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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2012 2:46:50 GMT 9
The White House will halt the deportation of as many as 800,000 young illegal immigrants and in some cases give them work permits, in a sweeping new initiative announced by the Department of Homeland Security. The process will begin sometime in the next 60 days. People under 30 who entered the country illegally or overstayed their visas when they were under the age of 16 will be immune from deportation if they have not committed a significant misdemeanor or felony and have graduated from a U.S. high school or joined the military. They can apply for a renewable two-year work permit that won't provide a path to citizenship. Applicants will have to prove they've lived in the country for five consecutive years. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told reporters on Friday that she believed the move "is the right thing to do," and will help the agency focus on deporting criminals. "It is not immunity, it is not amnesty," she said. "It is an exercise of discretion so that these young people are not in the removal system." Young people will have to proactively apply and pay for the temporary legal status at a local United States Citizenship and Immigration Services office. If the deferred status is granted, they can apply for a work permit. "I wouldn't say we are encouraging people to step forward," an Obama administration official told reporters. "We are making a process available and people can make their own decision." President Obama will address the change in a speech at 1:15 pm. Young people who were brought into the country illegally or overstayed their visas as children are commonly referred to as "Dreamers," referencing the title of a decade-old bill that would have given them legal status if they joined the military or attended college. The Dream Act passed the House nearly two years ago, but was blocked by Republicans in the Senate. Opponents of the bill have argued that it would encourage more people to enter the country illegally, while supporters say it helps people who were brought up as Americans and whose lack of status is not their own fault become full members of society. President Obama has faced criticism from the crucial Hispanic electorate for ramping up deportations under his tenure and for failing to deliver on his campaign promise to pass comprehensive immigration reform within his first year in office. Several times in the past year, Obama has told Hispanic audiences who asked him why he did not issue an executive order halting deportations of some classes of immigrants that such a move would be legally impossible. "There are enough laws on the books by Congress that are very clear in terms of how we have to enforce our immigration system that for me to simply, through executive order, ignore those congressional mandates would not conform with my appropriate role as President," Obama told one Dreamer who asked him why he couldn't halt young people's deportations in March of 2011. "We've been hearing all sorts of things from the White House, that it's not legally possible, that it's not politically possible," said Erika Andiola, a 25-year-old Arizona-based Dreamer and advocate who has met with administration officials on the subject. "I can't even believe it. We've been working for this for so long." The move may generate enthusiasm among many Latinos: 85 percent of registered Latino voters said in a Latino Decisions poll that they support the Dream Act. The president enjoys a strong lead among Hispanic voters over Mitt Romney, but a lack of enthusiasm among these voters could mean they stay home on Election Day in swing states like Nevada, Colorado and Florida. During the primary, Mitt Romney said he would veto the Dream Act, but in recent weeks he has seemed open to a proposal by Sen. Marco Rubio to grant Dreamers a work permit but not a path to citizenship. Republicans are criticizing the move as an executive overreach. "This decision avoids dealing with Congress and the American people instead of fixing a broken immigration system once and for all," wrote Sen. Lindsay Graham, one of the few Congressional Republicans who supports immigration reform.
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Jun 16, 2012 8:26:51 GMT 9
As we have noted many times on our postings, at least most of us, Soetoro will stop at nothing to get elected.
O.K., that is a settled fact.
HOWEVER, he could be stopped in his tracks on all the Executive Orders, IF, IF, the house and senate, along with the courts, would do their sworn duties and put a stop to him.
Maybe I am being a bit naive about them, but they were elected to do the job we elected them to do.
They, each and every one, swore to uphold the Constitution.
Why are they not doing that?
Why are the people of this country not demanding they do what they swore to do, or bring charges against them?
It isn't just Soetoro, as egregious as some of his moves have been.
It is also the congress, who sit on their collective hands, DOING NOTHING.
The blame ultimately lies in the lap of the voters.
Soetoro and the congress were not appointed, but elected by the people of this country.
So, what are we really doing to put a stop to it?
I know, writing letters to people who don't care what we think, and treat us like we are complete idiots.
Well, maybe we are.
When was the last time we unelected more than a few of those in the congress?
I'm not calling for armed insurrection.
That would be stupid, as well as counterproductive.
I am calling for us to vote every office holder, regardless of party, out of office.
If it takes my voting for a member of a party I don't really support, I will still vote to get the Ins Out.
Jim Too
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