Obama on immigration: 'The problem is … I'm not the emperor of the United States'****
By Douglas Ernst <http://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/douglas-ernst/>- The Washington Times**** February 15, 2013, 04:26PM**** · [image: Description: Description: **FILE** President Obama announces June 15, 2012, in the Rose Garden of the White House that his administration will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives. (Associated Press)]<http://www.washingtontimes.com/multimedia/image/obama-immigration_repsjpg/> **** Enlarge Photo<http://www.washingtontimes.com/multimedia/image/obama-immigration_repsjpg/> **** **FILE** President Obama announces June 15, 2012, in the Rose Garden of ... more ><http://www.washingtontimes.com/multimedia/image/obama-immigration_repsjpg/> **** President Obama took part Thursday in what the White House called a “Fireside Hangout — our 21st century take on Franklin D. Roosevelt’s fireside chats.” During the event, which was broadcast on the White House’s official YouTube channel and Google+, the president was asked about the administration’s deportation of 1.5 million illegal immigrants.**** When asked specifically what he would do to make sure more families weren’t deported, Mr. Obama responded: “This is something I’ve struggled with throughout my presidency. The problem is that I’m the president of the United States, I’m not the emperor of the United States. My job is to execute laws that are passed.”**** Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2013/feb/15/obama-immigration-problem-im-not-emperor-us/print/#ixzz2L5MOdSe9 Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter<http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=ctd-fI3Dar4z1uacwqm_6r&u=washtimes> **** **** **** -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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