive action plan known as the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents. DAPA was created to address the illegal immigration issue in the United States. In short, this action would allow for undocumented workers, who have resided here since 2010 and have children who are citizens, in the United States to have deferred deportation status. DAPA does not grant full amnesty and legal status but allows for a three-year work permit instead of deportation. This executive order has seen an immense backlash from the US Congress and multiple states, claiming that this proclamation is not within the president’s legal rights. Now awaiting the US Supreme Court’s decision, 26 states have filed
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This order bypasses the Legislative and Judicial branches of the United States government. Executive orders cannot be given to citizens, but only to US Federal and State agencies. Most often, these proclamations are given in a state of emergency or during a time war, but they can and have been used to support a president’s social policies or regulations. The US Constitution does not directly state the specifications or limits of executive orders, leaving it up to interpretation. It does, however, state that executive power is vested in the President of the United States and that, “He shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed” (US Const. art. II, sec. 1). Executive order implementations can be nullified by legislation at a later date if declared unconstitutional, but until then it is a mandated regulatory law (Roos). So far, no evidence from the opposition has been presented showing that Obama’s executive order is …show more content…
Millions of immigrants would now be registered and permitted to work under this new policy, improving homeland security safety. Economists even project that this will inject more than $3 billion into the US economy per year (“Is Obama 's Immigration Executive Order Legal?”). Many United States tax payers, also, agree that taxpayer dollars could be used more efficiently rather than used for immigrant deportation, yet, no bills have passed Congress. The Legislative branch is broken in its current divided state; little to no progress is made in its slow process and disputes between the two main political parties makes it nearly impossible for new bills or amendments to be passed. Congress has blocked new proposed immigration reforms five times within the past ten years. The reformation of immigration policies were, and still are, a pressing crisis and swift action needed to take place in order to have a positive outcome. Obligated, the United States President needed to react quickly to reduce the damages of this emergency. In the end, the US Supreme Court grants the final decision on whether the order will be repealed or
This order bypasses the Legislative and Judicial branches of the United States government. Executive orders cannot be given to citizens, but only to US Federal and State agencies. Most often, these proclamations are given in a state of emergency or during a time war, but they can and have been used to support a president’s social policies or regulations. The US Constitution does not directly state the specifications or limits of executive orders, leaving it up to interpretation. It does, however, state that executive power is vested in the President of the United States and that, “He shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed” (US Const. art. II, sec. 1). Executive order implementations can be nullified by legislation at a later date if declared unconstitutional, but until then it is a mandated regulatory law (Roos). So far, no evidence from the opposition has been presented showing that Obama’s executive order is …show more content…
Millions of immigrants would now be registered and permitted to work under this new policy, improving homeland security safety. Economists even project that this will inject more than $3 billion into the US economy per year (“Is Obama 's Immigration Executive Order Legal?”). Many United States tax payers, also, agree that taxpayer dollars could be used more efficiently rather than used for immigrant deportation, yet, no bills have passed Congress. The Legislative branch is broken in its current divided state; little to no progress is made in its slow process and disputes between the two main political parties makes it nearly impossible for new bills or amendments to be passed. Congress has blocked new proposed immigration reforms five times within the past ten years. The reformation of immigration policies were, and still are, a pressing crisis and swift action needed to take place in order to have a positive outcome. Obligated, the United States President needed to react quickly to reduce the damages of this emergency. In the end, the US Supreme Court grants the final decision on whether the order will be repealed or