Posted on 06/15/2012 6:48:15 AM PDT by Tarantulas
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.
Under the administration plan, illegal immigrants will be immune from deportation if they were brought to the United States before they turned 16 and are younger than 30, have been in the country for at least five continuous years, have no criminal history, graduated from a U.S. high school or earned a GED, or served in the military. They also can apply for a work permit that will be good for two years with no limits on how many times it can be renewed. The officials who described the plan spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss it in advance of the official announcement.
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Can you imagine the next four years?
Can’t remember a time when the words “President authorizes” and “illegal” in the same sentence.
We have a Republican Congress full of go-along, get-along wimps (with a few exceptions like Darrell Issa, Paul Ryan, and Rand Paul).
We thought Bill (stroke of the pen, law of the land) Clinton was bad. We thought Richard (enemies list) Nixon was bad. Both pale compared to Obama.
Obama takes the incompetence of Carter, the classlessness of Clinton, and the corruption of Nixon to new levels. Clinton ran the White House like the corrupt small southern state governor he was. Obama is running the White House like a third world tin-pot dictator. Why does Obama not meet with opposition party Congressional leaders (like Reagan did)? For the same reason he does not meet with his own party's Congressional leaders. He believes he doesn't have to. That also explains the lack of a budget. Budgets are inherently limiting. A high debt ceiling, continuing resolutions, and executive orders are not.
The political hard-left has always loved dictators and the idea of having their own dictator. They thought they had that with Clinton, but Clinton wimped out a lot and really only got of his own ideas passed (the tax increases). Because Clinton wanted to be liked too much, and wanted to be reelected. With Obama, they have someone who could care less about being liked, and is not going to tack to the middle to get reelected. So the hard-left continue to fawn over Obama.
We simply have to use November to stop this lawlessness. Imagine how brazen he will be if he is reelected and is a lame-duck for four years.
I don’t think anyone should wait until November.
Time to hit the Capitol switchboard . . . NOW.
Remember the public outrage over the Kennedy-McCain Shamnesty? Congress responded accordingly.
Der Fuehrer's modus operandi of circumventing Congress by issuing diktats from the Oval Office is tranforming the Executive Branch into a de facto dictatorship.
Why does the Latino community keep supporting these lawbreakers? I’m aware that these former children were brought here by their parents. However, millions of American citizens are out of work.
Viva La Reconqista!
“Well we now know that Obama’s numbers among Hispanics are down (Gay marriage?), so the predictable panic pander is forthcoming.”
Perfect opportunity for Romney to come out and say that the only illegals Obama is granting amnesty to are gay illegals.
That would bunch up into a wad Obama’s panties.
Say good-by to 800,000 jobs for Americans.
Remember the public outrage over the Kennedy-McCain Shamnesty? Congress responded accordingly.
Der Fuehrer's modus operandi of circumventing Congress by issuing diktats from the Oval Office is tranforming the Executive Branch into a de facto dictatorship.
And how will this go over with people waiting in line for years to enter the country LEGALLY?
That’s a very perceptive statement. I doubt there’s any legal authority for the Administration to do this.
Hugo Chavez did pretty much the same thing in Venezuela, solidifying his base, and ensuring favorable results for subsequent elections. Now it’s Hugo Bama’s turn to play that card from the socialist takeover deck.
Be careful. In order for the democrats to make a move, there has to be a crises - real, manufactured, or imaginary. People have to be in disarray. They have to cry out for "someone" to do something.
They want you angry. They want you to act. They want to show "others" how angry, mean, greedy, and hate filled you anti-Oboma people are.
Oboma is going after the minimum wagers and young unemployed. They're the easiest ones to rally for his side, because they're angry. He' s got them envious of all the others, and they want their "fair share" of everyone elses bank account. Without Oboma, that promise of free big money is gone.
And it's all the opponents fault! See how homophobic, anti-hispanic, how greedy they are, and they're destroying your planet! So punish them! Save Oboma! Save the democrat party!
Imagine what Oboma could do with a national clash. Wow. He'd have the crises of a lifetime. It's a democrats wet dream! Now is not the time to give the democrats the national crises they covet. It would be suicide.
6 months. Hold your cool another 6 months. They want a pre-election "war". Don't give it to them.
Greetings, fellow helots!
So .... how do you like this government of tyranny: of rule by executive fiat?
Do the chains chafe your wrists and ankles?
Well, it must be Friday
And yesterday was Joe Arpaio’s birthday! What a PRESENT this POS gave him, (and us all!) Unemployment will raise even higher, and the tax dollars from our pockets will be going to support these ‘entitled masses’ with BILLIONS of dollars!
Every day, I think this man has done everything possible to devalue our Constitution and the citizens of this country. And every day he does something WORSE than the day before!
Well, it must be Friday
Any such program can only be authorized by the Congress. Obama has no constitutional authority to grant this. I have some sympathy for those who were brought here as young children and face deportation back to a country they have never known, but this act is blatantly illegal.
DICTATOR!!!!!!!! IMPEACH HIS ASS!!!!!....
Why doesn’t congress do anything????? They let him get away with everything illegal!!!!!
I wonder if the Bilderberg meeting has anything to do with this?????
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