rd<\/sup>, David Leopold, General Counsel and past President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), was quick to take Chris Crane to the woodshed by reminding him that his job as a federal bureaucrat is to implement the administration\u2019s policies, not obstruct them. Never mind that Mr. Crane\u2019s primary obligation is to enforce the laws enacted by Congress he took an oath to uphold, and to make sure his officers do likewise.<\/p>\nSomeone ought to remind Mr. Leopold that President Obama is not an unelected king but the President of the United States, as the nation\u2019s chief law enforcement officer he is bound by the Constitution to enforce laws passed by Congress. President Obama is not free to rule by executive fiat, which is what he is doing by allowing unelected bureaucrats to rewrite immigration law to fit their own political goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At a Capitol Hill press conference held on July 26, leaders from the two unions representing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol agents denounced the Obama administration’s willful negligence to enforce U.S. immigration laws. In particular, ICE union leader Chris Crane, who represents over 7,000 agents, decried the president\u2019s policy of “prosecutorial discretion,”<\/p>\n
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