Earlier this month, President Obama directed Homeland Security officials to hold off on deportation of illegal immigrants unless they have engaged in violent crime since arriving in the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman LaMar Smith anticipated this move by Obama and introduced legislation to prevent such executive action. What does the HALT Act do? What latitude does the president have on matters of immigration law? Can this bill get through Congress? And how does Chairman Smith react to the administration’s argument for implementing what he calls ‘backdoor amnesty’? We discuss it all with Rep. Smith.
