...“The question of border security is now tangled up with the IRS and the Justice Department and the general, pervasive distrust of the executive branch,” he explained. “Because what the bill says is, ‘The executive branch will certify if the border is secure.’ I don’t believe that the Republicans in Congress are going to take that.”
“They’re going to vote for a bill — or against a bill — whether or not it has ‘Congress shall certify,’ not the executive branch, because no one trusts the executive branch anymore.”
What is the Obama administration's record on filling positions to oversee programs?
In my view, immigration reform is a MUST. But how will any program of immigration reform be managed by an administration that is negligent about managing ANYTHING other than putting America on the road to serfdom?
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