Ander Crenshaw: Americans Stand Against Obama's Amnesty Plan

With President Barack Obama expected to announce on Thursday that he will executive power to grant amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants, U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., said the American people are against the idea.

Someone is not listening, and he lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Crenshaw said. On November 4, I heard voters in Florida and across the nation say that theyre opposed to amnesty. They are the same voters who took their thinking to the ballot box, increasing Republican margins in the House and turning the United States Senate leadership over to the GOP because they are tired of the president circumventing the will of the people.

I continue to stand alongside these Americans - 100 percent against amnesty, Crenshaw continued. But, our president does not. The very man who said 22 times that he could not ignore or create his own immigration laws wants to do exactly that by working around Congress. Its astounding, but unfortunately, its not surprising.

For President Obama, its a my way or the highway approach. But to me, its unconstitutional, and I expect and support a challenge to it in Congress and the courts, Crenshaw added. No one can doubt that this country has to address the crisis of illegal immigration. It places tremendous financial and social burden on our society. Moreover, the surge at our border is proof that it is not secure, and, in my book, securing our borders is the number one priority. President Obama should work together with Congress to make this happen, not against it by putting millions of illegal immigrants on a path to citizenship with the stroke of a pen.