Report shows Obama is granting de facto amnesty to almost all illegal aliens

[aGameOfThrones]

(Daily Caller) – The Obama administration’s immigration polities have provided a de facto amnesty for most of the illegal immigrants living in the United States, according to Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions.

“Under the guise of setting ‘priorities,’ the Administration has determined that almost anyone in the world who can enter the United States is free to illegally live, work and claim benefits here as long as they are not caught committing a felony or other serious crime,” Sessions said Wednesday in conjunction with a three-page report, obtained by The Daily Caller, detailing the administration’s immigration “lawlessness.”

Sessions’ three-pager labeled “DHS Enforcement Data Reveals Administrative Amnesty Much Broader Than Previously Understood” shows even future visa overstays and illegal immigrants will not face any repercussions.

FAX BLAST SPECIAL: NO AMNESTY for Illegals!

“[A] review of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICS) published enforcement statistics for 2013 reveals a shocking truth: DHS has blocked the enforcement of immigration law for the overwhelming majority of violations — and is planning to widen that amnesty even further,” the document reads.

The review of the 2013 ICE data revealed that less than 0.2 percent of the approximately 12 million illegal immigrants and visa overstays who were not convicted of a serious criminal offense were placed in removal proceedings. Further, merely .08 percent of the 12 million who were not convicted of a serious crime or a repeat immigration offender were placed in removal proceedings.

Thus, 99.92 percent of illegal immigrants and visa overstays without serious crime convictions or repeat immigration offenses did not face deportation.

The report recalled two 2013 local news reports — one from Arizona, the other from Texas — about ICE simply releasing illegal immigrant workers “because they did not have known outstanding warrants or criminal convictions” and were therefore considered low priority.

“Instances like these are not the exception, but the rule. DHS has decided that the Administration’s ‘priorities’ trump the immigration laws passed by Congress,” the report reads. “The Administration’s priorities have therefore provided an executive amnesty not only to the great majority of the 12 million living here illegally today (including even the most recent arrivals) but to those who will violate immigration law tomorrow. It is an open invitation for a future immigrant to overstay a visa, or to enter the U.S. illegally, knowing that they will be immune from enforcement as long as they avoid being convicted of a felony or other serious crime once here.”

According to the document, this “free pass” applies to illegal immigrants even if they have a criminal record — so long as that record does not meet the level of an agency “priority.”

“In effect, DHS has ordered ICE to largely abandon crime prevention and to wait until after a serious criminal offense has occurred, a conviction has been obtained, and a prison sentence has been served at taxpayer expense — and to only take action subsequent to the offense by providing shuttle transport to the airport,” the report reads. “Much of ICE’s operation has been reduced to transporting convicted felons from prisons to planes.”

And while the number of illegal immigrants deported due to their illegality is already very small, the document argues that fraction is about to get even smaller due to the administration’s “enforcement review.”

“DHS is considering exempting even some of the most habitual immigration violators and fugitives, offering near enforcement immunity to any illegal immigrant who does not commit a felony or other grave offense,” it reads.

The report concludes by calling the Obama administration’s actions “breathtaking and without precedent.”

http://www.teaparty.org/report-shows-obama-granting-de-facto-amnesty-almost-illegal-aliens-37685/

 

[staerker]

It's 'illegal' to live and work in the US. haha #landOfTheFree

 

[FloralScent]

It's 'illegal' to live and work in the US. haha #landOfTheFree

Enjoy your lower wages and shittier work conditions as the glut of illegal and legal invaders snatch up jobs that Americans want too much money to do. Just remember, corporate America has got your back on this issue, and this would only be the case if it were aligned with the best interests of their fellow countrymen.

 

[staerker]

Enjoy your lower wages and shittier work conditions as the glut of illegal and legal invaders snatch up jobs that Americans want too much money to do. Just remember, corporate America has got your back on this issue, and this would only be the case if it were aligned with the best interests of their fellow countrymen.

You're saying the free market should be illegal? If someone can provide the same service that I can, at a lower cost, sucks to be me.

 

[Zippyjuan]

Enjoy your lower wages and shittier work conditions as the glut of illegal and legal invaders snatch up jobs that Americans want too much money to do. Just remember, corporate America has got your back on this issue, and this would only be the case if it were aligned with the best interests of their fellow countrymen.

The "glut of invaders" has been zero or less for seven years now (starting in 2007).

http://immigration.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000844

Of course we could hire a few million more police force to stop everybody on the streets and check IDs on everyone to see if they have proper papers (yes, everyone including you dear reader- we can't afford to miss any) and kick anybody without proper papers on them out of the country- legal citizen or not. That would clean it up (at a huge cost to civil liberties). And it would create more jobs for citizens.

 

[puppetmaster]

stop giving welfare to illegals

 

[AlexAmore]

This topic always bring the statists out of the woodwork. Please...tell us exactly how free market fails us here. Please tell us exactly why anybody, especially liberals, should believe in the free market if it has such a HUGE, GAPING flaw of destroying labor markets and wages with mere immigration.

 

[Zippyjuan]

stop giving welfare to illegals

A simplistic answer which would have no real impact on illegal immigration.

Why did net illegal immigration stop in 2007? Welfare payments increased. That should have meant more coming to "live for free" if that was the reason. Instead they quit coming. Why? Jobs became harder to find. Not that welfare was stopped. They come for work and opportunity- to "live free" not "live FOR free". If they are too lazy to work, they will likely be too lazy to spend money to leave home and go someplace else to not work. We have a bigger problem with too many citizens on welfare.

 

[puppetmaster]

A simplistic answer which would have no real impact on illegal immigration.

Why did net illegal immigration stop in 2007? Welfare payments increased. That should have meant more coming to "live for free" if that was the reason. Instead they quit coming. Why? Jobs became harder to find. Not that welfare was stopped. They come for work and opportunity- to "live free" not "live FOR free". If they are too lazy to work, they will likely be too lazy to spend money to leave home and go someplace else to not work. We have a bigger problem with too many citizens on welfare.

I can show you the welfare line here in Nevada and you will see a huge number of non US citizens collecting benefits.
I also know a few that work AND collect benefits so to say benefits have no impact is simplistic.
I have a friend who works there and she says more than half are not citizens.....that is a strain on the system. Besides, do they really know how many are here?...of course not, that is a guess at the very best and comes from GOV or a .org with an agenda. I am not blind to reality.

I do agree that there are too many people on the dole

 

[GunnyFreedom]

I don't understand this. I mean, I hate Obama and pretty much everything he does, so I'm not trying to defend him I am just trying to bring some clarity here. How is he promoting de facto amnesty when IIRC aren't per-capita deportations of illegal immigrants at an all-time high these last 4 years?

 

[Zippyjuan]

I can show you the welfare line here in Nevada and you will see a huge number of non US citizens collecting benefits.
I also know a few that work AND collect benefits so to say benefits have no impact is simplistic.
I have a friend who works there and she says more than half are not citizens.....that is a strain on the system. Besides, do they really know how many are here?...of course not, that is a guess at the very best and comes from GOV or a .org with an agenda. I am not blind to reality.

I do agree that there are too many people on the dole

Just curious- how does she know who is and isn't a citizen? Do they have to show papers when they apply? Illegal immigrants aren't supposed to be elgible for federal aid. Thanks for the info.

I found this:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/11/ImmigrantAccess/Eligibility/ib.shtml

Overview of Immigrants’ Eligibility for SNAP, TANF, Medicaid, and CHIP

While many immigrants who are lawfully present in the United States are eligible for public benefits, there are restrictions based on citizenship and immigration status that limit their access to several federal means-tested programs. These include many of the programs intended to support work, economic stability, nutrition, and health for low-income children and families: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP),[2] Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).[3] Historically, unauthorized immigrants were ineligible for federally funded assistance, but welfare reform in 1996 also restricted access for lawfully present immigrants based on their immigration status, when they arrived in the United States, and length of U.S. residence.

PRWORA established two categories of immigrants: qualified immigrants, including lawful permanent residents (LPRs), refugees, and other protected immigration statuses; and nonqualified immigrants.[4] Nonqualified is not synonymous with unauthorized immigrant status. The group of nonqualified immigrants for public benefit eligibility combines various immigration categories, including lawfully present immigrants such as students and tourists, immigrants in protected statuses such as asylum seekers, and unauthorized immigrants (see figure 5 for definitions).

The second important provision of welfare reform was to make a distinction for qualified immigrants arriving prior to the enactment of PRWORA (August 22, 1996) and those arriving after, and to further divide the latter group into those with five or fewer years versus more than five years in the United States in qualified status. Welfare reform limited access to public benefits for post-PRWORA immigrants with less than five years of qualified status, also called the five-year ban. Select groups of immigrants are exempt from the five-year ban: refugees, asylees and other immigrants exempt on humanitarian grounds;[5] and members of the military and veterans (and their spouses and children).

PRWORA also set parameters for states’ ability to administer public benefit programs. First, states can use state funding to cover qualified immigrants during the five-year ban to replace the loss of SNAP, TANF, and Medicaid benefits. States can also provide state-only-funded assistance to nonqualified immigrants. Second, outside of the five-year ban, states are required to cover certain immigrants: refugees and asylees, LPRs with 40 qualifying quarters of work, and members of the military and veterans (and their spouses and children). But states can determine whether other qualified immigrants are eligible for TANF and Medicaid (Broder and Blazer 2010; Fix et al. 2009; Fortuny and Chaudry, 2011).

Detailed information on eligibility under federal law for the specific immigration categories for each program is available in the comprehensive review of literature developed for this study (Fortuny and Chaudry 2011).[6] Some special provisions enacted since 1996 apply to children and pregnant women and are worth highlighting. Since 2002, qualified immigrant children are not subject to the five-year ban for SNAP benefits. Since 2009, children and pregnant women can be eligible for Medicaid/ CHIP, including during the five-year ban, if they reside in a state that has chosen to extend coverage under the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA).

Under CHIPRA, states can receive federal funding to provide Medicaid and/or CHIP to lawfully residing children up to age 21 and pregnant women for 60 days postpartum, including during the five-year ban.[7] The lawfully present group that states can cover is a broader group than the qualified immigrants group as defined by welfare reform. States choosing this option can provide coverage to children only, to pregnant women only, or to both, and can do so through Medicaid only or through both Medicaid and CHIP (NILC 2010a).[8] States that have chosen this option are discussed in the Medicaid section below.

States, though, may have different rules.

 

[staerker]

I can show you the welfare line here in Nevada and you will see a huge number of non US citizens collecting benefits.
I also know a few that work AND collect benefits so to say benefits have no impact is simplistic.

Go to any (/most) other state in the US and you will see huge numbers of US citizens collecting benefits.

Immigration is not the problem, and to fixate on who has more of a right to redistributed wealth is not only a distraction from the true issue, but dehumanizing to portions of our population.

#bornInTheUSA

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Just curious- how does she know who is and isn't a citizen? Do they have to show papers when they apply? Illegal immigrants aren't supposed to be elgible for federal aid. Thanks for the info.

I found this:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/11/ImmigrantAccess/Eligibility/ib.shtml

Overview of Immigrants’ Eligibility for SNAP, TANF, Medicaid, and CHIP



States, though, may have different rules.

In NC they check against SSN to verify identity. The SSN has to match the person's identity and be listed with the SSA as a US Citizen. They verify this online with a special access to the SSA system that state welfare offices get. If someone does not have an SSN, they have to apply for one before they are allowed to file. They are then required to produce a birth certificate proving they were born in the US, or INS papers proving they are a citizen. That is only for temporary aid until the SSN comes back, whereupon they check against SSA records for citizenship status.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

The "welfare for illegals" in NC is really for the children of illegals. It is strictly against the law for an illegal immigrant to collect any type of welfare EXCEPT emergency kidney dialysis. I am not sure why that one medical procedure is an explicit exception, but it is.

 

[Zippyjuan]

Go to any (/most) other state in the US and you will see huge numbers of US citizens collecting benefits.

Immigration is not the problem, and to fixate on who has more of a right to redistributed wealth is not only a distraction from the true issue, but dehumanizing to portions of our population.

#bornInTheUSA

Immigration is usually a deflection- blame somebody who can't vote against you for your problems.

 

[Zippyjuan]

In NC they check against SSN to verify identity. The SSN has to match the person's identity and be listed with the SSA as a US Citizen. They verify this online with a special access to the SSA system that state welfare offices get. If someone does not have an SSN, they have to apply for one before they are allowed to file. They are then required to produce a birth certificate proving they were born in the US, or INS papers proving they are a citizen. That is only for temporary aid until the SSN comes back, whereupon they check against SSA records for citizenship status.

Thanks for the info!

 

[PRB]

he also deported record numbers

www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/20...nistration-deported-record-1-5-million-people

 

[rpfocus]

he also deported record numbers

www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/20...nistration-deported-record-1-5-million-people

Exactly. He's hardly "granting de-facto amnesty." But illegals will no doubt get it, because 11+ million illegals aren't going anywhere. The problem is that the government REFUSES to enforce immigration laws. The invasion began while Reagan was asleep at the wheel, and now the kids and grandkids, so-called Dreamers, want their benefits.

 

[Zippyjuan]

Exactly. He's hardly "granting de-facto amnesty." But illegals will no doubt get it, because 11+ million illegals aren't going anywhere. The problem is that the government REFUSES to enforce immigration laws. The invasion began while Reagan was asleep at the wheel, and now the kids and grandkids, so-called Dreamers, want their benefits.

What more should be done which isn't? We have had zero net illegal immigration over the last seven years. Deportations have been at record levels. Spending on border security is twice what it was when Obama took office. We have twice as many border agents. Just under half of those currently in the country illegally came here legally and overstayed (student, work, and travel visas).

 

[PRB]

What more should be done which isn't? We have had zero net illegal immigration over the last seven years. Deportations have been at record levels. Spending on border security is twice what it was when Obama took office. We have twice as many border agents. Just under half of those currently in the country illegally came here legally and overstayed (student, work, and travel visas).

Do what Arizona did.