- The key is an internal link in the article below "The
new memo". When you click on that, it takes you here.
You'll see a June 17, 2011, memo issued by ICE for "Exercising Prosecutorial
Discretion Consistent with the Civil Immigration Enforcement Priorities
of the Agency for the Apprehension, Detention, and Removal of Aliens".
That document is six pages, and as they say, the devil is in the
details. * * *
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- Conclusion: I could not find an Executive Order
signed by the putative president (meaning he has no authority to execute
one) going back to Nov. 2010 giving amnesty to illegal aliens. The
June 17, 2011, memo cites a Bush Administration Delegation document defining
the authority to "exercise prosecutorial discretion in immigration
enforcement matters."
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- The problem, at least to me and I'm not an attorney,
is that the statute provided, 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (a)(17), does no such
thing. Unless I've missed something here, it appears someone is trying
to pull a fast one. That is what YOU need to bring to the attention
of your congress critter this week; the sooner the better. Make the time,
please. Without question, if you read the memo, it is an end run around
the Constitution.
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- It is blanket amnesty for illegal aliens and must be
stopped.
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- Read Story Below
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- Obama Lays The Groundwork For
- Dream Act Passage With Executive Order
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- June 25, 2011
- By Rmuse
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- America was once considered the land of opportunity where
anything was possible and millions of immigrants braved harsh conditions
to travel to the "promised land" to make their fortune and forge
a new life for themselves and their families. Indeed, America's "melting
pot" of nationalities and ethnicities has helped define the character
and values of what was once the greatest country on Earth, but for the
last two-and-a-half years, immigrants have become a pariah and source of
fear-mongering for conservatives and hate-filled white people. Republicans
have become predictable for their incitement of racial hatred every election
cycle and the 2010 midterm elections were the latest incarnation of immigrant
bashing and opposition to reform to address the millions of undocumented
immigrants living in this country.
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- To address the undocumented immigrants who work, attend
schools, serve in combat, raise families, and contribute tax dollars to
the system, the
Dream Act was proposed to give a clear path to citizenship for mostly
Mexican immigrants wishing to become legal residents and eventually American
citizens. Republicans and various conservative groups have vehemently opposed
the Dream Act and recently blocked its passage in the Senate,
but last week President Obama quietly issued an executive order that begins
to relax the deportation laws and effectively establishes some aspects
of the Dream Act as precursors to the law's passage. The move by Obama
is a start in addressing the immigration problem in this country by approaching
the issue from a position of compassion instead of outright hatred and
contempt.
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- In an order titled, "Exercising
Prosecutorial Discretion Consistent with the Civil Immigration Enforcement
Priorities of the Agency for the Apprehension, Detention, and Removal of
Aliens," the president instructed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) to exercise prosecutorial discretion when deciding to deport certain
undocumented immigrants. The memorandum's purpose is to give guidance to
immigration officials to "ensure that the agency's immigration enforcement
resources are focused on the agency's enforcement priorities. The memorandum
also serves to make clear which agency employees may exercise prosecutorial
discretion and what factors should be considered." Already, before
the memorandum is widely publicized by the mainstream media, conservatives
assailed the president's decision as enacting the Dream Act by executive
fiat to garner votes in spite of Congress's failure to pass the legislation.
Apparently, critics of the president's decision are not aware of the Dream
Act and are completely devoid of any measure of compassion for immigrants.
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- The executive order does not
grant citizenship to undocumented immigrants or give amnesty to those already
living and working in America. What it does do is give agents in the field
and ICE officials leeway in deciding the fate of immigrants based on factors
that any respectable American recognizes as humane. However, with states
passing inhumane laws like Arizona's
SB 1070, the racial profiling law aimed at Latinos in Arizona, a measure
of humanity is welcomed and characterizes the compassion Americans should
have for foreigners desirous to contribute to and become a part of the
American experience. For the past two years, there has been institutionalized
hate and vitriol from conservatives willing to blame Latinos for myriad
problems the country is facing even though the Obama Administration has
deported more Mexican immigrants and spent more time and money shoring
up border patrol efforts to control the southern border with Mexico than
anything the Bush Administration did.
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- Despite enhanced electronic surveillance measures, more
border patrol agents, and twice
the number of deportations of Mexican immigrants, conservatives
still portray the president as soft on immigration. The conservatives in
Congress though, have consistently avoided any serious attempts at immigration
reform to give a clear path to citizenship to immigrants already living
in the country.
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- When Obama and Democrats sought legislation to punish
employers for hiring undocumented workers, Republicans balked because corporations
benefit from workers who are too frightened to complain of harsh working
conditions and slave-labor wages. The agriculture industry would come to
a screeching halt without migrant labor provided by undocumented workers,
and in Georgia where
they just passed anti-immigrant legislation, farmers
are expressing concern that Mexican workers fled the state to
avoid arrest and deportation leaving crops rotting in the fields. The backbreaking
work for minimum wages is not appealing to American workers who would not
subject themselves to the harsh conditions undocumented workers endure,
so the argument that immigrants are stealing Americans' jobs is fallacious.
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- Americans who express hatred for undocumented workers
fail to realize that if employers didn't hire undocumented immigrants,
there would be little reason for them to come to America to work. It is
easier to blame the ills of society on voiceless people than face the simple
fact that immigrants are human beings who yearn to provide for their families
and make a better life in a country that at one time offered limitless
opportunity for all people to improve their lot in life. Between poor job
prospects to an adversarial public blaming immigrants for everything from
stealing Americans' jobs to beheading good
white Americans in the desert of Arizona, there is little reason for Mexican
immigrants to come to America. However, the immigrants who already live
and work here need some path to citizenship that the Dream Act offered.
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- President Obama has not offered a path to citizenship,
but he has provided guidance for ICE officials to show compassion for immigrants
who would qualify for the Dream Act's provisions if it were the law. Immigrants
who attend school for three years, fight in our wars, and contribute by
paying taxes to the government without receiving benefits should be shown
compassion and it is about time someone stepped up and treated these people
with the dignity and respect they deserve. The fear-mongering, hate-filled
conservatives and racists who treat undocumented immigrants like worthless
animals do not represent America and should be deported to Afghanistan
to experience the hate they show Mexican immigrants. However, someone with
compassion would save them from being sent to a barren wasteland and his
name is Barack Obama. All Americans should embrace a leader who shows compassion
to the least among us whether they are poor Mexican immigrants or vile,
hate filled Republicans.
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- http://www.politicususa.com/en/obama-dream-act
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