Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) vowed to stop President Obama’s “decimation” of U.S. immigration laws.
“We must not let this happen. We will not let this happen,” Sessions said Thursday. “The people of this country will not tolerate the decimation of their laws, borders and wages.”
{mosads}His comments came after the White House admitted it is waiting to issue another executive order on immigration until after the election because of political reasons. Sessions said that remark by White House press secretary Josh Earnest left him “breathless.”
Obama has said he’d like to extend worker visas for nearly 5 million immigrants — many with U.S.–born children. Sessions has been an ardent critic of immigration reform and the president’s executive actions on the matter.
“America’s borders are not up for debate,” Sessions said. “Activist CEOs do not get to sit in a secret meeting at the White House, flanked by amnesty activists and Democrat consultants, and decide it’s time to scrub away our national boundaries.”
Senate Democrats and the president have pushed House Republicans to allow a vote on a bipartisan immigration reform bill that easily cleared the Senate last year, but so far House leaders have balked at the idea.