Obama says he will announce Immigration Reform Steps Soon (edited to agree with article title)

[Torete 121]

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-says-hopes-action-fairly-soon-immigration-recommendations-163253993.html

(Topic title has been edited to reflect the actual article title. Inappropriate political commentary has been removed. Such discussion should be posted in the Current Events and Hot Social Topic Forum instead.- VJ Moderation)

Edited September 6, 2014 by Kathryn41
to remove inappropriate political commentary

[Jawaree 718]

Wonder if its a reality lol ....a little

rumor running around it that Permanent

bars may be looked into on a case by case

basis for non violent deported LPRs, but

there are always rumors...gotta see it to

believe it

[mummyT 1]

I just wish obama would hurry up and announce what he's doing...so see the point in all this waiting think people have waited enough

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

So how we do stop Obama from issuing an executive order to suspend the law. Revolution. I hate to say impeachment, but this is BS.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/11/12/source-obama-to-announce-10-point-immigration-plan-via-exec-action-as-early-as/

EXCLUSIVE: President Obama is planning to unveil a 10-part plan for overhauling U.S. immigration policy via executive action -- including suspending deportations for millions -- as early as next Friday, a source close to the White House told Fox News.

The president's plans were contained in a draft proposal from a U.S. government agency. The source said the plan could be announced as early as Nov. 21, though the date might slip a few days pending final White House approval.

Obama was briefed at the White House by Homeland Security officials before leaving on his Asia-Pacific trip last week, Fox News has learned.

The plan contains 10 initiatives than span everything from boosting border security to improving pay for immigration officers.

But the most controversial pertain to the millions who could get a deportation reprieve under what is known as "deferred action."

The plan calls for expanding deferred action for illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children -- but also for the parents of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents.

The latter could allow upwards of 4.5 million illegal immigrant adults with U.S.-born children to stay, according to estimates.

Critics in the Senate say those who receive deferred action, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, receive work authorization in the United States, Social Security numbers and government-issued IDs.

Another portion that is sure to cause consternation among anti-"amnesty" lawmakers is a plan to expand deferred action for young people. In June 2012, Obama created such a program for illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children, entered before June 2007 and were under 31 as of June 2012. The change would expand that to cover anyone who entered before they were 16, and change the cut-off from June 2007 to Jan. 1, 2010. This is estimated to make nearly 300,000 illegal immigrants eligible.

One of the architects for the president's planned executive actions at DHS is Esther Olavarria, the late Sen. Ted Kennedy's former top immigration lawyer.

Under the changes, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers also would see a pay raise in order to "increase morale" within the ICE workforce.

DHS also is planning to "promote" the new naturalization process by giving a 50 percent discount on the first 10,000 applicants who come forward, with the exception of those who have income levels above 200 percent of the poverty level.

Tech jobs though a State Department immigrant visa program would offer another half-million immigrants a path to citizenship. This would include their spouses as well.

The other measures include calls to revise removal priorities to target serious criminals for deportation and end the program known as "Secure Communities" and start a new program.

The planning comes as immigrant advocates urge Obama to act. As lawmakers returned for a lame-duck session, Democrats in Congress on Wednesday implored Obama to take executive action.

"We're begging the president. Go big. These [illegal immigrants] are a plus to our nation. Mr. President, please. You said you were going to do something. Do it. Act now," said Rep. Juan Vargas, D-Calif.

House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer said: "I join with my colleagues in urging the president to take action. What he needs to do is give immediate relief to families who are being wrenched apart and living in fear."

Angela Maria Kelley, vice president for immigration policy at the Center for American Progress, touted deferred action as a "tried and true component of immigration policy used by 11 presidents, 39 times in the last 60 years."

She said for many undocumented immigration who have been here for years, "there is no line for people to get into."

Obama has vowed to act in the absence of congressional action and has claimed that congressional action could still supersede his executive steps.

In a recent op-ed in Politico, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., said Congress would stop Obama from taking executive action by adding language explicitly barring money from being used for that purpose. "Congress has the power of the purse. The President cannot spend a dime unless Congress appropriates it," Sessions wrote. He also pointed out that similar language in the past has prevented the president from closing the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.

50% discount to first 10,000 applicants.

You got to be kidding.

even the deniers got to be SMH

[TBoneTX 45,570]

The new Congress would have his hindquarters, and perhaps even the current Congress might. They could at least refuse to allocate funds.

VisaJourney members might also revolt, if they were again shoved to the back of the line as some say happened with DACA.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

The new Congress would have his hindquarters, and perhaps even the current Congress might. They could at least refuse to allocate funds.

VisaJourney members might also revolt, if they were again shoved to the back of the line as some say happened with DACA.

Can you believe he is wanting t give a 50% discount to the first 10,000 Illegals.

That should be a slap in the face to all who did it the legal way.

[UncleBeer 244]

The new Congress would have his hindquarters, and perhaps even the current Congress might. They could at least refuse to allocate funds.

VisaJourney members might also revolt, if they were again shoved to the back of the line as some say happened with DACA.

Forget VJers: we only number in the thousands. According to recent polls, 75% of Americans are against "immigration reform" via executive action.

Overall, strong "majorities of men (75%), women (74%), whites (79%), blacks (59%), and Hispanics (54%)," in addition to tri-partisan majorities of "self-identified Republicans (92%), Independents (80%), and Democrats (51%)" did not want Obama to enact an executive amnesty on his own. Only 20% of voters wanted Obama to move forward with his executive amnesty.

The term "dictator" fits him rather nicely now.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

No way he'll do that. He'll get run out of Washinton on a rail. He can't possibly be that stupid, stubborn or arrogant. Can he?

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

No way he'll do that. He'll get run out of Washinton on a rail. He can't possibly be that stupid, stubborn or arrogant. Can he?

Your joking right?

I suspect even the deniers will run from this one.

Amnesty to parents of kids born here?

Discount on Visa costs

Allowing citizenship for delayed entry before even showing up to basic

The Pubs better show up to this fight. soaking wet and fighting mad.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Your joking right?

I suspect even the deniers will run from this one.

Amnesty to parents of kids born here?

Discount on Visa costs

Allowing citizenship for delayed entry before even showing up to basic

The Pubs better show up to this fight. soaking wet and fighting mad.

I'm against it. I can't believe he'll do this. Even the Democrats will be in an uproar over this abuse. He'll completely destroy the Party and blow the 2016 election 2 years early. This is not a rational thought process.

[unsmiley 111]

Can you believe he is wanting t give a 50% discount to the first 10,000 Illegals.

Must be a Black Friday doorbuster.

[TBoneTX 45,570]

Must be a Black Friday doorbuster.

I was thinking this, too.

[lostinblue 1,989]

I'm against it. I can't believe he'll do this. Even the Democrats will be in an uproar over this abuse. He'll completely destroy the Party and blow the 2016 election 2 years early. This is not a rational thought process.

And after he destroys the Democrats ... What does he have in store for America.

[UncleBeer 244]

And after he destroys the Democrats ... What does he have in store for America.

What he's always had in mind: wreck the economy, throw open the borders, and pay back all those "running dog capitalists" who've made his life so, so difficult, once and for all.

There's really no other explanation for what he's been doing.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

What he's always had in mind: wreck the economy, throw open the borders, and pay back all those "running dog capitalists" who've made his life so, so difficult, once and for all.

There's really no other explanation for what he's been doing.

The silence from the Deniers is deafening