I recently
received the following email message from Senator David Vitter (R-La),
explaining his attempts to block Obama’s executive amnesty order. I’d like to
share it with my readers.
Ben Ferro
benferro@insideins.com
Dear Mr. Ferro
President Obama's executive amnesty
is clearly illegal. It's a horrible policy that will only make a desperate
situation much worse. Plus, it encourages immigrants to come here illegally by
rewarding folks who have already broken our immigration laws.
It's also clearly beyond his
authority under our Constitution. Presidents have the power to fill in details
of legislation. That's completely different from acting contrary to statutory
law. But that's exactly what President Obama is doing - he's acting contrary to
our immigration laws already on the books.
I'm doing everything I can to block
his attempts to grant executive amnesty. As a U.S. Senator, one way I can do
this is by opposing his nominee to be our Attorney General. President Obama's
nominee, Loretta Lynch, would directly help implement his illegal executive
amnesty and give him legal cover to do so. I'm urging my Senate colleagues to
oppose her nomination as well.
The Attorney General is the top law
enforcement officer of the United States . But the Senate cannot in good conscience confirm a nominee that will
serve only as a rubber stamp for the President's lawless executive amnesty.
This week I hosted a few dozen
sheriff's from across the country, including Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Lonnie
Greco, who converged on the U.S. Capitol to protest
the President's amnesty and lack of border enforcement. They are legitimately
concerned that amnesty will undermine the ability of law enforcement officers
to do their jobs.
I'm interested in hearing your
thoughts on the President's executive amnesty and any other issue important to
you. Please contact me with your ideas at any of my state offices or in my Washington office. You can also
reach me online at vitter.senate.gov.
Sincerely,
David Vitter
United States Senator
http://www.vitter.senate.gov/