It’s hard to believe, but Hillary Clinton is taking an even more extreme stance on immigration and executive actions than President Obama.
At a campaign stop in Las Vegas, Clinton vowed she would fight for “full and equal citizenship” for the millions of illegal immigrants currently living in the U.S.
“I will fight for comprehensive immigration reform and a path to citizenship for you and for families across our country,” she declared.
She went on to defend Obama’s use of executive action, which was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge after 26 states sued the administration.
Clinton not only vowed to fight for comprehensive immigration legislation, but also said she could take more executive action than Obama.
“If Congress refuses to act, as president I will do everything possible under the law to go even further,” she said.
Despite the fact that Obama said on twenty-two separate occasions that a President couldn’t act on immigration alone, both he and Clinton are seeking to move past executive limitations set in the Constitution.
Clinton’s position of expanding amnesty to more illegal aliens is a much different position than the one she had just last year. At that time she said, unaccompanied minors “should be sent back” to their native countries.
In 2008, she also had a similar flip-flop on immigration, changing her stance on illegal aliens qualifying to get a driver’s license.
Clinton’s new “amnesty or bust” position is quite distant from the immigration policy of her husband, former President Bill Clinton. Bill embraced the Barbara Jordan Commission, calling for a reduction of legal immigration and ending chain migration.
