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“With respect to the notion that I can suspend deportations through executive order….That’s just not the case. Because there are laws on the books that Congress has passed….Congress passes the law, the executive branch’s job is to enforce and implement those laws…there are enough laws on the books by Congress that are very clear in terms of how we have to enforce our immigration system. That for me to simply, through executive order, ignore those Congressional mandates, would not conform with my appropriate role as President.”
President Obama, 2011