claim: president barack obama "said over 20 times he did not have the legal authority" to act as he did on immigration.
author: michael mccaul
evidence_1: apr 25, 2016 ... obama's program would delay deportation of immigrants who have lived ... 20,  2014, after house republicans didn't act on a comprehensive immigration reform  bill. ... for president about limiting the use of executive orders - a power he ... but  what i've also said is, let's make sure that we're applying the law ...
evidence_2: nov 21, 2014 ... "there are actions i have the legal authority to take as president – the same kinds  of ... he did not extend protection from deportation to the parents of children who  are ... highlighted more than 20 times in which the president said he did not have  or did not ... so i imagine he'll be on pretty firm legal ground."
evidence_3: feb 23, 2015 ... "22 times barack obama said he did not have the authority to implement this type  of" anti-deportation "measure. ... greg abbott made factual claims about  president barack obama breaking the law with ... had previously "said over 20  times he did not have the legal authority" to act as he did on immigration.
evidence_4: jun 20, 2018 ... “i didn't like the sight or the feeling of families being separated.” but ending the  practice of separating families still faces legal and practical obstacles. ... authority  it wants to hold families in custody for more than 20 days, which is ... and it does  not say whether children will continue to be separated from their ...
evidence_5: nov 20, 2014 ... a transcript of president obama's address on immigration. ... but until that  happens, there are actions i have the legal authority to take as president, the  same kinds of ... i want to say more about this third issue, because it generates  the most ... we expect those who cut the line will not be unfairly rewarded.