How Obama's Executive Amnesty Abuses 'Enforcement Discretion'

Conn analyzed the official White House talking points on President Obama's executive action on immigration late last week, and found them wanting. Setting aside the subject of immigration (although if Obama's DACA order fueled the unaccompanied minor crisis, how can its impact will this massive new de facto 'amnesty-with-papers' have in terms of incentivizing illegal immigration?), the core of opponents' opposition to the plan deals with the separation of powers and executive excess. The president's defenders argue that (a) Congress has failed to act for too long, (b) that many...