Posted on 07/29/2010 8:30:12 PM PDT by kristinn
The Obama administration, anticipating that Congress might not pass comprehensive immigration reform this year, is considering ways it could act without congressional approval to achieve many of the objectives of the initiative, including giving permanent resident status, or green cards, to large numbers of people in the country illegally.
The ideas were outlined in an unusually frank draft memo prepared for Alejandro N. Mayorkas, director of the federal agency that handles immigration benefits, U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS). The memo lists ways the government could grant permanent resident status to tens of thousands of people and delay the deportation of others, potentially indefinitely.
"In the absence of Comprehensive Immigration Reform, CIS can extend benefits and/or protections to many individuals and groups by issuing new guidance and regulations," said the memo, which was prepared by four senior officials from different branches of USCIS.
The 11-page document was made public Thursday by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who with six other senators wrote to Obama [2] more than a month ago, asking for his assurance that rumors that some sort of reprieve was in the works for millions of illegal immigrants weren't true.
"The administration has failed to reassure us that the information we were hearing was inaccurate," Grassley said in a statement to ProPublica Thursday night. "This memo gives credence to our concerns that the administration will go to great lengths to circumvent Congress and unilaterally execute a back door amnesty plan."
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In what would be a reversal of a position held by the agency's Office of General Counsel under previous administrations, the memo suggests granting green cards to large numbers of people currently in the country under Temporary Protected Status. That status typically is used to forestall deportation proceedings for large groups of undocumented foreign nationals when it would cause them hardship, such as sending them home in the wake of a major earthquake, hurricane or during a civil war.
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Read the eleven page memo here
I’ve wondered if he’s traveling around the world putting money in foreign bank accounts...
You may be closer to the truth than you realize. The literal truth.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
ditto that.
I predicted to my family at Christmas dinner that there would be no elections in Nov. they thought I was nuts.
now they are 50/50 thinking I am right.
sad to say, when the ‘no election’ ping list starts, please put me on it.
That is the thought that should keep every red-blooded patriot awake at night. Unfortunately, too many of us will think "that can't happen here", until it's too late.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
And guarantee his re-election in 2012. But, I suppose that’s redundant to your comment.
Been saying it for months & months here...no one ever believes me. He will exact his agenda, and this is just another example of why he doesn’t give a damn about November.
I've noticed. But it will take a Grand Coronation before the sheeple see what is happening. That is, if you can pull them away from American Idle long enough.
Keep your powder dry.
If he does this we should shut this country down!!!
BO has this weird pattern of behavior.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court swore him in. BO invited SCOTUS to his State of the Union address before Congress, then insulted them in front of everybody.
The Congress certified him in early January 2009. Now BO is saying he doesn’t need Congressional approval on anything, he’ll just appoint another “czar” or sign an Executive Order.
We have a Bombardier Learjet factory here.
Many workers come down from Canada.
More than once, their work visa’s have expired and they were threatened with deportation.
This happens all the time to Non-Mexican guest workers.
I've thought of that, too.
They seem way too non-chalant about the voter anger that they face, as if they are holding the ace of spades that we do not know about.
With a huge victory in November, conservatives can undo all that Obama has done (Whatever government giveth, government can take away), drain Pelosi’s swamp and send Reid to a retirement home. Then, with Michelle Bachman leading the way, issue subpoenas every day till the stench is gone in DC.
I predicted to my family at Christmas dinner that there would be no elections in Nov. they thought I was nuts.
now they are 50/50 thinking I am right.
I don’t buy that. We’d shut the government down. \
Green carders can't vote, but without AZ-style Voter ID nationally, the Dems would keep the House, and Obama would be assured of re-election.
Ping!
Let's create a whole new set of laws we won't enforce. Useless MFs.
Bad Move
I don’t believe the military would back such a brazen power grab re: the elections. Obama & his hippie radical cronies would need them to quell the uproar & rebellion that would come. Coup de tat anyone?
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