Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell added that Obama is simply waiting to “go around the law once it’s too late for Americans to hold his party accountable in the November elections.”
Though the Obama administration has been vocal about moving forward on immigration reform without Congress, Obama’s latest plan is to wait to enact immigration reform until after the midterm elections. However, according to Judge Andrew Napolitano, a Fox News contributor, Obama’s plans could be permanently halted if the Republicans gain control of the U.S. Senate.
Appearing on Fox and Friends, Napolitano outlined a “poison pill” scenario wherein the Republicans take back the Senate in November, and the newly GOP-controlled Senate nullifies actions taken on immigration reform.
Napolitano notes that the House and Senate could include language regarding immigration in a large, must-pass bill, a tactic that takes power away from Obama, who does not have line-item veto power.
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