Pence Says ‘Balanced Approach’ Needed on DACA
Source: Bloomberg
"A three-day government shutdown ended Monday without resolving the fate of the so-called Dreamers, as Democrats initially had demanded, hastening an immigration debate in the Senate. Trump rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy in September, but then lobbed the matter to Congress. About 690,000 beneficiaries of the Obama-era program will face possible deportation if no action is taken by March 5."
08/02/2013
Fed Court: Obama Amnesty “Contrary to Congressional Mandate”
Source: Judicial Watch
A federal court in Texas has chided the backdoor Obama amnesty initiative that will spare nearly a million illegal immigrants, writing in a ruling that it’s “contrary to congressional mandate.” The admonishment comes from Judge Reed O’Connor in Dallas, who this week dismissed a lawsuit brought by 10 Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) agents opposed to implementing Obama’s amnesty, known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
06/11/2013
Documents Reveal DHS Abandoned Illegal Alien Background Checks to Meet Amnesty Requests Following Obama’s DACA
Source: Judicial Watch
udicial Watch announced today that documents obtained recently through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request show that the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) abandoned required background checks late last year, adopting, instead, costly “lean and lite” procedures in effort to keep up with the flood of amnesty applications spurred by President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) directive, which grants illegal aliens a two-year deferment from deportation.
11/20/2014
DHS Amnesty Memo: More Green Cards, Family Parole, Nix DREAMer Age Cap
Source: Judicial Watch
To prioritize the entry of new illegal immigrants the U.S. government will make it easier to get green cards, remove the age cap on the president’s amnesty for childhood arrivals (DREAMers) and grant parole to family members, according to a senior Homeland Security official with direct knowledge of the administration’s plans. The new directive, obtained this week by Judicial Watch, was delivered to Homeland Security staff in the form of a memo from a senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official.
