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“In effect, he is making law, which is a fundamental violation of the separation of powers. He’s supposed to enforce the law; Congress is supposed to make the law,” said Steven Camarota. “He is, by design, creating a constitutional crisis.”

Camarota, director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies, believes the constitutional conflict is the most troublesome aspect of Obama’s planned executive amnesty. However, a unilateral amnesty would damage the United States in other ways as well, he said.

Take, for example, the plight of America’s less-educated, low-skilled population. The labor market is unkind to them as it is. According to Camarota, only about half of all young people with a high-school diploma or less have a job. And for those who do, their real wages have been declining for decades.

Now the president is planning to grant work permits to millions of illegal aliens, many of whom are unskilled.

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The income threshold varies by family size. A single mother with three children would need to have a combined $64,689 in wages and child support to get past what the agency characterizes as a “survival budget.” For a single person, the figure is $21,944.

When families are in this fix, the report says, the stress of juggling bills and trying to pick up extra hours means they may not have time to cook healthy food or exercise to stay healthy. Children may go unsupervised after school. The families might put off doctor or dentist visits, worsening health problems.

United Way calls families like these ALICE, for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. Seventy percent of the ALICE households are individuals or families where everyone is younger than 65.

“They’re our friends, the Little League coach, a family member,” said Richard Poth, head of the United Way of Connecticut.

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