Obama flouts law with policy on deportations, senators say

By Jerry Seper


The Washington Times

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Eighteen Republican senators led by the Senate Judiciary Committee’s ranking member, Sen. Charles E. Grassley, are questioning the Obama administration’s immigration policies, saying they go beyond the scope of the law and allow those who entered the country illegally to remain.

Citing a June 17 memo from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and an Aug. 18 directive by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, the senators criticized in a letter Monday to President Obama policies they said “outline and encourageâ€