DHS To Grant Illegal Aliens “Unlawful Presence Waivers”
In its quest to implement stealth amnesty, the Obama Administration is working behind the scenes to halt the deportation of certain illegal immigrants by granting them “unlawful presence waivers.”
The new measure would apply to illegal aliens who are relatives of American citizens. Here is how it would work, according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announcement posted in today’s Federal Register, the daily journal of the U.S. government; the agency will grant “unlawful presence waivers” to illegal aliens who can prove they have a relative that’s a U.S. citizen.
Currently such aliens must return to their native country and request a waiver of inadmissibility in an existing overseas immigrant visa process. In other words, they must enter the U.S. legally as thousands of foreigners do on a yearly basis. Besides the obvious security issues, changing this would be like rewarding bad behavior in a child. It doesn’t make sense.
But the system often causes U.S. citizens to be separated for extended periods from their immediate relatives,” according to the DHS. The proposed changes, first announced in January, will significantly reduce the length of time U.S. citizens are separated from their loved ones while required to remain outside the United States during the current visa processing system.
The administration also claims that relaxing the rule will also “create efficiencies for both the U.S. government and most applicants.” How exactly is not listed in the Federal Register announcement, which gives the public 60 days to comment. That’s only a formality since the DHS has indicated that the change is pretty much a done deal.
This appears to be part of the Obama Administration’s bigger plan to blow off Congress by using its executive powers to grant illegal immigrants backdoor amnesty. The plan has been in the works for years and in 2010 Texas’s largest newspaper published an exposé about a then-secret DHS initiative that systematically cancelled pending deportations. The remarkable program stunned the legal profession and baffled immigration attorneys who said the government bounced their clients’ deportation even when expulsion was virtually guaranteed.
In late 2011 a mainstream newspaper obtained internal Homeland Security documents outlining “sweeping changes” in immigration enforcement that halt the deportation of illegal aliens with no criminal records. This also includes a nationwide “training program” to assure that enforcement agents and prosecuting attorneys don’t remove illegal immigrants who haven’t been convicted of crimes.
Judicial Watch has been a front runner in investigating the Obama Administration’s stealth amnesty program by pursuing DHS records concerning “deferred action” or “parole” to suspend removal proceedings against a particular group of individuals. Last spring JW sued DHS to obtain information because the agency ignored a federal public records request that dates back to July 2010.
Readers Comments (145)
135 comments so far and, from what I can tell, only 4 people actually understand the proposal in the Federal Register Notice. Who else (apart from fwatt, embryem14, Todd Rainer & danders.dev) actually clicked on the “announcement” link to the Federal Register notice and read it? Apparently, not even the author of this JW blog article (or so it seems to me…).
Yeah, ya’ll should actually try to read the Register before you spout off. A: This applies to a VERY SPECIFIC set of people. B: All this is, is a streamlining of a procedure that has been around since 1952.
BFD.
Then I would appreciate a “Unlawful CCW Waiver” so that I might protect myself and my family from these people if they get out of hand!
as a conservative, an opponent of illegal immigration, and as someone who has a foreign born spouse, i found this article poorly written. it does not accurately represent the purpose of the waivers, the conditions that are required to get approval for one of these waivers, or how the waivers can make the process for legal immigration more efficient.
the current legal immigration system is extremely complex and USCIS often gives conflicting information to applications which often lead to a classification of the applicant to be classed as illegally present. a good example is that many times people are advised that they can come to the US on a tourist visa and get married. problem is this is considered fraud by the USCIS. if you are in the US and you intend to get married, you have to be on a fiancee visa. this has led to many many couples being separated.
By doing little, Republicans seem just a little less bad then Democrats. We now seem to have a one party system that are not protecting public or holding up laws on the books. We’ve become a nation run by the 1% elite Kings & Queens. The only hope I see are is the outraged public that are in touch with reality and post accurate ideas
By doing little, Republicans seem just a little less bad then Democrats. We now seem to have a one party system that are not protecting public and holding up laws. We’ve become a nation run by the 1% elite Kings & Queens
Remove the fool from 1600 Penn. Ave. NW now!
traitors. Obama’s oath: “to protect and defend the constitution of the united states”. We have communists in charge now. If we don’t flush them out in 2012, America is finished.