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DHS: Prepare for another immigration surge

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Sam Rolley Views: 584
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As the nation awaits President Barack Obama’s unilateral immigration reform announcement, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says that the U.S. should brace for another surge in illegal immigration.
Speaking before the National Press Club on Wednesday, the Washington Times reports that Johnson said the surge will likely result “as the U.S. economy picks up and as seasonal patterns change…”
“We’re determined that we need to do more ourselves for border security,” Johnson said. “I’m concerned about the possibility of another rise in illegal migration.”
The DHS secretary said that provisions to strengthen border security will likely be included in the immigration-related executive actions President Obama is set to reveal Thursday evening.
Johnson’s focus on border security at DHS has been more pronounced than that of his predecessor, Janet Napolitano.
The president touched on the issue of border security in remarks he made Sunday.
“We’ve got severe resource constraints right now at the border not in apprehending people, but in processing and having enough immigration judges and so forth,” Obama said, according to ABC. “And so what’s within our authority to do is reallocating resources and re-prioritizing since we can’t do everything.”
He also acknowledged that DHS will likely be greatly affected by his immigration policy changes.
“Any executive action that I take is going to require some adjustments to how DHS, the Department of Homeland Security, operates where it’s deploying resources, etc.; how are folks processed; what priorities are set up,” Obama said. “And so I want to make sure that we’ve crossed all our t’s and dotted all our i’s — that that’s my main priority.”

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Universal E-Verify would accomplish more to stem the tide of illega aliens than will any fence, and it would do it for pennies on the enforcement dollar. Let's see if Toxic 'Bama includes E-Verify in his "reform" of our immigration laws.
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