Grimm calls Obama’s immigration overhaul ‘shameless’
U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, the lone Republican member of the New York City congressional delegation, lashed out at President Barack Obama over his announcement to use executive action to overhaul the nation’s troubled immigration system.
Grimm, who issued a statement following the president’s nationwide address on Thursday, stopped short of calling for impeachment, as other Republicans have done, but accused Obama of committing “a shameless act.”
On Nov. 20, the president vowed to use executive action to prevent the deportation of some 5 million undocumented immigrants and added that he would clear the way for many of those immigrants to gain work permits to allow them to gain legal status and participate in the country’s economy.