One of the foundations of our republic is the rule of law.
A president may not like certain laws, but if the laws are duly enacted by Congress, he has a constitutional duty to enforce them.
On the subject of illegal immigration, however, President Barack Obama refuses to fully uphold the law.
His administration recently ordered that thousands of illegal-immigration cases be reviewed, and that cases be dropped against illegal invaders if they have not been convicted of a felony since coming to the United States.
And The Associated Press reported earlier this year: “The Obama administration, unable to push an immigration overhaul through Congress, is considering ways it could go around lawmakers to let undocumented immigrants stay in the United States, according to an agency memo.