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Showing no signs of backing down, President Obama strongly pushed back against critics questioning his authority to bypass Congress and act unilaterally to reform the nations immigration system.



There is a very simple solution to this perception that somehow I'm exercising too much executive authority: pass a bill I can sign on this issue, he said at a Sunday news conference at the conclusion of the G20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia.

If Congress does act, Obama said, Metaphorically, I'll crumple up whatever executive actions that we take and we'll toss them in the wastebasket because we will now have a law that addresses these issues.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSBD9J3SJFY