House Works it's Will, Shows Support for Rule of Law, Immigration Enforcement

Washington, DC- Congressman Steve King released the following statement after his amendment to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act passed in a bipartisan fashion in the House today. The amendment prohibits any funding from being used by the Obama Administration to implement amnesty by executive decree. Over the past two years, President Obama, Secretary Janet Napolitano, and ICE Director John Morton have attempted to enact amnesty through prosecutorial discretion, deferred action, and lax enforcement policies. These policies are outlined in a series of memos that are specifically identified by the King Amendment. One court has already spoken and concluded that these actions are unconstitutional.

"Today, the House voted 224 to 201 to prohibit the Obama Administration from implementing executive amnesty through the 'Morton Memos,' said King."Bipartisan support for my amendment is the first test of the 113th Congress in the House of Representatives on immigration. My amendment blocks many of the provisions that are mirrored in the Senate's 'Gang of Eight' bill. If this position holds, no amnesty will reach the President's desk."