Obama’s Latest Stealth Amnesty (Pretty Comprehensive)

[TheRightsWriter.com]

by Ben Johnson

Although a large majority (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/us/04poll.html) of Americans support enforcing immigration law, the Obama administration has undertaken a series of steps to impose amnesty upon the country by fiat. Administration officials are largely ignoring the law, forbidding local officers from keeping their communities safe, and preparing a federally imposed plan of amnesty without a single representative voting on it - all to secure a loyal Democratic voting bloc.

Part of Barack Obama’s plan to "fundamentally transform" the American electorate is to admit as many illegal aliens as possible, and then grant them amnesty. Since Arizona passed S.B. 1070 to enforce federal immigration law against the president’s targeted demographic, the Obama administration has sued the state and legally harassed Sheriff Joe Arpaio for "racially profiling" illegal aliens on the Mexican border. The bill requires the illegals be stopped for some other violation, such as a traffic violation.

Not surprisingly, a new draft memo (http://www.cis.org/articles/2010/ice-draft-080110.pdf) has appeared instructing all law enforcement (http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2010/aug/ice-won-t-arrest-illegal-aliens-caught-traffic-stops) - including any "state, local, or tribal officer" - that no one "should not issue detainers against an alien charged only with a traffic-related misdemeanor." These stops often (http://www.spinalcolumnonline.com/Articles-i-2010-05-26-73424.113117_Traffic_stop_leads_to_arrest_of_illeg al_alien.html) net (http://www.wnem.com/news/16902094/detail.html) one (http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=e5ee2f142248fa989eb34 2c240c677e2) or more (http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubsectionID=1086&ArticleID=79331) illegal immigrants (http://www.topix.com/forum/city/peru-in/TEAADS71389M01MOM). Now, the policeman can only arrest a suspect if he commits some other crime - like, perhaps, killing him. That’s what happened to Deputy Frank Fabiano Jr. (http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.4043/pub_detail.asp) of Kenosha County, Wisconsin, during a routine traffic stop in 2007. His murderer,Ezeiquel Lopez-Quintero, was an illegal with four prior arrests. The federal statute would gut the popular Arizona law and any similar bill passed by another state.

If such cases make it to court, Obama simply drops them. The Department of Homeland Security made headlines just today when word leaked the agency was systematically dismissing "thousands" of deportation cases (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/special/immigration/7169978.html) pending against illegal immigrants nationwide - 2,500 in Houston alone. Last week, John Morton wrote a memo that could let off as many as 17,000 illegals who are related to American citizens.

Also today, DHS gave the word that Secretary Janet Napolitano is likely to ignore a congressionally mandated program (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/24/us-visa-violators-unlikely-to-be-fingered/) to assure legal immigrants do not overstay their visas by fingerprinting them as they leave. Some 40 (http://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/october-12-2009/us-not-tracing-visa-overstays.html)-45 (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5485917) percent of all illegal immigrants - that is, 6-10 million people - have entered the country this way.

These stealth amnesty measures for traffic violators and visa-holders should ring an eerie echo for all Americans. Six of the 9/11 hijackers overstayed their visas (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5485917), and two were stopped (http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2006/05/Terrorist-Loophole-Senate-Bill-Disarms-Law-Enforcement) for a non-violent traffic arrest.

Although some of the hijackers arrived on student visas, the Obama administration has also exempted all otherwise-law abiding illegals of college age. The New York Times reported (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/09/us/09students.html?_r=2&hp) that the government has stopped deporting young illegals earlier this month - an exemption that applies to 726,000 people (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/09/us/09students.html?_r=2&hp). Why? Tuscon’s KGUN-TV reports the case of Marlen Moreno, a woman brought to America illegally as a young girl who was about to be deported. Instead, Napolitano allowed her to stay an extra year:

The reason: If passed, she would be eligible for the DREAM act.

The DREAM Act (http://www.cis.org/mortensen/dream-act-military-service)allows illegals who complete two years of college or receive an honorable discharge to receive amnesty. Although the bill has not passed, and admitting thousands of poorly educated young people into underfunded colleges would have disastrous effects on higher education (http://www.cis.org/north/dream-act-higher-education), Obama is keeping these illegals on hand in case the Democratic majority rams it through during a lame duck session.

Amnesty may come even if Congress does nothing. In June, the Center for Immigration Studies (http://www.cis.org/) obtained a memo (http://www2.nationalreview.com/memo_UCIS_072910.html) from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that threatened to impose amnesty by fiat (http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/../../../../../smoking-gun-memo-on-obamas-force-through-amnesty/). It discussed "meaningful immigration reform absent legislative action" by "issuing new guidance and regulations, exercising discretion with regard to parole-in-place, deferred action" and "process improvements." Although Obama administration officials insist the memo was merely a "draft" that somehow got put together - a creative, amnesty-granting snafu - former Bush administration officials who were part of behind-the-scenes talks vouch that the fascist plan is on the table (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/24/source-administration-weighing-unilateral-legalization-illegal-immigrants/).

It is no wonder the ICE union passed a vote of no confidence (http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2010/aug/5/ice-union-employees-leadership-wont-let-us-enforce/) against John Morton, who is in charge of (non-)enforcement. Obama appointed Harold Hurtt (http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/../../../../../obama-puts-amnesty-advocate-in-charge-of-immigration/) head of ICE’s "state and local coordination" office, although Hurtt is an advocate of sanctuary cities (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/24/obama-administration-picks-critic-immigration-enforcement-key-role-ice/) and an opponent of local immigration enforcement.

Obama is stalling immigration’s enforcement and prevention machinery in hopes of legalizing the alien population and turning them into loyal Democratic voters.

Although 68 percent of Americans (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/support_for_mexican_border_fence_up_to_68) support building a border fence, the federal government has built only half of the 700-mile fence authorized in 2006 (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/26/AR2006102600120.html) - at least, only half is an actual fence. An additional 300 miles of "fence" stop automobiles but not humans. Some of the fence is "wildlife friendly" (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/04/05/border-fence-renewed-rancher-killing/) - allowing animals and humans to cross. One such stretchborders the farm of Robert Krentz, who was allegedly murdered by an illegal alien in March (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/03/30/illegal-immigrant-suspected-murder-arizona-rancher/).

Some of his defenders point to the fact that fines on employers are up - a welcome development - tripling to $3 million. However, Fox News found "arrests and deportations of illegals taken into custody at work sites plummeted by more than 80 percent (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/08/23/company-audits-illegal-worker-arrests-way/) from the last year of the Bush administration." Coincidentally, this strategy raises much-needed funds for Obama’s Big Government schemes while leaving illegal immigrants free to wait for amnesty.

Despite media reports (http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/08/15/99203/obama-steps-up-deportations-of.html) of record-breaking enforcement, experts find deportations have fallen (http://spectator.org/blog/2010/08/10/obama-and-deportations-ctd) for the first time since 2002.

Pretenses of "cracking down on the border" are Obama’s way of quelling unrest so he can pass "Comprehensive Immigration Reform." President George W. Bush did the same thing (http://therightswriter.com/2006/05/bushs-smoke-and-mirrors-at-the-border/) the last two years of his presidency. In fact, the Secure Communities program responsible for the majority of Obama’s deportations this year began in 2007 under Bush (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/24/source-administration-weighing-unilateral-legalization-illegal-immigrants/).

ICE is ignoring the will of the people because 67 percent of Hispanics voted for Barack Obama (http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1024/exit-poll-analysis-hispanics) in 2008. So did 79 percent of Hispanic youth - the beneficiaries of the DREAM Act. If they were citizens, their sheer numbers would swallow up many bastions of traditional conservatism, and their voting patterns would ensure a left-wing majority for decades to come. No wonder the Center for Immigration Studies is hosting a conference asking, "Can Conservatism Survive Mass Immigration?" (http://www.cis.org/Announcements/ConservativesAndImmigration)

The better question is, Can America survive Obama?


Original Source (http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/obamas-latest-stealth-amnesty/).

[Zippyjuan]

Hmm.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/25/AR2010072501790.html

Deportation of illegal immigrants increases under Obama administration

By Peter Slevin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, July 26, 2010

In a bid to remake the enforcement of federal immigration laws, the Obama administration is deporting record numbers of illegal immigrants and auditing hundreds of businesses that blithely hire undocumented workers.


The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency expects to deport about 400,000 people this fiscal year, nearly 10 percent above the Bush administration's 2008 total and 25 percent more than were deported in 2007. The pace of company audits has roughly quadrupled since President George W. Bush's final year in office.

The effort is part of President Obama's larger project "to make our national laws actually work," as he put it in a speech this month at American University. Partly designed to entice Republicans to support comprehensive immigration reform, the mission is proving difficult and politically perilous.

Obama is drawing flak from those who contend the administration is weak on border security and from those who are disappointed he has not done more to fulfill his campaign promise to help the country's estimated 11 million illegal residents. Trying to thread a needle, the president contends enforcement -- including the deployment of fresh troops to the Mexico border -- is a necessary but insufficient solution.

A June 30 memorandum from ICE director John Morton instructed officers to focus their "principal attention" on felons and repeat lawbreakers. The policy, influenced by a series of sometimes-heated White House meetings, also targets repeat border crossers and declares that parents caring for children or the infirm should be detained only in unusual cases.

"We're trying to put our money where our mouth is," Morton said in an interview, describing the goal as a "rational" immigration policy. "You've got to have aggressive enforcement against criminal offenders. You have to have a secure border. You have to have some integrity in the system."

Morton said the 400,000 people expected to be deported this year -- either physically removed or allowed to leave on their own power -- represent the maximum the overburdened processing, detention and immigration court system can handle.

[TheRightsWriter.com]

They did not make the "400,000," and if you take out the "self-deportations" they have fallen. It's Washington statistics.

[FrankRep]

Senator Jon Kyl: President Obama Purposely Leaving Border Unsecured
http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/immigration/3878-senator-says-president-purposely-leaving-border-unsecured

Obama Threatens to Enact Amnesty Via Executive Order
http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/immigration/3877-obama-threatens-to-enact-amnesty-via-executive-order

Internal USCIS Memo Cuts Congress Out of Amnesty Plan
http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/4174-internal-uscis-memo-cuts-congress-out-of-amnesty-plan

[Zippyjuan]

Of course they have not hit the 400,000 figure yet. The 400,000 is the expected total for the year- and the year is only 3/4ths over so far. "expects to deport" does not seem to include voluntary deportations. Last year there was a net decrease of one million estimated illegal aliens in the country and about the same number the year before that.

That article was from June. A more recent piece:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/08/a_record_backlog_in_immigratio.html

A record backlog in immigration courts
By Suzy Khimm

The lawsuit against the Arizona immigration law aside, Obama has devoted nearly all his efforts on immigration to ramped up enforcement, and his administration is on track to deport a record number of illegal immigrants. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency expects the number of deportations to increase by 10 percent above Bush's 2008 total -- and 25 percent above the 2007 total. But this number would be far higher were it not for the record number of immigrants who remain in legal purgatory, as there's an unprecedented backlog of deportation and asylum cases that have yet to be heard. The Center for Investigative Reporting explains:

There were nearly 248,000 cases pending by the middle of June this year, a whopping 33 percent higher than where the figure stood at the end of fiscal year 2008. … TRAC also found that the average length of time it’s taken to conclude immigration cases during 2010 reached 459 days, a number higher than any year since at least 1998. By state, California remains the leader in average wait times with more than 640 days. One hearing location in San Diego posted an extraordinary average wait time of nearly 1,300 days, or to put it another way, more than three years.

The massive backlog is partly the result of more aggressive enforcement, as the administration has moved swiftly to conduct audits of businesses that hire immigrants, expand programs like Secure Communities -- which allows local law enforcement to target illegal immigrants with criminal records -- and target illegal immigrants with alleged gang ties. And the number of immigration cases will continue piling up in the absence of a comprehensive immigration overhaul and a pathway to legal status for illegal immigrants. Political gridlock has kept Congress from even debating such a bill, according to the Democratic leadership. The pressure to tackle immigration issues hasn't let up, however, and the White House has decided that increased enforcement is the most feasible and politically palatable alternative in the meantime.

But that's not all that's behind the holdup. Obama's Justice Department has also failed to fill an eyebrow-raising number of judicial vacancies in immigration courts. As of March, one out of every six positions remained unfilled, the Center for Investigative Reporting notes. At the time, the agency had promised to hire 47 judges by Sept. 30, but only five new immigration judges have been sworn in thus far. (The empty slots are also a reminder of the glaring number of judicial vacancies that have yet to be filled in the federal courts as well.)

In the meantime, hundreds of thousands of immigrants are stuck in limbo. Some are being held in detention centers, and others are being monitored at large. It's a diverse group, on the whole: 27 percent of people in the backlog are from Mexico, 9 percent are from China, and Armenians have the longest wait time (938 days, on average). They and their families are all just waiting to hear whether they must stay or go. And both sides of the immigration debate would probably agree that the decision should come sooner than later.

[Zippyjuan]

Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/08/12/immigration-chief-touts-agencys-record-high-deportations/

Immigration Chief Touts Agency's Record-High Deportations

Published August 12, 2010
| Associated Press
Print Email Share Comments (38) Text Size The federal government has deported more illegal immigrants from the U.S. than ever before, the director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Thursday as part of an effort to push back on the suggestion Washington isn't doing enough.

"For those who doubt the federal government's resolve in the enforcement of immigration law, let me say this: We are committed to strong, effective immigration enforcement, and the facts speak for themselves," ICE Director John Morton said.

He said his agency removed a record 380,000 illegal immigrants from the U.S. last fiscal year, and about a third of them were convicted criminals. So far this fiscal year, ICE removed 136,000 illegal immigrants who are convicted criminals, also a record, Morton said.

"Is there more work to be done? Absolutely. Is the problem a significant one, a challenging one for the nation? Absolutely," he said. But "we're in this for the long haul. ... We're going to get this right."

Border staffing also is at an all-time high, and will only increase under a $600 million plan by President Barack Obama to put more agents and equipment along the Mexican border, Morton said.

The measure would fund the hiring of 1,000 new Border Patrol agents to be deployed at critical areas along the border, 250 more Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, and 250 more Customs and Border Protection officers.

[TheRightsWriter.com]

The fiscal year ends in September. They ain't gonna make it. :)

[TheRightsWriter.com]

And yes, they indicate elsewhere (in the links in the piece, I think) the 400K includes self-deportations. The WaPo story is just the MSM repeating D.C. propaganda.

[Zippyjuan]

Perhaps you can provide me with a link to the current number. The first article I posted was from June.

This chart has numbers of "immigration and Customs Enforcement removals"(excludes removals by Border Patrols) for the first nine months of their respective years:

http://online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:SB1000142405274870490500457540564040979 9912.html
http://sg.wsj.net/public/resources/images/NA-BH305B_REMOV_NS_20100802193616.gif


During the first nine months of the 2010 fiscal year, which began Oct. 1, 279,000 noncitizens were removed from the U.S., according to ICE. That's a 10% increase from the same period in the last fiscal year of the Bush administration and almost twice as many removals as in the period in 2005, according to the TRAC report.

At that point, they were on schcedule to be close to the 400,000 figure. And compare the numbers to those under the "tougher" prior administration.