{"id":8210,"date":"2014-12-21T12:38:43","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T17:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=8210"},"modified":"2018-12-28T14:33:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T19:33:54","slug":"obama-sets-record-for-most-executive-action-since-1945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2014\/12\/21\/obama-sets-record-for-most-executive-action-since-1945\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Sets Record for Most Executive Action Since 1945"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"penandphone\"The public has debated whether Obama\u2019s recent executive amnesty ought to be classified as an executive order, but on Tuesday, a\u00a0USA Today<\/i>\u00a0report confirmed executive orders, memoranda and policy directives all fall under the same tree.<\/div>\n
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The paper\u00a0proved<\/a>\u00a0the president has used these alternative means \u2013 memoranda and policy directives \u2013 for the same items and actions previous presidents utilized executive orders.<\/div>\n
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Obama claims to have issued fewer\u00a0executive orders<\/a>\u00a0(195 through Tuesday) than any other two-term president over the past century. New findings from\u00a0USA Today<\/i>\u00a0indicate Obama\u2019s assertion to be nothing short of a well-maneuvered talking point that was crafted to misrepresent the level of overreach his administration has had on Americans.<\/div>\n
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In reality, this White House has issued\u00a0198 memos<\/a>\u00a0since January 2009, including the immigration-related ones last month. That number by itself is greater than any other president\u2019s record since 1945. When combined with his executive orders, the grand total places him ahead of any other president over the past 70 years.<\/div>\n
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According to the report, Obama has signed 33 percent more presidential memoranda in less than six years than his predecessor George W. Bush did in eight. Furthermore, Obama has issued 45 percent more than the last Democratic president, Bill Clinton.<\/div>\n
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The White House staff likely used memoranda because unlike executive orders, memos are not numbered or indexed, making them hard to track, until the archiving process changed recently. Additionally, an \u201cexecutive order immediately evokes potentially damaging questions of \u2018imperial overreach,\u2019\u201d\u00a0according to<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0Presidential Studies Quarterly<\/i>. By issuing a more pleasant-sounding type of action, the public is left more at ease.<\/div>\n
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Even the president\u2019s advisers in The Office of Legal Counsel told\u00a0USA Today<\/i>\u00a0there is no difference between a memorandum and executive order.<\/div>\n
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Therefore, the Obama administration\u2019s claims to have issued the fewest number of executive orders are not only inaccurate but an intentional effort to mislead the public. He has not exercised restraint, but undermined the system to restructure how executive business is carried out.<\/div>\n
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When it comes to true immigration policy, Obama\u2019s recent amnesty via memoranda ought to be taken just as seriously as an executive order. He is the only president to use a memorandum more often than an executive order. America must react to his overreaching of the overruling process, especially in light of the effect it is having on U.S. immigration policy.<\/div>\n