From what I understand a president can only grant pardons and amnesties to US citizens so illegal aliens wouldn’t qualify. It’s an act of desperation to even try because the democrats obviously want and need the votes.
What Obama seems to want to do is effectively to try and convict the illegals in the country, and then grant blanket pardons.
Not the case. Non-citizens have been pardoned many times.
“From what I understand a president can only grant pardons and amnesties to US citizens so illegal aliens wouldn’t qualify. It’s an act of desperation to even try because the democrats obviously want and need the votes.”
The easiest way he can do it is to have the State Dept. issue legal resident status for all of them as ‘refugees’ of the worn torn holes they crawled out of...just like they just did with Haitian illegal aliens.
Your understanding only qualifies if you believe in the rule of law. We’re way past that. We’re being governed by whims of the White house!
Not so fast. Did not the Clinton admin (Holder) grant a pardon to the Puerto Rican terrorists at the end of the Bubba presidency?
Not so fast. Did not the Clinton admin (Holder) grant a pardon to the Puerto Rican terrorists at the end of the Bubba presidency?