Fox News' Bill O'Reilly is warning that if President Barack Obama ever bypasses Congress and uses his pardon power to make millions of illegal aliens citizens, he could face serious calls for his impeachment.

“If President Obama were to sign an executive order giving illegal aliens amnesty, his career would be over and an impeachment movement would explode,” O'Reilly said Friday night on his “Talking Points” segment during his top-rated Fox show.

At the same time, O'Reilly said he did not believe reports that the Obama administration would grant such a blanket amnesty.

Fox News, however, reported this week: “The Obama administration has been holding behind-the-scenes talks to determine whether the Department of Homeland Security can unilaterally grant legal status on a mass basis to illegal immigrants, a former Bush administration official who spoke with at least three people involved in those talks told FoxNews.com.”

The Department of Homeland Security estimates that at least 10.8 million illegal immigrants are living in the United States.

During his 2008 campaign, Obama promised pro-immigration and Hispanic groups that he would make an amnesty program a top priority. But such a plan has taken a back seat in favor of other Obama legislative initiatives, including healthcare and financial regulation reform.

With congressional elections fast approaching, both the legislative calendar and the climate for new immigration legislation appears to offer immigration legislation a slim chance of passing this year.

Republicans, led by Arizona Sen. John McCain, have been angered that Obama has done little to secure the U.S.-Mexico border, and have made that a prerequisite condition before any discussion of immigration reform can take place.

Reports that the Obama administration is weighing ways to circumvent Congress have Republicans worried. On Monday, eight Republican senators sent the president a letter saying they are concerned that he will grant unilateral amnesty to America's illegal immigrant population if his efforts to overhaul current U.S. policy fails in Congress.

The letter called on Obama to abandon any attempt to "unilaterally extend either deferred action or parole to millions of illegal aliens in the United States. Such a move would further erode the American public's confidence in the federal government and its commitment to securing the borders and enforcing the laws already on the books."

The eight senators who signed the letter were Charles Grassley of Iowa, Orrin Hatch of Utah, David Vitter of Louisiana, Jim Bunning of Kentucky, Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, Johnny Isakson of Georgia, James Inhofe of Oklahoma and Thad Cochran of Mississippi.

GOP Rep. Steve King of Iowa told Fox News that the White House has solicited opinions from experts on possible avenues for granting "amnesty for a large number of people."

A former Bush administration official also told Fox News that talks on the subject have been held by Obama officials who are "studying legal ways to legalize people without having to go through any congressional debate about it."

Republicans believe that Obama is anxious to grant citizenship to millions of illegals so he can add millions of new Democratic voters to the electoral rolls, ensuring his re-election in 2012 and tipping the national balance of power in favor of Democratic candidates for the foreseeable future.

O’Reilly also criticized the Obama administration for its lax treatment of the illegal alien issue, noting that Obama had appointed Harold Hurrt to be the liaison between the federal government and states over the increasingly contentious issue of illegal immigration.

Hurrt is the former police chief of Houston and Phoenix, and O'Reilly says he is “outwardly sympathetic to illegal aliens. As [police] chief, he refused to enforce federal immigration law. Now Hurrt is a federal immigration official? Come on, that's insane.”

Hurrt's appointment “proves that the president is extremely left on the immigration issue,” O'Reilly said.

Man what's up with you ****ing crackers and hating on Mexicans. We undoubtedly moved into this country and did our share of improving the country. We(Native Americans) were here first so don't think this is your country. The white people themselves made this country hell, not us. And Obama is doing the right thing because everyone is made equal so it's right he should give Mexicans a chance for a life.A chance to make the country better.

2. I stand against it just the same. I don't care if your Korean, European, Japanese, Canadian, Mexican, or African. If you are here illegally then get out.

It seems as if the good presidents get impeached like clinton and the morons
like bush get full support.

Obama is doing the best job he can with the mess bush left now he
has the oil spill & other issues on top of that give him a break.

Tax paying immigrants are better then illegals who don't, Weather it goes through
or not those 10 million immigrants in the US will still be there.

This way instead of lossing $$$ you gain it make sence to me.

3. Is illegal and not because of the illegal immigrants. Life isn't fair and it sucks at times but, you need to figure out a way through it. Like asking for help and setting up a donation fund.

2. I stand against it just the same. I don't care if your Korean, European, Japanese, Canadian, Mexican, or African. If you are here illegally then get out.

Yeah, I for sure would agree with an impeachment if he made illegal aliens citizens. Might as well annex all of Latin America to the United States if he were to do that... it would be like saying OK to illegal immigration and obviously everyone would want to jump out of the third world and steal the jobs of hard working Americans.

when did becoming homeless become a choice? I'm not kidding there was no joke, homeless die every year up here, it's sad.

3. Is illegal and not because of the illegal immigrants. Life isn't fair and it sucks at times but, you need to figure out a way through it. Like asking for help and setting up a donation fund.

2. I stand against it just the same. I don't care if your korean, european, japanese, canadian, mexican, or african. If you are here illegally then get out.

Because an oil spill by a third party country, a war started by a different president, and a recession that we've been heading towards for a while is definitely Obama's doing.

:rolleyes:

That's what it is like in England. We have illegal Polish people talking our jobs because they work for what English people see as cheap, but back in Poland it's way over their minimum wage. We should impeach our government.

Yeah, I for sure would agree with an impeachment if he made illegal aliens citizens. Might as well annex all of Latin America to the United States if he were to do that... it would be like saying OK to illegal immigration and obviously everyone would want to jump out of the third world and steal the jobs of hard working Americans.