06/06/13 02:45 PM
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) sponsored the amendment to the 2014 Department of Homeland Security spending bill, and called for its passage in late Wednesday debate by saying Obama's orders — also known as the Morton memos — violate the Constitution.
"The point here is the President does not have the authority to waive immigration law, nor does he have the authority to create it out of thin air, and he's done both with these Morton memos in this respect," King said.
King added that while the government has prosecutorial discretion, Obama does not have the authority to create classes of people who are exempt from the law through an executive order.
The House agreed with King and voted in favor of his amendment in a mostly partisan 224-201 vote.
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