Thread: Conservatives accuse White House of circumventing immigratio

Conservatives accuse White House of circumventing immigration laws
From Paul Courson, CNN
August 23, 2010 3:58 p.m. EDT


Washington (CNN) -- A group of conservative activists slammed the Obama administration Monday for allegedly planning to use its administrative authority to undercut immigration restrictions in the wake of congressional inaction on a comprehensive reform bill.

In a letter sent to the White House, leaders of 17 conservative grass-roots organizations cited reports that the administration is considering using its executive power "to effectively legalize significant numbers of illegal aliens."

"We strongly urge that you refrain pursuing that tactic," they wrote. "We believe that such an abuse of power would further polarize the immigration issue, which already is so controversial that reasonable discussion is confounded."

Only Congress, they argued, "possesses plenary power over making our immigration policy. The administrative branch has limited discretion for dealing with aliens and quite limited policymaking authority."

The letter, which also cites "abuses of the legislative process" during the health care debate, was signed by members of the Eagle Forum, Judicial Watch, the Family Research Council and a Washington-area segment of the Tea Party movement, among others.

The White House has "come up with a back door plan to bypass the Congress and the American people," Colin Hanna, head of the group Let Freedom Ring, said at a news conference Monday.

"The administration is terrified that the illegal immigrant population is going to go down further because they want to keep them here in order to give them the amnesty and turn them into voters," alleged Roy Beck, head of NumbersUSA, which favors tighter immigration restrictions.

At issue is an internal Department of Homeland Security memo outlining multiple options for assisting illegal immigrants in the absence of new legislation.

The 11-page document, titled "Administrative Alternatives to Comprehensive Immigration Reform," describes how to reduce the threat of removal for some undocumented immigrants through various administrative and regulatory changes. It characterizes one potential change as "a non-legislative version of amnesty."

Among other things, the document describes a draft proposal to "extend benefits and/or protections" to individuals currently "present in the United States without authorization."

It also mentions the possibility of "deferred action," defined as "an exercise of prosecutorial discretion."

The document, initially obtained by GOP Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, indicates the suggestions have the "potential to result in meaningful immigration reform" without congressional action. It acknowledges, however, a broad price tag if the ideas are adopted without restraint.

"While it is theoretically possible to grant deferred action to an unrestricted number of unlawfully present individuals, doing so would likely be controversial, not to mention expensive," the document says.

Representatives of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services -- the Homeland Security agency responsible for drafting the memo -- indicated in a statement last month that the document was merely brainstorming.

"Internal memos do not and should not be equated with official action or policy," the statement noted. The Homeland Security Department "will not grant deferred action or humanitarian parole to the nation's entire illegal immigrant population."

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Has anyone else noticed the MSN always labels "Conservative" but never uses the word "Progressive" or "Left Wing" when describing the people involved when some issue is being discussed ?

Has anyone ever heard "The Progressive,Left Wing SPLC" described as such when mentioned in a article ?

This is absolutely positively outrageous. If Americans don't get the states to take control back over immigration, then God help US all, and I don't think God's in the mood to help those who refuse to help themselves.

Originally Posted by Judy

This is absolutely positively outrageous. If Americans don't get the states to take control back over immigration, the God help US all, and I don't think God's in the mood to help those who refuse to help themselves.

I Know what you are saying but they want the vote the gov don't care about the USA just the illigal Immigrants , Im ///// wee are going to fight

Did anyone see FOX and Friends yesterday?

They reported on an illegal alien who voted in Tenn.. He walked into the election board and asked to be taken off of the voter registration as he wanted to become a U.S. citizen, he had a letter from the Dept of Homeland Security that stated he needed to get himself off of the rolls before he could get his citizenship as he had already voted in the last election.

The lady at the election board copied the letter and put it on file as once he is removed their is no record of it....AMAZING!! AND HOW MUCH OF THIS IS GOING ON BEHIND OUR BACK.

The lady from the election board was on FOX telling the story.

Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: per·ju·ry
Pronunciation: 'p&r-j&-rE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ries

: the act or crime of knowingly making a false statement (as about a material matter) while under oath or bound by an affirmation or other officially prescribed declaration that what one says, writes, or claims is true —compare FALSE SWEARING

Hello what ever happen to "Perjury" ? A fELONY!

So now we have someone who crossed the border illegal, registered to vote illegally and more than likely has fraudulant ID or stolen id in order to work in this country...HOW MANY CRIMES ARE THEY ALLOWED?

In my town, illegals register to vote, but when called to jury duty they send back the form with "not a citizen" written on it. Jury duty rolls are taken from voting records.