issue. the president was irresponsible for signing the executive order at this point before the new congress guess to go in and have a shot at getting this done. president has been playing politics with immigration since he was in the senate back in 2006 and 2007. the ultimate solution, i know people want to go to court. i foe people want to challenge whether or not the president can do what he did, but the ultimate solution is for congress to act and put immigration policy back where it belongs which is in the united states congress and not in the oval office. i m proposing that rather than reacting to the president s action, that congress does what the american people want us to do which is pass reform. that is securing the border. modernizing our visa system and, yes, finding a fair solution for the undocumented population in this country. what would you do with the undocumented population if you could have it your to
about those issues. so no court ruled on it however, i can tell you that there is a difference. the difference is both the presidents reagan and bush were executing laws that were passed by the united states congress when they issued those executive orders. what president obama is doing is he is issuing an executive order because congress will not pass a law. that s completely different. as it concerns the prosecutorial discretion, understand. this while the president or his attorneys may have the discretion whether or not to prosecute someone, they don t have the authority to give rights to people they are not prosecuting and put burdens on other agencies to carry out all these orders. this is as you know far from prosecutorial discretion. see, i think that s sort of the key issue in terms of the prosecutorial discretion. he can say i m not going to deport a single person here illegally. what he can t do is say but
about those issues. so no court ruled on it however, i can tell you that there is a difference. the difference is both the presidents reagan and bush were executing laws that were passed by the united states congress when they issued those executive orders. what president obama is doing is he is issuing an executive order because congress will not pass a law. that s completely different. as it concerns the prosecutorial discretion, understand. this while the president or his attorneys may have the discretion whether or not to prosecute someone, they don t have the authority to give rights to people they are not prosecuting and put burdens on other agencies to carry out all these orders. this is as you know far from prosecutorial discretion. see, i think that s sort of the key issue in terms of the prosecutorial discretion. he can say i m not going to deport a single person here illegally. what he can t do is say but
on the american people being held two years january 2013. matthew and grace long arrested hospital after daughter s sudden death. after two year legal ordeal including a year spent in prison. qatary appeals court yesterday cleared the mother and father of any wrongdoing. they tried to leave cut tar immediately, suddenly more trouble. officials stopped them at the airport. needless to say the couple is greatly distressed. we spoke with matthew wong by phone from cut tar. thank you for joining me. the first question has to be how are you and your wife doing? we are tired and exhausted. we were just notified by the u.s. state department that they were unable to get our travel ban lifted and allow us to leave qatar even though the court yesterday said we are innocent and we are allowed to leave the country. ad according to the new york times, they quote the appellate judge as saying that they, meaning you, were
i m going give you work papers. that s a legislative function. that s what he can t do. if that is what this case turns on, we have victory. because there is no such thing as prosecutorial this.tion to an entire a president can do this, then a president could also say you know what? for the next for years of my presidency, i m not going to prosecute anyone who does not pay their income taxes. that would be a way to give a writ large tax break to all americans. and, of course that would lead to chaos with regard to our system. so you cannot have an at large decision to not prosecute an entire class of people. it those beyond that this is just not prosecuting someone it gives rights and benefits to those who are violating the law. s the president does not have that power. all right. in order for you to go to court, you have to have something called standing