Obama 2008: I take the Constitution very seriously, he told a Pennsylvania town hall in 2008. The biggest problems that were facing right now have to do with George Bush trying to bring more and more power into the Executive Branch and not go through Congress at all, and thats what I intend to reverse when Im President of the United States of America. Obama 2011: He told a Univision town hall that there are enough laws on the books by Congress that are very clear in terms of how we have to enforce our immigration system. To ignore those congressional mandates through executive order, Obama said, would not conform with my appropriate role as president. I know some people want me to bypass Congress and change the [immigration] on my own, he told the National Council of La Raza that year. Believe me, the idea of doing things on my own is very tempting. I promise you. Not just on immigration reform. But thats not how our system works. Thats not how our democracy functions. Thats not how our Constitution is written.
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