Hypocritical CNN: Obama Can Bypass Congress on Immigration, Trump Can't

Bill D'Agostino | November 20, 2018
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On Tuesday, CNN’s New Day hosts John Berman and Alisyn Camerota brandished a decision by a California judge that temporarily halted President Trump’s recent executive action on asylum. Yet back in 2012 when it was former President Obama’s DACA order on the chopping block, hosts on CNN rushed to defend the President’s ability to enact immigration policy without Congressional approval.

If CNN hosts truly are troubled by the idea of a President bypassing Congress to enact immigration policy, then this is a rather new development. 

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