Republicans broadly slammed President Barack Obama’s executive orders to give work permits and defer deportations to as many as 5 million illegal immigrants, with some legislators telling Newsmax on Thursday that his unilateral actions amounted to a declaration of war. “He’s throwing down the gauntlet — and this is really a political tactic,” said Texas Rep. Steve Stockman. “It’s to divide the Republican Party. It has little to do with the people he professes to want to protect.” “That’s not what the American people want, to just draw a line in the sand and if you step over it, I’m going to fight you,” Georgia Rep. Jack Kingston told Newsmax. “I’m still stunned at his audacity.”

Source: Todd Beamon, newsmax.com