Posted on 08/18/2011 1:46:49 PM PDT by GreaterSwiss
he Homeland Security Department said Thursday it will halt deportation proceedings on a case-by-case basis against illegal immigrants who meet certain criteria such as attending school, having family in the military or are primarily responsible for other family members’ care.
The move, announced in letters to Congress, comes after Hispanic activists and Democrats had urged President Obama to exempt broad swaths of illegal immigrants from deportation while Congress wrestles with the issue.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said her department and the Justice Department will review all ongoing cases and see who meets the new criteria on a case-by-case basis.
“This case-by-case approach will enhance public safety,” she said in the letter. “Immigration judges will be able to more swiftly adjudicate high priority cases, such as those involving convicted felons.”
The new rules apply to those who have been apprehended and are in deportation proceedings, but have not been officially ordered out of the country by a judge. Miss Napolitano said a working group will try to come up with “guidance on how to provide for appropriate discretionary consideration” for “compelling cases” in those instances where someone has already been ordered deported.
It was unclear how many people might be affected by the new rules, though in fiscal year 2010 the government deported nearly 200,000 illegal immigrants who it said did not have criminal records.
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...now we know why the scum bag on the vineyard.
“Perry *was* for amnesty”
McCain ... *was* for amnesty.”
“so *was* Obama”
You’re living in the past.
Just lie back, spread your legs
and think about strawberries.
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear.
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair.
Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy,
Was he?
OBungle will need all the votes he can get, just trying to make sure part of his base remains in the country.
Notice how Obama tells Congress about his treasonous behaviour when Congress is not in session.
“They don’t listen to us.”
Hard to say that after what happned in 2010.
Absolutely some will listen now more than ever. all reps are up for re election in 15 mons.
They will listen
I was going to post something much like you did. I don’t much care which candidate it is but the one that speaks to this issue loudest has my vote.
Obama is committing treason left and right,just DARING anyone to stop him. Not a PEEP out of our House or Senate. Broom em all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is just freaking wrong.
Friends of mine had to go back to Mexico last fall because they couldn’t get their visas renewed. These are hardworking people and their son was an honor roll student.
I think it is 2013 before they can apply to come back again.
What’s left is trust in Christ. Our leaders have let us down. Such a shame. Say goodbye to the US!
make every vote count initiative, no doubt
More treasonous acts from this administration.
But they will get away with as they have from day one.
How does it go, “Too late to do anything and too early to shoot the bastards?” Can’t remember who coined that.
“Why are we putting up with this??”
EXACTLY
There must be something we can do.
i suggest each Freeper call their congresspeople and both senators.
yes they are on vacation but their offices are staffed.
if enough freepers called some Pol will step up and look into this
dear God do laws mean nothing to 0dumbo and these people”
Yes, we need to start hammering Bonehead.
We got on the fast track for this by the policies of a Republican POTUS named G.W. Bush. His idea was creating and giving powers too DHS. His idea was his precious N.A.T.U. His policies were very lax on Mexico from day one. His USDA's were the ones who went after BP agents. There is no difference between most Republicans and Democrats in Washington, DC.
ANYONE RUNNING FOR POTUS WITH EVEN A HINT IN THEIR RECORD OF BEING SOFT ON OR SHOWING SYMPATHIES TOWARD ILLEGALS SHOULD NOT GET A VOTE.
Thanks to the GOP Two House Majority and their giving unconstitutional increases in exectutive branch powers and the unbalancing the checks and balances between the branches of government we now have a king it seems. No MORE RINO's!!!!!
Depends on the meaning of “Was”
Ulsterman Insider’s latest missive comes to mind.
"I just hate the way we eat our own."
I saw that too, and had already read some of her columns on Perry. What ever happened to Ronald Reagan's 11th Commandment? Yes, Perry may have overstepped his boundaries with the Gardisil decree (I don't know if vaccination policy is normally done by the legislature). No, the 6th grade requirement was not too young (the CDC recommends vaccination at age 11-12). Yes, the opt-out option was not broad or easy. Yes, the Texas legislature slapped him down almost immediately. Yes, Perry admitted he screwed up.
The problem with Malkin's argument is it really is a red herring. She suggests Perry's overstep as governor means he is an authoritarian who would also be an authoritarian if elected President. But if he is an authoritarian, he would have continued to lead by executive orders in Texas.
But Malkin is an antivaxxer. And I put antivaxxers up there with people who think the moon landings were faked.
Personally, I would rather have someone who overstepped his boundaries and got slapped down than someone who has never been humbled.
There is no wisdom in Malkin's argument, only feigned paranoia. I say feigned, because it is transparent Malkin actually wants someone else, and fears Perry. It was this same insanity which gave us McCain in 2008. There were some in the conservative media who supported a candidate but would not admit it, and instead sought to destroy Mike Huckabee. The result was the second choice in South Carolina (John McCain) won. The idiots hammering Huckabee never considered who would win if Huckabee was weakened. If McCain had come in second in South Carolina, he would not have won Florida, and he would have been out of the race. In all likelyhood, if that happened, Fred Thompson would have won the nomination.
Bush/Rove can't stand Perry, and tried to defeat him with Kay Bailey Hutchison, and are actively trying to destroy him now. But many on the right don't like Perry either, but mainly because he is not a national-level firebrand. Destroy Perry and we just guarantee Romney gets the nomination.
Bama says he is like President Abraham Lincoln . . .
Looks like he just issued his own emancipation proclamation . . . to free the illegals.
Won’t be long before the legals are the ones being hunted down and deported.
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