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Did the Administration Lie about Obama's Immigration Action? (to court)
The Washington Examiner ^ | Wednesday, March 4, 2015 | Byron York

Posted on 03/04/2015 11:47:07 AM PST by kristinn

When President Obama announced his sweeping unilateral executive action on immigration last November, administration officials stressed that the new edict would not take effect immediately. One part of the president's action — changes to DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, to extend the period in which illegal immigrants are protected from deportation to three years from its present two years, and also to extend work permits for the same time — was scheduled to go into effect Feb. 18, 2015, three months after the president's announcement. The other part of the president's action — the newly-created DAPA, or Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents — would go into effect six months after Obama's edict.

The day after Obama's Nov. 20 announcement, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service published notice that it "expects to begin accepting requests for the Expanded DACA program on Feb. 18, 2015; and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) program in mid-to-late May 2015." The dates were set.

The administration's schedule shaped the schedule of those challenging the president's action. On Feb. 16, federal judge Andrew Hanen issued an order stopping the program, noting in his opinion that "the DHS' website provides February 18, 2015 as the date it will begin accepting applications under DACA's new criteria, and mid-to-late May for DAPA applications." Hanen barred the administration from implementing "any and all aspects or phases of the expansions (including any and all changes)" to DACA and also "any and all aspects or phases" of DAPA.

So everyone involved knew the score. Changes to DACA, which had been scheduled to start Feb. 18, were on hold. DAPA was also on hold. And everyone assumed those dates to be accurate. But now, the administration is telling a different story.

In the advisory, which began by claiming the administration has followed Hanen's order to temporarily stop the implementation of the program, Justice Department lawyers added this:

"Out of an abundance of caution, however, Defendants wish to bring one issue to the Court's attention. Specifically, between November 24, 2014 and the issuance of the Court's Order, USCIS granted three-year periods of deferred action to approximately 100,000 individuals who had requested deferred action under the original 2012 DACA guidelines (and were otherwise determined to warrant such relief), including the issuance of three-year Employment Authorization Documents for those 2012 DACA recipients who were eligible for renewal. These pre-injunction grants of three-year periods of deferred action to those already eligible for 2012 DACA were consistent with the terms of the November Guidance…Defendants nevertheless recognize that their identification of February 18, 2015, as the date by which USCIS planned to accept requests for deferred action under the new and expanded DACA eligibility guidelines, and their identification of March 4, 2015, as the earliest date by which USCIS would make final decisions on such expanded DACA requests, may have led to confusion about when USCIS had begun providing three-year terms of deferred action to individuals already eligible for deferred action under 2012 DACA."

SNIP


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: childillegals; daca; executiveamnesty; executivesmesty; illegalsinvasion; immigration; obamalies
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1 posted on 03/04/2015 11:47:07 AM PST by kristinn
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To: kristinn

Of course not!

The truth is whatever Our Glorious Leader says that it is.


2 posted on 03/04/2015 11:50:10 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: kristinn
Did the administration lie? Of course.

Will they get away with lying? Of course.

3 posted on 03/04/2015 11:51:42 AM PST by skeeter
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To: skeeter

No one cares. The republicrats just fund it any way like sheep to slaughter.


4 posted on 03/04/2015 11:54:29 AM PST by iowacornman (Republican party stinks)
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To: kristinn

When the Obama Admins opens its mouth it is probably a lie


5 posted on 03/04/2015 11:56:30 AM PST by CGASMIA68
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To: iowacornman

The Republicrats are all talk and no walk. Yet they keep getting the base to vote for them. Strange.


6 posted on 03/04/2015 12:04:56 PM PST by Starboard
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To: Starboard

They may FINALLY lose their base, as of yesterday. We shall see.


7 posted on 03/04/2015 12:06:48 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: kristinn

The Koran instructs followers to LIE TO INFIDELS, and we’re the Infidels.


8 posted on 03/04/2015 12:07:54 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing
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To: stephenjohnbanker

In exchange for their votes year after year, all the base gets in return is empty talk and meaningless bluster. And yes, outright lies.

The GOP has managed to bamboozle the base into voting for them. The base needs to recall the old adage: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.


9 posted on 03/04/2015 12:18:54 PM PST by Starboard
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10 posted on 03/04/2015 12:20:11 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Starboard

Maybe someday, people will understand that voting for the lesser of 2 evils, eventually gets you nothing but evil.


11 posted on 03/04/2015 12:25:19 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Excellent way to look at it.


12 posted on 03/04/2015 12:32:02 PM PST by Starboard
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To: kristinn

What difference does it make?


13 posted on 03/04/2015 12:33:36 PM PST by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: kristinn

Here are the Members of Congress who voted to fund Pres. Obama’s amnesties:

All Democratic Senators*

All Democratic Representatives**

22 Senate Republicans
AK Lisa Murkowski
AZ John McCain
AZ Jeff Flake
CO Cory Gardner
IL Mark Kirk
IN Daniel Coats
KY Mitch McConnell
ME Susan Collins
MS Thad Cochran
NH Kelly Ayotte
NV Dean Heller
NC Thom Tillis
SC Lindsey Graham
SD Mike Rounds
SD John Thune
TN Lamar Alexander
TN Bob Corker
TX John Cornyn
UT Orrin Hatch
WI Ron Johnson
WY Michael Enzi
WY John Barrasso

75 House Republicans
AZ Martha McSally
CA Ken Calvert
CA Jeff Denham
CA Steve Knight
CA Kevin McCarthy
CA Devin Nunes
CA Edward Royce
CA David Valadao
CA Mimi Walters
CO Mike Coffman
FL Vern Buchanan
FL Carlos Curbelo
FL Mario Diaz-Balart
FL David Jolly
FL Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
ID Michael Simpson
IL Mike Bost
IL Rodney Davis
IL Bob Dold
IL Adam Kinzinger
IL Aaron Schock
IL John Shimkus
IN Susan Brooks
IN Todd Young
KY Harold Rogers
LA Steve Scalise
ME Bruce Poliquin
MI Dan Benishek
MI Mike Bishop
MI Candice Miller
MI John Moolenaar
MI Dave Trott
MI Fred Upton
MN Tom Emmer
MN John Kline
MN Erik Paulsen
NC Renee Ellmers
NC Patrick McHenry
NC Robert Pittenger
NH Frank Guinta
NJ Rodney Frelinghuysen
NJ Leonard Lance
NJ Frank LoBiondo
NJ Tom MacArthur
NJ Christopher Smith
NV Cresent Hardy
NV Joseph Heck
NY Chris Collins
NY Christopher Gibson
NY Richard Hanna
NY John Katko
NY Peter King
NY Elise Stefanik
OH John Boehner
OH Steve Stivers
OH Patrick Tiberi
OH Michael Turner
OK Tom Cole
OR Greg Walden
PA Ryan Costello
PA Charles Dent
PA Michael Fitzpatrick
PA Patrick Meehan
PA Tim Murphy
PA Joseph Pitts
PA Glenn Thompson
SD Kristi Noem
TX John Carter
TX Kay Granger
TX Will Hurd
TX Michael McCaul
VA Barbara Comstock
WA Cathy McMorris Rodgers
WA David Reichert
WI Paul Ryan

*Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) did not vote

**Reps. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), John Garamendi (D-Calif.), Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), and Ruben Hinojosa (D-Texas) did not vote.


14 posted on 03/04/2015 12:46:02 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Obama: 12 acts of blatant treason and counting)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

ICE RAIDS 20 ‘MATERNITY HOTEL’ CALIFORNIAS FULL OF PREGNANT FOREIGN WOMEN

http://www.breitbart.com/california/2015/03/03/ice-raids-20-maternity-hotel-californias-full-of-pregnant-foreign-women/


15 posted on 03/04/2015 12:48:00 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Obama: 12 acts of blatant treason and counting)
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To: kristinn

They’re Democrats...ie...of course


16 posted on 03/04/2015 1:40:25 PM PST by goodnesswins (I think we've reached PEAK TYRANNY now.....)
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To: Salvation

So..OUR LONE GOP in Oregon ...Greg Wakden voted FOR AMNESTY

Oregon ping


17 posted on 03/04/2015 1:46:46 PM PST by goodnesswins (I think we've reached PEAK TYRANNY now.....)
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To: kristinn

Of course they lied...when haven’t they lied??????


18 posted on 03/04/2015 2:42:51 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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