From staff reports
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer announced Thursday that he will co-sponsor a bill to block the Obama administration’s attempt to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants by executive fiat.
Titled, “To repeal executive immigration overreach, to clarify that the proper constitutional authority for immigration policy belongs to the legislative branch, and for other purposes,” (H.R. 191) this bill will block funds to implement executive amnesty.
“President Obama has created a constitutional crisis, and members of the Congress are obligated by their own oaths to the Constitution to respond to the crisis,” Palmer said. “This legislation does that and would restore constitutional balance between the branches of government. By taking this action, Congress reasserts its constitutional powers and establishes a foundation for opposing future executive orders that usurp Congressional authority.”
Palmer said passing the bill would preserve the power of Congress and halt the president’s “unconstitutional” action.
“I look forward to working with my colleagues to see its passage,” Palmer said.
Palmer also announced Friday that he will co-sponsor the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 36). This bill, which passed the House last Congress, would make abortion illegal after 20 weeks of gestation, the age scientific evidence demonstrates as being the age babies are capable of feeling pain.
“It has long been my position that innocent human life in all its forms deserves protection,” Palmer said. “The Declaration of Independence states that all people have certain unalienable rights, including the right to life. ‘Unalienable’ means that the right is not given to us by government, but is a natural right granted by God. Without life, no other right matters.”