Biden Amnesty Plan: Joe Biden’s Outrageous Immigration Fiat

Earlier this week, NR’s editors weighed in on President Biden’s executive order purporting to grant a large category of illegal aliens — namely, spouses of Americans — de facto amnesty and legal benefits that only Congress has the constitutional authority to confer. You should read our James Lynch’s report, too. I also recommend this political analysis by Charles C. W. Cooke, including his animating question: “Might we conclude from this dimwitted decision that the White House policy team has taken a liking to magic mushrooms?”

My purpose here is to emphasize just how lawless Biden’s fiat is — and to wonder whether our constitutional checks and balances are still strong enough to do anything about it.

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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Earlier this week, NR’s editors weighed in on President Biden’s executive order purporting to grant a large category of illegal aliens — namely, spouses of Americans — de facto amnesty and legal benefits that only Congress has the constitutional authority to confer. You should read our James Lynch’s report, too. I also recommend this political analysis by Charles C. W. Cooke, including his animating question: “Might we conclude from this dimwitted decision that the White House policy team has taken a liking to magic mushrooms?”

My purpose here is to emphasize just how lawless Biden’s fiat is — and to wonder whether our constitutional checks and balances are still strong enough to do anything about it.

About the Author

Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.