Obama's action on immigration "damages the presidency" and will encourage more people to come to the U.S. illegally, House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, told reporters today. Obama has "deliberately sabotaged" any chance of enacting the bipartisan revisions he claims to seek, Boehner said.
"The House will in fact act," Boehner said at the Capitol, while declining to say how Republicans will fight Obama's plan.
Obama said he had the authority to redirect the nation's immigration enforcement apparatus to target "actual threats to our security: Felons, not families. Criminals, not children. Gang members, not a mom who's working hard."
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