Posted on 08/26/2010 7:31:57 PM PDT by Nachum
Immigration enforcement officials have started to cancel the deportations of thousands of immigrants they have detained, a policy they said would pare huge case backlogs in the immigration courts.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said the new approach was part of a broad shift in priorities at the agency, to focus its efforts on catching and deporting immigrants who have been convicted of crimes or pose a national security threat. The policy — announced in an Aug. 20 memorandum from John Morton, the head of the agency — drew praise from immigrant advocates, who called it a common-sense strategy, and was denounced by several Republicans as evidence that the Obama administration was weakening enforcement and making it easier for illegal immigrants to remain in the country.
The change in emphasis at the immigration agency, which represents a significant break with longstanding practices, has awakened resistance among agents and detention officers on the ground, according to officials of the agency, which is known as ICE, and of the union representing those employees.
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So it begins.....backdoor amnesty by fiat!!!
Obongo did promise to “fundamentally change America”.
Obama & Company show their true colors on illegal aliens, as if there was any doubt.
what? we cant expect our laws to be enforces...
A few days ago, I heard on the news that border patrol agents are committing suicide in record numbers.
I wonder if that has anything to do with this administration doing everything it can to facilitate illegal “immigration”? They’re not being allowed to do their jobs.
It’s called amnesty
They're all criminals, hence the label illegal immigrant. They all pose a national security threat.
Lamar Smith (R-TX) reports that the Obama regime did not request more beds for illegal detainees. So that would be their pretext for claiming that “they don’t have the resources” to handle the illegals.
Ohaha keeps his promise to Kyl to hold enforcement hostage until he gets “comprehensive immigration reform.”
Wait a minute. We need the Border Patrol Agents. We need the illegals like we need leprosy. What’s going on?
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