[BREITBART] Prompted by a conversation with Speaker John It is not pronounced 'Boner!'Boehner
... the occasionally weepy leader of House Republicans...
, President Barack Obama
Because I won...
said Monday he is done waiting for Congress to act and taking steps to reform nation's immigration system through administrative action.
"America cannot wait forever for them to act. That's why today I am beginning a new effort to fix as much of our immigration system as I can on my own, without Congress," Obama said in the Rose Garden, with Vice President
Joe Foreign Policy Whiz KidBiden
The former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body...
by his side. The President lamented that Republicans have "proven again and again that they're unwilling to stand up against the Tea Party."
At an event celebrating professional golfers last week, Boehner told Obama "Republicans will continue to block a vote on immigration reform at least until the remainder of this year," Obama said.
In a statement, Boehner said "In our conversation last week, I told the president what I have been telling him for months: the American people and their elected officials don't trust him to enforce the law as written. Until that changes, it is going to be difficult to make progress on this issue."
Obama said he will direct Homeland Security Sec. Jeh Johnson and Attorney General Eric
Inaction JacksonHolder
... aka Mister Fast and Furious...
to figure out what Obama can do unilaterally to fix the nation's immigration system, in addition to shifting resources southward to secure the border.
"I've also directed Sec. Johnson and Attorney Gen. Holder to identify additional actions my administration can take on our own, within my existing legal authorities, to do what Congress refuses to do and fix as much of our immigration system as we can," he said. "If Congress will not do their job at least we can do ours."
