Vote for me and you'll be able to smoke pot at your brother and his gay illegal alien husband's wedding!"
Posted on 06/15/2012 6:48:15 AM PDT by Tarantulas
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives. The election-year initiative addresses a top priority of an influential Latino electorate that has been vocal in its opposition to administration deportation policies.
The policy change, described to The Associated Press by two senior administration officials, will affect as many as 800,000 immigrants who have lived in fear of deportation. It also bypasses Congress and partially achieves the goals of the so-called DREAM Act, a long-sought but never enacted plan to establish a path toward citizenship for young people who came to the United States illegally but who have attended college or served in the military.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was to announce the new policy Friday, one week before President Barack Obama plans to address the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials' annual conference in Orlando, Fla. Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney is scheduled to speak to the group on Thursday.
Under the administration plan, illegal immigrants will be immune from deportation if they were brought to the United States before they turned 16 and are younger than 30, have been in the country for at least five continuous years, have no criminal history, graduated from a U.S. high school or earned a GED, or served in the military. They also can apply for a work permit that will be good for two years with no limits on how many times it can be renewed. The officials who described the plan spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss it in advance of the official announcement.
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I’m not a very smart man, but this is treason.
I hate Obama more than I can begin to articulate.
He’s desperate for votes..
Next up: Marijuana legalization
Back door amnesty from the Kenyan. They’ll be coming across in herds now.
Maybe this is Obama’s “October Surprise” a few months early.
This is impeachable. Too bad we don’t have men in Congress to do it. Just....., well I won’t say.
Romney needs to be sure to remind the Latino community that Obama has already deported 1,500,000 Mexicans back to Mexico prior to this election year stunt.
Told ya so.
Completely unconstitutional to bypass Congress like this. Obama doens’t care though- even if the Supreme Court strikes it down he will have scored his political points with Hispanics.
Will be interesting to see Romney’s response.
The campaign is drowning a flailing desperately.
LLS
The union goons will be loving this. A whole new mob of workers for them to extort money from.
Can anyone imagine what message this sends to those wishing to enter this country illegally or legally? We are inviting more illegal immigration. It is irresponsible.
Obama is operating outside the law. He is circumventing Congress.
Can you imagine the FRAUD that will go along with this process?
Can you count even more people pouring into this country with fake documents in hand?
Do you trust ICE to proactively go after and monitor fraudulent documents?
Can you count millions?
So, who does this hurt the most? Young, black Americans.
Yup. Between this announcement and NO border security there is nothing to stop Mexico from emptying...
Vote for me and you'll be able to smoke pot at your brother and his gay illegal alien husband's wedding!"
The executive will always have a certain amount of prosecutorial discretion, but they can’t simply rewrite the law altogether. This is an abuse of power if there ever was one.
Of course, when Republicans in congress take them to court over this, the Dems will spend the rest of the election season accusing the “evil” Republicans of suing to deport poor Hispanic students. {sigh}
Next they will petition to allow the PARENTS of the said illegal children to also stay, because, of course, we just cannot be MEAN enough to separate families from their loved ones.
The dude is implenting amnesty, without regard to the law, without regard to any sort of vote from Congress.
Our nation will be overrun.
All it takes for evil to thrive is for good men to do nothing.
He did an end around on the Constitution with his recess appointments and congress did nothing. No reason to think our gelded majority will speak up on this aside from some chest thumping righteous indignation on Meet the Press.
This is going to be unpopular among all Americans, except for the mexicans that pretend they are Americans. In polls, even Democrats are against the invasion. This is absolutely stupid to do during a depression.
If Hispanics now see him as FDR/LBJ and start voting Dem 90% like blacks, then how will we ever win?
And Obama, with this announcement, again gains control over the campaign by deflecting attention away from his record on the economy and shifting it to what he knows is a hot button issue with conservatives. It will become the main focus of the talking heads, which will help Obama with Latinos.
Is it possible to make a citizens’ arrest of anyone that does not enforce the law?
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Could we setup a private deportation company?
If Hispanics now see him as FDR/LBJ and start voting Dem 90% like blacks, then how will we ever win?
WSJ says the move “bypasses Congress”. No joke. The move emphasizes Obama’s notions that ONE MAN CREATES LAW: HIM.
He ignores the duly passed DOMA law, he ignores federal judges who revoke his moratoriums, and now he ignores duly passed immigration law....
Hey all you unemployed Americans, look who Obamugabe is illegally granting amnesty to.....
Hey all you foreigners who have been playing by the rules to become citizens....look who Obamugabe favors.....
Actually, ALL young American citizens. They can't find jobs the way it is.
The liberal MO is to create a crises, so the people will cry out for relief. The liberals will blame their manufactured crises on their opponents, and legislate a "new way" because the "old way" didn't work. (It did until they broke it.)
So, how will this create a national crises? If we can figure that out, we'll know what his next step is. It'll certainly add to the unemployment roles (and other welfare benefits), and drive up the cost to taxpayers.
Maybe the goal is to confiscate the wealth, because we'll be in a "state of emergency" do to unfettered Oboma spending. (They wrote legislation that tells the government who's got the gold, for example. They've also limited ATM withdrawals - "for our own good".)
He can't share everyone elses wealth until he can get his hands on it.
Will it be allowed to stand? Will a court force him to stop, as this is clear violation of law? Not that Dictator Obamugabe gives a damn about what the courts say.....
Will it be allowed to stand? Will a court force him to stop, as this is clear violation of law? Not that Dictator Obamugabe gives a damn about what the courts say.....
They’re claiming it “tracks closely” with Rubio’s plan.
Argh!!!
There he goes again. The great pander out pandering again. This guy is the ultimate idiot our country has ever seen in office. We need to defeat him in November.
Since this is not a law but rather an administrative decision the people who step up to get work permits under this program are taking a huge leap of faith.
All this will do is add to the welfare roles, the pay my healthcare roles, give me free groceries roles, the give me free college tuition roles ... they’ll all suddenly turn into the poor and downtrodden who need help with everything because they’re new here and being discriminated against ...
I am NOT going to sit by, with all my financial struggles at the present time, and be asked to pay the way for these GD FREELOADERS.
This, along with the healthcare debaucle, will be the two the final nails in the coffin for this country.
They're also claiming Oboma is Lincoln reincarnated, with shades of Ronald Reagan.
Never mind what they say. They lie. Watch what they do. Oboma is going to lose. He's building an army for a scorched earth policy. He's pushing every other America aside, and targeting the brains of mush who have nothing else to do - because they have no jobs, no money, and no future. They'd love to rape, plunder, and express their rage . It would be the party of a lifetime.
Of course, martial law would be in order. Like Clinton and the recount, "He should stay until the crises is resolved."
Re: Will it be allowed to stand? Will a court force him to stop.
Yes and no!
Can you imagine the next four years?
Can’t remember a time when the words “President authorizes” and “illegal” in the same sentence.
We have a Republican Congress full of go-along, get-along wimps (with a few exceptions like Darrell Issa, Paul Ryan, and Rand Paul).
We thought Bill (stroke of the pen, law of the land) Clinton was bad. We thought Richard (enemies list) Nixon was bad. Both pale compared to Obama.
Obama takes the incompetence of Carter, the classlessness of Clinton, and the corruption of Nixon to new levels. Clinton ran the White House like the corrupt small southern state governor he was. Obama is running the White House like a third world tin-pot dictator. Why does Obama not meet with opposition party Congressional leaders (like Reagan did)? For the same reason he does not meet with his own party's Congressional leaders. He believes he doesn't have to. That also explains the lack of a budget. Budgets are inherently limiting. A high debt ceiling, continuing resolutions, and executive orders are not.
The political hard-left has always loved dictators and the idea of having their own dictator. They thought they had that with Clinton, but Clinton wimped out a lot and really only got of his own ideas passed (the tax increases). Because Clinton wanted to be liked too much, and wanted to be reelected. With Obama, they have someone who could care less about being liked, and is not going to tack to the middle to get reelected. So the hard-left continue to fawn over Obama.
We simply have to use November to stop this lawlessness. Imagine how brazen he will be if he is reelected and is a lame-duck for four years.
I don’t think anyone should wait until November.
Time to hit the Capitol switchboard . . . NOW.
Remember the public outrage over the Kennedy-McCain Shamnesty? Congress responded accordingly.
Der Fuehrer's modus operandi of circumventing Congress by issuing diktats from the Oval Office is tranforming the Executive Branch into a de facto dictatorship.
Why does the Latino community keep supporting these lawbreakers? I’m aware that these former children were brought here by their parents. However, millions of American citizens are out of work.
Viva La Reconqista!
“Well we now know that Obama’s numbers among Hispanics are down (Gay marriage?), so the predictable panic pander is forthcoming.”
Perfect opportunity for Romney to come out and say that the only illegals Obama is granting amnesty to are gay illegals.
That would bunch up into a wad Obama’s panties.
Say good-by to 800,000 jobs for Americans.
Remember the public outrage over the Kennedy-McCain Shamnesty? Congress responded accordingly.
Der Fuehrer's modus operandi of circumventing Congress by issuing diktats from the Oval Office is tranforming the Executive Branch into a de facto dictatorship.
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