Posted on 06/15/2012 5:40:58 PM PDT by mdittmar
Washington, D.C. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid issued the following statement today after the Obama Administration announced it would suspend the deportation of young people who were brought to this country illegally through no fault of their own. The directive from Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano comes after a yearlong review, and will be applied in a case-by-case basis to young people who came to the United States before age 16, who have resided in the United States continuously for at least five years before today’s date, who have not been convicted of any felony or serious crime, and who are not older than 30 years old. This deferred action is temporary and renewable.
“I congratulate President Obama and Secretary Napolitano for this thoughtful decision that benefits not just the DREAMers and the young people seeking a future in the only country they’ve ever known, but our entire nation as well. These young people were brought here through no fault of their own, and many do not even remember the countries where they were born. When they pledge allegiance, it is to the United States. They belong to this country culturally and linguistically and are American in all but paperwork. These talented individuals want to defend our nation in our military, and contribute to our country through their hard work.
“President Obama’s courageous decision removes the specter of deportation that hovered over these deserving individuals and frees up law enforcement resources to focus on people who are a threat to our public safety and national security. I hope Republicans, especially those who have voiced a willingness to help these young people, will support the Administration’s directive.
“The President can only do so much administratively and this measure is temporary and limited by current law. The onus is now on Congress to permanently fix our broken immigration system, and I call on my Republican colleagues to help us pass the DREAM Act along with comprehensive immigration reform that is tough, fair and practical. We need to secure our borders; hold unscrupulous employers accountable; reform our nation’s legal immigration system; and require the 11 million who are undocumented to register with the government, pay taxes, pay fines, learn English and then go back to the end of the line.”
Note: For more information please go to the Department of Homeland Security at:
http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/20120612-napolitano-announces-deferred-action-process-for-young-people.shtm
The policy is crafted to target illegal residents that already could use the defense that they did not enter the USA illegally because of their age. The problem is that agents and prosecutors will not be allowed to investigate and gather information on family members that don’t meet the criteria while the targeted group would had been going through the courts by their sworn testimony (a hammer not to use this kind of defense).
La Raza and like ilk apparently need a bunch more of young people to demonstrate for Latino takeover of the USA or presentation to Obama and his enablers whomever they are. How many of the persons in the age group are/have been law abiders? Why can’t the USA government act against the countries from where the illegals come/came? Just perhaps the real citizens and workers have to pay for what Bush called ‘conservative compassion’. For most law abiding citizens there will be no benefit from this ‘compassion’.
My tag line tells you how I feel about this issue.
By all means you “DREAMERS” go give all your pertinent information to the federal government so that not only you but your parents too can be more easily deported! Dupes! Ha hahaha!!!
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