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GOP Lawmakers Warn of Administration Plan to Grant Amnesty to Illegal Immigrants

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Eight Republican senators and an independent group that supports tighter limits on immigration are warning that the Obama administration is drafting a plan to "unilaterally" issue blanket amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants as it struggles to win support in Congress for an overhaul of immigration laws.

The senators who wrote the White House on Monday say they are concerned that the administration is readying a "Plan B" in case a comprehensive reform bill cannot win enough support to clear Congress.
"It seems more real than just bullying (Republicans) into a bill -- that it's a plan that they can actually put forward ... circumventing Congress," an aide told FoxNews.com on Wednesday.

In their letter, the senators -- Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa; Orrin Hatch, R-Utah; David Vitter, R-La.; Jim Bunning, R-Ky.; Saxby Chambliss, Ga.; Johnny Isakson, R-Ga.; James Inhofe, R-Okla.; and Thad Cochran, R-Miss. -- urge the president to "abandon" what they say is a move to "unilaterally extend either deferred action or parole to millions of illegal aliens in the United States."

"Such a move would further erode the American public's confidence in the federal government and its commitment to securing the borders and enforcing the laws already on the books," they wrote.

Deferred action and parole, which give illegal immigrants the ability to seek a work permit and temporary legal status, are normally granted on a case-by-case basis. But the aide said the lawmakers have learned from "sources" that the administration is considering flexing its authority to grant the status on a mass basis.

Numbers USA, an organization that presses for lower immigration levels along with humanitarian treatment of illegal immigrants, has started a petition to the president expressing "outrage" at the alleged plan.

Rosemary Jenks, director of government relations with Numbers USA, said she's been hearing for weeks from "sources close to the Democratic leadership" in both chambers that administration officials are discussing whether the Department of Homeland Security could direct staff to grant "amnesty" for all illegal immigrants in the country.

"They're trying to figure out ways around a vote," she said.
"Any attempt to force an amnesty on the American people using this underhanded method smacks of despotism," reads the fax the group is urging supporters to sign.

The White House has not responded to a request for comment.
The Department of Homeland Security estimated last year that 10.8 million undocumented residents live in the United States; other estimates have ranged higher. Any move to grant blanket legal status, even temporary, would raise questions about how Homeland Security would be able to handle the caseload. Jenks said Congress certainly wouldn't grant the administration the funding for more caseworkers.

The purported discussions of a blanket amnesty come in the middle of several concurrent and heated debates over illegal immigration. The recently signed immigration law in Arizona has divided the country, with some states trying to replicate the state's tough legislation and other jurisdictions boycotting the state in protest. The Obama administration plans to file a court challenge.

Democrats, meanwhile, have been trying to round up support for an overhaul bill in Congress, and the Interior Department is facing renewed criticism from Republican lawmakers over restrictions it places on Border Patrol officers policing the border on federal lands. Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., shocked several Arizona residents last week when he told them that Obama had said he would not beef up border security because it would leave Republicans without an incentive to pass broader immigration reforms.

Jenks said the talks about Homeland Security allowing illegal immigrants to stay are "serious."

Under the law, immigration officials can grant deferred action to temporarily postpone removing an illegal immigrant from the country. That status does not offer a guarantee that they won't face deportation, but Jenks said illegal immigrants granted parole are often allowed to seek permanent legal status.

If a "Plan B" is being discussed, it's unclear how far along the talks might be. Another GOP Senate aide said the discussions started after Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Richard Lugar, R-Ind., called on Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano in April to stop deportations of undocumented students who could earn legal status under a bill they introduced.

A Senate Democratic aide said the Obama administration never responded to the April letter.

Think this will help the Congress members who oppose amnesty and open borders to move out of the same old box Washington has been enslaved in to their big money and power bank rolls corporations and individuals?

Or will they be rolled over to shove amnesty down America's throat.

If amnesty goes through I hope all cameras are on all areas of the southern border to document the rush, so that it can be used for upcoming law suits against the Federal Government for aiding and abetting illegal aliens who:

-- murder Americans.

-- rape Americans.

-- threaten Americans.

-- enslave Americans.

-- steal from Americans.

-- hold hostage Americans.

-- give free passage, as new American citizens, to terrorists into America's borders.

-- move to make Mexico a state of the USA.

-- move to change America into the new biggest city of Mexico.


Oooohhhh, the good times that are ahead for America.

Can you smell the stench of "the death of a nation" - yet?

Wonder where Hollywood will stand on their film of America's transformation into a bigger Mexico?

This man put his filthy hand on the Lincoln bible and swore to uphold the laws of this country.

If our ELECTED representatives just stand by and let this tyrant sign this order why go thru the expense and time to even have elections. They are allowing themselves to become obsolete.. If this idiot can just executve order everything and anything why bother. That is what all of those people get for voting this bum, who was not raised in this country, has no respect for this country, but then again, the people who voted for him are ignorant. and uneducated and want all of the freebies and don't care about this country either. All of the people he will be granting amnesty to, and I do think he will do it, have no appreciation for this country and what it is suppose to stand for. They are all socilaists so they won't even know what they are losing. When they have turned this country into the country they just left, what are they going to do? Where are they going to go to ruin another country with their entitlement and unappreicative mentality. I cried this morning because when this happens my country is gone. I have never hated anyone in my life until now. This man deserves NO RESPECT from anyone. I wish our ELECTED officials had some honor among them and try to recall this prez, and I use that term lightly.

isn't he taking this executive order thing toooooooooooooo far?

I have been trying for 2 days to get through to the White House comment line and it remains busy.

I've been calling Democratic Senators to urge them to urge Obama to back off any plans for executive order amnesty. The staffers I have spoken with haven't heard about this strong rumor yet.

I just called Senator Sessions' office and the staffer said they have been getting a lot of calls about this. It won't take long for this to get around.

A staffer at Senator Grassley's office told me his letter about this to the president just went out on Monday and she had no other information on this at this time.

Originally Posted by ReggieMay

This man put his filthy hand on the Lincoln bible and swore to uphold the laws of this country.

Hands on the Lincoln Bible is nothing but "symbolism" and "smoke and mirrors".

All the "symbolism" surrounding Obama's campaign is much like what Oprah does when she's selling this-or-that.

Obama is nothing but a mouth piece wrapped up in the first black president.

The latter of that sentence is important because it proves how far the USA has gone in hiring a person with darker skin than whites - even without the qualifications - which is nothing more than what has already been happening with much of the laws surrounding labor hiring practices (EEOC) for minorities.

The law states that if there are two (or more) QUALIFIED candidates for a position, and one of them is black, then the black person should get the job.

The way this all turned out was that hostile groups filed mega amounts of UNjustified law suits that scared employers into hiring the blacks over MORE QUALIFIED whites.

This works real well with all races, especially when a <any race> boss is hiring and they give the <same race as themselves> candidate the job just because they are the same race as the boss.

This is why illegal aliens can be hired above whites - because the hostile blacks educated them BY ACTIONS how to do it and steal America as their own.

Only now it's the "people of color" who gain power who ALEDGE racist IMPLICATIONS, not based in truth or proof, against whites ONLY.