You mean like when another president used EOs:
"I am not king. I can't do these things just by myself." In March 2011, he said that with "respect to the notion that I can just suspend deportations through executive order, that's just not the case." In May 2011, he acknowledged that he couldn't "just bypass Congress and change the (immigration) law myself. ... That's not how a democracy works." - Obama
Yet in 2012, he did it anyway. He put DACA in place to provide pseudo-legal status to illegal aliens brought to the U.S. as minors, including as teenagers. He promised them that they wouldn't be deported and provided them with work authorizations and access to Social Security and other government benefits.
So to answer your question, Yes, but only if it is enforced. To enforce this would make the Democrats come out publicly against giving money to the people while they are sitting at home jobless. The goal is to force them to the House table with a compromise that they can use to show they're working for the people and not against Trump. Everything is legal if you don't enforce laws.
