Posted on 07/25/2014 5:32:02 AM PDT by Kaslin
With no plans to secure the border, President Obama is considering executive action without Congress to grant Hondurans amnesty and to set up a program to screen "refugees" in the country before green lighting them into the United States, cutting out the process of trekking through Mexico. From the New York Times:
The Obama administration is considering whether to allow hundreds of minors and young adults from Honduras into the United States without making the dangerous trek through Mexico, according to a draft of the proposal.
If approved, the plan would direct the government to screen thousands of children and youths in Honduras to see if they can enter the United States as refugees or on emergency humanitarian grounds. It would be the first American refugee effort in a nation reachable by land to the United States, the White House said, putting the violence in Honduras on the level of humanitarian emergencies in Haiti and Vietnam, where such programs have been conducted in the past amid war and major crises.
Critics of the plan were quick to pounce, saying it appeared to redefine the legal definition of a refugee and would only increase the flow of migration to the United States. Administration officials said they believed the plan could be enacted through executive action, without congressional approval, as long as it did not increase the total number of refugees coming into the country.
This plan contradicts initial claims by the administration children in the United States illegally will be sent back. Not only is the White House not stopping the flow of illegal alien children, they're planning to increase the number of unaccompanied children in the U.S. with President Obama's pen.
Last night Senators Jeff Sessions and Ted Cruz ripped the administration's plan on the Senate floor.
"Know that we are facing an exceedingly grave threat of an unbelievable expansion of his unilateral executive orders of amnesty that go beyond anything we've ever seen in this country and threatens the very constitutional framework of our republic and the very ability of this nation to even have borders," Sessions said.
Sessions: Congress Must Stop President's Planned Amnesty Orders
“The current situation in the Rio Grande Valley is a humanitarian crisis of this Administration’s making. President Obama set the stage for this crisis by refusing to live up to his most basic responsibility to secure our border, imposing huge human and financial costs on border communities and on immigrants who come here illegally,” Sen. Cruz said in a statement. “He has also sent a message to the world that the United States is not serious about enforcing its immigration laws by lawlessly granting amnesty through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program. To solve this problem, we must put a stop to President Obama’s amnesty and give governors all options possible to mitigate this crisis in light of the federal government’s inaction.”
Cruz has introduced legislation , the Protect Children and Families Through the Rule of Law Act, in order to "stop President Obama’s amnesty, reform the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Act, and empower governors to utilize the National Guard to address this specific crisis at federal expense, including authority to arrest violators of federal immigration, drug trafficking, human trafficking, and terrorism laws."
Meanwhile, leaders from Central American countries are meeting at the White House today to discuss the ongoing crisis.
President Barack Obama is summoning Central American leaders to the White House to discuss the influx of young immigrants from their countries to the U.S., hoping to show presidential action even as Congress remains deeply split over proposals to stem the crisis on the border.
The meeting comes as the administration is considering creating a pilot program giving refugee status to young people from Honduras, White House officials said Thursday. The plan would involve screening youths in their home country to determine whether they qualify for refugee status. The program would be limited and would start in Honduras but could be expanded to include other Central American countries.
Earlier this week, Speaker John Boehner sent a letter to President Obama threatening funding if border security is not taken seriously.
Refugees?
Is the goal to escape their country or to get to the US?
Refugees usually flee to neighboring countries. How many is Mexico taking in? Neighboring Central American countries?
Is any country other than the US taking in these refugees?
The answers are none, none and none. This is all a crock!
If the people don’t turn now on the dummicraps this country is doomed.
And Shiitehead in office will have destroyed this country.
He doesn’t work hard enough or have enough stress to have a stroke. Plus, with Moochelle’s “healthy eating” initiative, obviously, he doesn’t have plaque build-up with all those veggies (though he does stray occasionally with a hamburger and fries or a little Wagu beef). Then there’s all the exercise he gets - - golf, basketball, bowling, bicycle riding, etc. He’ll get lots of R&R and really tune into his inner being and eliminate any minimal stress he has spending 16 days on Martha’s Vineyard with the wifey and ValJar.
LOL
Only CONGRESS CAN AUTHORIZE IMMIGRATION! Obama should be impeached the instant
he even tries to use Executive orders for this severe breach of our Constitutional law.
Yes, he did it once and the House didn't do anything so he thinks it's going to pass over again.
All those illegals he used executive orders to give citizenship too can
be thrown out of America on their ASS!
FK you BOEHNER YOU SON-OF-A-BITCH!@
I’m sure he’ll be more interested in sterilizing them. The birth control drugs are being distributed to them already. 70% have been sexually abused on their travel.
Why would he want to sterilize them? Every egg and sperm combo represents another Democrat lifetime voter.
“the plan would direct the government to screen thousands of children and youths in Honduras to see if they can enter the United States”
So, Barry is acknowledging that the current system is not working. Under his new proposal he can pre-screen applicants to insure that they have the necessary Marxist world-view before gaining admittance.
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