Obama granting backdoor amnesties to millions of illegal aliens

By Frosty Wooldridge

Instead of upholding US immigration laws, President Barack Obama subverts the Constitution by allowing illegal aliens a free pass.

President Dan Stein of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, www.fairus.org, talks about it from his Washington DC office.

Obama Administration Starts Rolling Closures of Immigration Courts
Suspends Removals Across the Country to Dole Out Backdoor Amnesty

“The Obama Administration recently announced it will expand its backdoor amnesty program to four major U.S. cities: Detroit, Seattle, New Orleans, and Orlando,” said Stein. “The expansion of the program, slated to take place from April 23 to May 4, means that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will entirely suspend the immigration court dockets in these four cities.  Then, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attorneys will review the deportation cases of aliens not in custody and administratively close the cases they feel are not a priority pursuant to ICE guidelines.

“In addition to lacking any authority from Congress to carry out these reviews and dismiss cases, the way ICE is going about these efforts is unheard of in the annals of law enforcement. Never before has a law enforcement agency suspended its routine law enforcement duties to devote its full efforts and resources to identify and dismiss cases against lawbreakers.

“The expansion continues the backdoor amnesty program launched by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano in August 2011. Since that announcement, ICE has issued guidelines to its agents on which cases should be administratively closed and which cases are enforcement priorities. ICE began reviewing removal cases through two pilot programs launched in Baltimore and Denver last December. Since then, nearly 1,600 cases have been closed or dismissed and an additional 11,000 deemed eligible for closure.

“Attorneys across the country are crowing about how their clients are reaping the benefits of the Administration’s backdoor amnesty initiatives before the reviews officially reach their cities. One Seattle immigration attorney claims several of her clients are already benefiting from the Administration’s priorities and that the review is already well underway. The attorney also told the Seattle Times that ICE’s chief counsel, Rafael Sánchez, informed immigration attorneys at a recent regional meeting that ICE was currently reviewing every case and closing 17 percent of them.

“After ICE grants amnesty in these four cities, it will continue to close immigration courts in other major U.S. cities to review more cases. The Administration announced that it will partially suspend the court docket in New York City May 7 to May 18, in San Francisco June 4 to June 15, and then in Los Angeles from July 9 to July 20.”

To contact Dan Stein: www.fairus.org

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Frosty Wooldridge is a member of the board at FAIR.