Thread: 800,000 illegal aliens have had their DACA applications approved

3,000 DACA Recipients Already Put on Path to Citizenship

Posted on: July 26, 2016

In response to a congressional inquiry, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) finally admitted that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) illegal aliens are being put on a path to citizenship. Specifically, USCIS sent a letter to Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) that revealed that 2,994 DACA have “been approved for adjustment of status” — likely receiving legal permanent resident (green card) status — after further exploiting our immigration laws by being granted “advance parole.” (See Letter from Senators Grassley and Lee, Mar. 2, 2016, and USCIS Response, June 29, 2016)

Notably, this admission directly contradicts President Obama’s promise from June 2012 when he unilaterally implemented DACA, stating in the Rose Garden, “This is not amnesty, this is not immunity. This is not a path to citizenship.” (See Rose Garden Remarks, June 15, 2012)

Advance parole is an administratively created tool that allows an illegal alien to leave the U.S. with a promise of being “paroled” back into the U.S. upon return. Advanced parole, which has no statutory backing, is ostensibly based on the humanitarian parole statute. (Immigration and Nationality Act § 212(d)(5)) Granting parole is significant, because it allows aliens to circumvent provisions in the law that would normally bar their admission. (See INA § 201(b)(2)(A)(i); § 245(a)) Generally, aliens who have been residing in the country illegally long term cannot simply return to the country if they leave. INA Section 212(a)(9)(B) bars the admission of aliens who have been illegally present in the U.S. between six months and a year for three years; it also bars the admission of aliens who have been illegally present in the U.S. for over a year for ten years. (INA § 212(a)(9)(B)) But, by paroling them instead of admitting them into the country, the 3- and 10-year bars do not apply. (Id.)

Furthermore, now that the alien has entered the country through parole, the alien avoids certain grounds for inadmissibility, such as INA § 212(a)(6), which applies to aliens who are present in the country without “admission or parole,” and INA § 212(a)(7), which applies to aliens who are not in possession of valid entry documents. (INA § 212(a)(6-7)) Moreover, paroled aliens who are immediate relatives of U.S. citizens are generally eligible to apply for a green card and citizenship. (See INA § 245(a), (c)(2); see also USCIS.gov)

Ever since Congress rejected mass amnesty legislation, the Obama administration and its allies have been working behind the scenes to help DACA apply for advance parole. Not surprisingly, the Obama administration has expanded the grounds of advance parole to include “educational” and “employment” purposes to significantly expand the number of illegal aliens eligible to exploit advance parole and be put on a path to citizenship. For example, several Southern California university officials are creating “study abroad programs” for DACA students to get advance parole to essentially visit their families before returning to the U.S. with lawful status. (See The Fresno Bee, July 18, 2016)

The number of DACA recipients who wind up on a path to citizenship by exploiting advance parole is likely to increase significantly before the end of Obama’s presidency. According to the USCIS letter to the senators, as of December 31, 2015, 22,340 DACA have been approved for advance parole. (USCIS Response, June 29, 2016) Thus far, 5,068 DACA who received advance parole have applied for adjustment of status, and 2,994 were approved. (Id.) Importantly, the USCIS letter fails to include the number, if any, of DACA who were denied advance parole or adjustment of status. (Id.) Given the extremely high approval rate of DACA applications, it is likely that USCIS is rubber stamping advance parole and adjustment of status approvals for those who know to take advantage of the process.

According to USCIS data over 800,000 illegal aliens have had their DACA applications approved through the second quart of Fiscal Year 2016. (USCIS DACA Data)

While the USCIS letter sheds some light into this scheme, many questions remain unanswered.

Predictably, USCIS did not fully respond to all the questions posed by Sens. Grassley and Lee and attempted to downplay the scope of advance parole with the numbers it provided. (Compare Letter from Senators Grassley and Lee, Mar. 2, 2016, with USCIS Response, June 29, 2016) For example, USCIS omitted the numbers of applications denied and how many applications were still pending. (Id.)

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Someone needs to hack the database and push the DELETE button!

Hello Russia...help us out here!

800,000? That's an entire new city of illegal aliens living on welfare and stolen jobs. Disgusting. Disgusting. Disgusting. Our government is so corrupt, it's putrid.

Originally Posted by Beezer

Someone needs to hack the database and push the DELETE button! . . .

We need to save those records of all of their names, addresses, etc. for the Trump deport teams to use to locate them for deportation.