rssConservatives Decry Administration Ideas on Immigration
Friday, July 30, 2010 at 11:43 am
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Conservatives are up in arms about a draft memo laying out ways the Obama administration could amend immigration policies without pushing comprehensive immigration reform through Congress. The memo, reportedly written by four U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services staffers, discusses potential policy changes that would help non-dangerous immigrants already in the U.S. obtain citizenship or avoid deportation.
Republicans and pro-enforcement advocates aren’t pleased with the idea and are telling the staunchly conservative Washington Times that the memo proves Obama wants to bypass Congress on immigration policy:
“This memo gives credence to our concerns that the administration will go to great lengths to circumvent Congress and unilaterally execute a backdoor amnesty plan,” Mr. Grassley said. [...]
Rosemary Jenks, government relations manager for NumbersUSA, an organization that advocates for stricter immigration limits, said the memo is “an outrageous usurpation of congressional authority. It is unconstitutional, and a slap in the face to the American people.”
She said that the memo could explain why the push for an immigration bill has faltered in Congress.
“This makes sense of the fact that [Senate Majority Leader Harry] Reid and [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi and Obama are sitting back calmly content with not moving immigration reform this year – because they know Obama is trying to take care of it for them, without Democrats having to be tied down to a vote before the election,” she said.
A spokesman from USCIS confirmed the existence of the memo to The Washington Times, but cautioned that “nobody should mistake deliberation and exchange of ideas for final decisions.”
Still, the notion that the government should find a way to deal with immigrants already here fits into the Obama administration’s views on immigration. Obama said earlier this month it would be impossible to deport all of the 11 million people in the country illegally, and the Department of Homeland Security has said it will prioritize illegal immigrants who have committed dangerous crimes. With deportations up across the board and many non-dangerous immigrants swept up in enforcement initiatives such as Secure Communities, it seems unsurprising that the administration would look at options to better target enforcement.
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Comment posted July 30, 2010 @ 7:22 pm
Just the rumor of–AMNESTY filtering through word of mouth across Mexico, Latin America and the rest of the world–could have millions suddenly appearing along the border, ready to run the gauntlet?
Today, I heard that US U.S. Sen. Grassley other Senators again asking the administration if plans are underway for large-scale de facto amnesty. Here is an excerpt from the letter.
7/27/2010
Dear Secretary Napolitano:
We remained concerned about potential plans for a large-scale effort to offer parole or to defer action on undocumented aliens in the United States. We realize that deferred action and parole are discretionary actions reserved for individual cases that present unusual, emergent or humanitarian circumstances. However, we do not believe that such actions should be used for a large population of illegal aliens or used to bypass Congress and the legislative process.
News articles report that your department has denied the charge, stating that grants of parole or deferred removal are based on the merits of individual cases. While we have not personally been assured that plans have not been drawn up, we are interested in data that will guarantee the American people that the Administration is not using these discretionary actions in cases that are not urgent or based on humanitarian reasons.
To me this is a very dangerous precedence and will certainly alienate the very government who swore allegiance en-mass of the American people to defend us. This administration will be seen as an enemy of “THE PEOPLE” if such a—executive order—undermining the Congress an ultimate outrage of “The Rule of Law.” If what Sen. Grassley surmises could be true, all of us are in series trouble. This would be a slap in the face of privileged legal immigrants, who have waited patiently for years. For our wilting Social Security in the future.
Without the inception of the internet, we would never know of Arizona's financial hardship, an interoffice memo of a de facto AMNESTY. This abomination caused by the unceasing inroads of people slipping past the US border Patrol. National Newspapers have become the dark domain of Liberal articles and commentary, which is not feeding the whole story of the hardships, caused by the large neighborhoods of illegal immigrants. The criminal activities are specifically suppressed; because the truth is Liberal open border crowd doesn't want the truth to be known. Even if a De Facto—AMNESTY—was initiated, would the REAL DOUBLE FENCE BE BUILT, WOULD THE MILLIONS STOP TRYING SLIP INTO OUR NATION? Only the World Wide Web offers news articles that although not always known to be true, usually are?
This country is never been without sympathy, but FAIRS analysis of illegal aliens draining $113 billion dollars a year from public money reservoirs, so we must demand that our countryman comes first. It is a growing sore that the border state of Arizona by mandated law must give health care, education and for many illegal foreigners incarceration. And these laws are forced upon all taxpayers and never reimbursed accordingly by Washington. The only defense innocent Americans have against this apathy was for Governor Jan Brewer to sign into law SB 1070, so they can start removing–ALL–foreign nationals from the state. The conflict now that is absurd is the federal government, suing its own people. This is will be a huge cross to bear for the Obama presidency, the Democratic leadership in this November.
It seems he has surrendered to the open border lobbyists and turned a deaf ear to the US taxpayers, who must continuously furnish money for welfare programs for foreign nationals. A large chunk of this money is extorted under the 14th amendment that has resurfaced as ethically wrong. No illegal family should be allowed to have immediate citizenship for their infant, specifically if this was an intentional purpose to collect welfare benefits, low income housing, food stamps and other needs.
WE AS THE VOTERS OF AMERICA CAN DO THIS, RIDDING OURSELVES OF SENATORS LIKE REID, McCAIN, PELOSI, SCHUMER, GRAHAM, FEINSTEIN PUSHING FOR AMNESTY AND THE DREAM ACT. WHAT WE SHOULD DEMAND FROM THE LEGISLATORS IS IMMEDIATE REVITALIZATION OF THE “SAVE ACT & CLEAR ACT.” ALL INCUMBENTS INCLUDING GOVERNORS, MAYORS, POLICE CHIEFS AND CITY OFFICERS NEED TO JOIN THE JOBLESS. NO OPTIONS! LET’S REMOVE THE CORRUPTED TRASH. FIND FACTS AT NUMBERSUSA & GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION AT JUDICIAL WATCH. Bombard the Washington switchboard at 202-224-3121 WATCH–FOR–ILLEGALS–VOTING–IN–FUTURE–ELECTIONS.
Comment posted July 30, 2010 @ 11:13 pm
This Brittanicancer is a pain in the… of the USA. He is one of the reasons why Americans are divided and being mocked at internationally. I believe he has no idea that our immigration laws are broken, that there are no ways or means for the people he is demonizing to come here legally. The long lines waiting from outside besides the border are mostly from family visas. These are people who are monied and won't do the work mexicans or the lazy citizens do. Illegals can't vote, that is one thing you always write. Give your readers a proof to prove your statements, or else you will also be placed in the roster of Bratbarrier of the sharrons case, and Faux news, the propaganda machine of the anti christos.
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