Myth- The President can grant amnesty to all immigrants?

Myth- The President can grant amnesty to all immigrants?

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That's either punishment or removal of punishment, or amnesty, which is a law, and the President cannot pass a law on his own. It has to get approved by Congress, and then he has the power to veto or to not veto it. He can propose it, but even then he has to go to a member of Congress and say, "Can you introduce this piece of legislation for me?" Then that guy or girl introduces the legislation, and Congress says yes or no, and then the President can sign or veto that law. A lot of times the President proposes a law, and by the time it gets to his desk, it's changed so radically that he no longer supports it. So he vetoes the law that he originally proposed.