Thread: Who May Qualify to Remain in U.S. Under New Policy

August 19, 2011, 8:53 AM ET.

Who May Qualify to Remain in U.S. Under New Obama Immigration Policy.

By Nathan Koppel

Immigration rights advocates earlier this week voiced anger at the Obama administration for targeting criminal offenders for deportation — a crackdown, critics contend, that has netted too many low-levels offenders who are never even convicted of crimes.

Presumably, critics have less to complain about, after the president yesterday made a major shift in immigration policy, announcing that the administration might allow many of the 300,000 illegally immigrants currently facing deportation to remain in the country.

The White House announced that it would use more discretion and review deportation cases on an individual basis, possibly sparing those who aren’t deemed a true threat to public safety. Here’s an article from WSJ’s Miriam Jordan announcing the policy shift.

So, under the president’s new case-by-case approach to deportation, what type of folks stand an improved chance of remaining in the U.S. ? The administration fortunately has provided some guidance.

We start with a statement posted to the White House blog from Cecilia Munoz, the White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs.

“There are more than 10 million people who are in the U.S. illegally; it’s clear that we can’t deport such a large number,â€

Hmm better use of resources:

Concentrate on Grand Larceny's while ignoring Petite Larceny's.

Concentrate on DWI's while ignoring speeders.

Concentrate on bank robbers while ignoring shoplifters.

Those ideas would never fly yet this 'policy BS' is allowed to soar!

Obama's new policy subverts our laws. The policies are illegal and any agency that implements them is breaking the law.

He may get his civil unrest after all, people are fed up with the fraud and election rigging and this is the most blatant and worst case on record. A Presdent that has no morals is not fit to be the leadrer of a moral people, JMO.

Was this the plan when DHS and the SPLC started putting out the middle class whiter terrorist prpaganda? Doing their propaganda prep for the big "event". Sorry worthless bunch of near do wells. I saw people like them in Russia in 1990.

I am thinking that Napolitano will do anything to stay in power, as will Holder and the rest of the sorry politboro that is occupying Washington.

Doesn't this just bottleneck the deportation courts that much more. Just follow the existing fed. immg. law and DEPORT THEM ALL!!!

Something to remember about voting and immigration as Obama is giving in to the illegal aliens.....
As soon as an alien is given legal residency, they CAN and DO vote in local elections, by LAW. Most of them just vote in national elections as well, because they know nothing will be done...nothing was done when they broke the law to get here, was it??

For years, I've been putting out the information on how many places in this country aliens get to vote! No one seems to notice. Non citizens are electing your leaders! This doesn't even touch the MILLIONS of anchor babies who turn 18 every year and advance their socialist views! WAKE UP!

NONCITIZEN VOTING RIGHTS LEGISLATION AROUND THE UNITED STATES:
(Proposed and Enacted)

* California
Draft legislation in San Francisco schools
...Describing and setting forth a proposal to the qualified voters of the City and County of San Francisco to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by adding Section 13.111 to authorize San Francisco residents 18 years of age or older who have children in the San Francisco Unified School District to vote in elections for the Board of Education, regardless of whether the resident is a United States citizen, and to direct the Board of Supervisors implement, by ordinance, non-citizen voting in School Board elections...READ MORE

Maine
By some legal opinions, enfranchising non-citizens in Portland would involve modifying Article IV, Section 11 of the City Charter and Section 30-A M.R.S.A. § 2501(2) of the state election code. Maine's Home Rule states that, "The inhabitants of any municipality shall have the power to alter and amend their characters on all matters, not prohibited by Constitution or general law, which are local and municipal in character."

Massachusetts
Massachusetts Senate Bill 2029 (2003)
PROPOSED: SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section one of chapter fifty-one of the General Laws, or any other general or special law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, resident aliens eighteen years of age or older who reside in the town of Amherst may, upon application, have their names entered on a list of voters established by the town clerk for the town of Amherst and may thereafter vote in any election for local offices and local ballot questions.... READ MORE

Cambridge City Council Policy Order resolution APPROVED Notwithstanding the provisions of section one of chapter fifty-one of the General Laws, or any other general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, non-citizens eighteen
years or older who reside in the city of Cambridge may, upon application, have their names entered on a list of voters, established by the Elections Commission, for the city of Cambridge and may thereafter vote in any election for school committee
members, and school committee questions and City Council. Such non-citizen members shall remain eligible to vote in school committee and City Council elections for so long as they remain domiciled in Cambridge... READ MORE

Massachusetts State Assembly Bill H4540 Feb 2004
PROPOSED: SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section one of chapter fifty-one of the General Laws, or any other general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, non-citizens eighteen years or older who reside in the city of Cambridge may, upon application, have their names entered on a list of voters, established by the Elections Commission, for the city of Cambridge and may thereafter vote in any election for school committee members, and school committee questions and City Council. Such non-citizen members shall remain eligible to vote in school committee and City Council elections for so long as they remain domiciled in Cambridge. READ MORE


Amherst Town Warrant
APPROVED...Notwithstanding the provision of section one of chapter fifty-one of the General Laws, or any other general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, resident aliens eighteen years of age or older who reside in Amherst may, upon application, have their names entered on a list of voters established by the town clerk for the town of Amherst and may thereafter vote in any election for local offices and local ballot questions... READ MORE

Newton, MA special legislation #171-04 (language authorized October 20, 2004) ...Notwithstanding the PROPOSED: provision of section one of chapter fifty-one of the General Laws, or any other general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, resident aliens eighteen years of age or older who reside in Amherst may, upon application, have their names entered on a list of voters established by the town clerk for the town of Amherst and may thereafter vote in any election for local offices and local ballot questions... READ MORE

Minnesota
HF OO71 (A Bill to Amend the State Constitution) January 13, 2003
PROPOSED: An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article VII, section 1, is proposed to the people. If the amendment is adopted, the section will read: Section 1. Every person 18 years of age or more who has been a citizen of the United States for three months and who has resided in the precinct for 30 days next preceding an election shall be entitled to vote in that precinct. A local unit of government may authorize voting in its elections by a person who is 18 years of age or more, has resided in the local government jurisdiction for 30 days next preceding an election, and is not a citizen of the United States but is a permanent resident of the United States under federal law... READ MORE

New York
New York State Assembly Bill 9180 (Lopez, 2003)
PROPOSED: Section 1. The legislature hereby finds and declares that the right to vote is an essential part of membership in the communities which make up the state of New York. In order to ensure that all persons who permanently and legally reside in our state have a voice and a stake in the decisions made by the political process, it is necessary and proper to extend the right to them, as citizens of New York state, to vote in elections for offices and on issues which affect them.

8 S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 5-102 of the election law is amended to read as follows:

10 1. No person shall be qualified to register for and vote at any election unless he is a citizen of the United States OR AN ALIEN LAWFULLY ADMITTED FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN THE UNITED STATES and is or will be, on the day of such election, eighteen years of age or over, and a resident of this state and of the county, city or village for a minimum of thirty days next preceding such election. READ MORE


New York State Assembly Bill 5129 (Perry, 2003) PROPOSED: February 25, 2003 ...Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 5-108 to read as follows: S 5-108. QUALIFICATION OF SPECIAL LOCAL VOTERS. 1. ANY PERSON WHO IS A RESIDENT ALIEN, WHO HAS EARNED PERMANENT LEGAL STATUS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS, AND WHO HAS BEEN A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS MAY REGISTER AS A SPECIAL LOCAL VOTER AND SHALL BE ENTITLED TO VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO PERSON WHO THOUGH ELIGIBLE, HAS NOT FILED AN APPLICATION FOR CITIZENSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES SHALL BE DEEMED ELIGIBLE UNDER THIS SECTION... READ MORE

Texas *************
Texas H.B. 2816 (1995) (in Microsoft Word)
PROPOSED: SECTION 1. Title 2, Election Code, is amended by adding Chapter 20 to read as follows:

CHAPTER 20. VOTING BY RESIDENT ALIEN

Sec. 20.001. LOCAL OPTION ELECTION. (a) The governing body of a political subdivision may order an election in the political subdivision on the question of whether a person who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence, as defined by 8 U.S.C. Section 1101, may vote in an election held by the political subdivision. READ MORE

Washington, DC
The Equitable Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2004
Council of the District of Columbia Bill 15-977
Introduced July 13, 2004
PROPOSED ...Sec. 2. Section 2 of the District of Columbia Election Code of 1955, approved August 12, 1955 (69 Stat. 699; D.C. Official Code § 1-1001.01 et seq.), is amended by adding a new paragraph (2)(D) to read as follows: "(2)(D) A resident alien, defined as an immigrant lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States in accordance with section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration Nationality Act, approved June 27, 1952 (66 Stat. 166; 8 U.S.C. _1101(a)(20)), who otherwise qualifies under the other provisions paragraphs (2)(A), (B), and (C), shall be entitled to vote in local elections, which include elections for the Board of Education, Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, the Council, and the Mayor, and any voter initiative or referendum."... READ MORE

http://www.immigrantvoting.org/legislat ... ation.html



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Originally Posted by AuntB

Something to remember about voting and immigration as Obama is giving in to the illegal aliens.....
As soon as an alien is given legal residency, they CAN and DO vote in local elections, by LAW. Most of them just vote in national elections as well, because they know nothing will be done...nothing was done when they broke the law to get here, was it??

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And something to remember about the majority of average 'legal' voters .. they are APATHETIC towards believing their vote counts because of so many broken political promises by professional politicians controlled by lobbyists hostile to American values and sovereignty.

Thanks for posting that, AuntB.

I believe that every true AMERICAN WILL BE DEPORTED so illegals can stay.