{"id":7093,"date":"2014-06-29T14:05:37","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T18:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=7093"},"modified":"2018-12-28T14:53:02","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T19:53:02","slug":"this-date-in-obamas-administrative-amnesty-june-29-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2014\/06\/29\/this-date-in-obamas-administrative-amnesty-june-29-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"This Date in Obama\u2019s Administrative Amnesty: June 29, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-6504 alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" alt=\"This Date in Obama's Administrative Amnesty\" src=\"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/thisday_fb.png\" width=\"282\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/thisday_fb.png 470w, https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/thisday_fb-100x84.png 100w, https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/thisday_fb-300x251.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/>During a June 29, 2011 White House <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2011\/06\/29\/press-conference-president\">press conference<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">, President Obama side stepped a question about whether he would sign a mandatory <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/e-verify\">E-Verify<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> law if Congress passed one. \u201c[I]f you receive a mandatory E-Verify bill only, without legalization, are you planning to veto that bill?\u201d a reporter asked the President. \u201c[W]e need comprehensive immigration reform,\u201d replied Obama, indicating that his priority is amnesty. \u201cWe may not be able to get everything that I would like to see in a package, but we have to have a balanced package.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In response, Congressional Republicans rejected the premise that mandatory E-Verify must be tied to a \u201ccomprehensive\u201d amnesty bill. \u201cE-Verify should be considered as a stand-alone bill,\u201d said House Judiciary Chairman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairus.org\/legislative-updates\/fair-legislative-update-july-5-2011\">Lamar Smith (R-Texas)<\/a>. \u201cIt is not an immigration bill, it\u2019s a jobs bill,\u201d he said of his own mandatory E-Verify legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at FAIR\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairus.org\/publications\/president-obama-s-record-of-dismantling-immigration-enforcement\">President Obama&#8217;s Record of Dismantling Immigration Enforcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; 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