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.
Couple that with Holder’s DOJ attempting to shutdown Florida’s anti-voter fraud efforts and, woohoo, more “votes” for O!
Forward!
So Messican children won’t be calling Barry a niggardly cheapskate with regard to his doling out the goodies any time soon. He’s a big spending sugar-daddy in their eyes. But to repeat: welcome to just another tyranny, niños.
So, Obama doesn’t want to abide by current immigration law, but wants all of us to accept his “law” by fiat?
Hmph. I guess it is good to be The King.
Wow just about one yer ago they were trumpeting the fact that they were deporting more illegals than the Bush administration, politifactually, though their focus of course was on criminal illegals, not just illegal illegals. ¿Si se no memory?
Can anyone tell me just WTF is the value of being a US citizen? Don’t need it to vote — at least, according to Holder’s DOJ. Don’t need it to work in the US — according to just about everyone in DC. Don’t need it to get handed taxpayer money — ditto. Having it means you’ll actually have to serve time for crimes, and you’re on the hook for taxes.
Heh Rob, it could almost look like a sinister plot to drive people into the arms of the internationalist left. Step one: remove any attachment to benefit. Step two: disgust the recalcitrant
patriotsclingers-on. Voilá.Intelligent liberals — peas and carrots, there — thoroughly steeped in nuance, simply fail to do cause and effect.
Why this is is a mystery within such circles but the religion of State figures, I reckon.
Hoo boy. Naked power grab is right. Breath-taking, even.
I’m with you Rob: just WTF is the value of being a US citizen?
By the way, this (and other EOs) was the basis for an earlier post.
to RUN!
where the brave dare not go!
bienvenidos mi amigos!
but really this should be a congressy thing
It’s not environmentally sustainable to fill our empty space with wetbacks. Why do leftists hate Spotted Owls?
Who is Obama’s Tessio? This can’t continue.
Tessio? His betrayal failed and he got whacked, which made Michael even stronger.
Maybe some other, older literary Italians might be more apt.
Obama is no Michael Corleone, that’s for sure. And, Valerie Jarret is no consigliere.
I say make like Sonny and go to the mattresses.
Congress needs to defund the whitehouse.
Does make one kind of long for a Senator Byrd who would still occasionally value Congress’ prerogatives over party loyalty.
Sonny got whacked too.
Even Tessio outlived Sonny.
Now I’m jonesing for a Godfather marathon. (I and II. III is a work of the devil).
III is Coppola selling his daughter like meat.