Leaked DHS memo details amnesty without Congress involvement

Leaked DHS memo details amnesty without Congress involvement

Kimberly Dvorak
San Diego County Examiner
September 17th, 2010

A newly leaked amnesty-memo inside Department of Homeland Security reveals a way to grant amnesty without Congress debating comprehensive immigration reform or casting a vote.

This is the third inside memo to be leaked to the media regarding the Obama Administration’s intent to legalize 20 million illegal aliens currently residing in America unlawfully. The first memos came out of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agencies- both put together likely tools that could be used to make an amnesty end run around lawmakers.

The American Spectator recovered the latest document from DHS and reports some dubious plans that insiders say went all the way up to the DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano.

“If going forward with a larger registration program is not possible,” the memo reads, “we could propose a narrowly-tailored registration program for individuals eligible for relief under the DREAM Act, AgJOBS, or other specifically designed subcategories.”

For those who don’t believe the Obama Administration’s intensions about back-door amnesty language contained in the DREAM Act asks for targeted amnesty for children under the age of 35 who attend college or join the armed services. The kicker with the DREAM Act is the Democratic leadership is placing this legislation inside a defense spending bill set to hit the Senate floor next week.

Included in the DHS memo are details about political ramifications of a backdoor amnesty push. The memo outlines a beginning phase that would legalize illegal immigrants through DHS without comprehensive immigration legislation. The DHS memo also reads that by "using administrative measures to sidestep the current state of Congressional gridlock and inertia," would move the new policy forward by documenting those here illegally.

Measures DHS would implement include registering, fingerprinting, and screening the illegal immigrant population-excluding those illegal aliens who have committed a felony- but DHS envisions handing out eligible illegal immigrants work permits, a process that would lead to their legal status.

However, the memo acknowledges that sometime down the road Congress would have to pass legislation to extend permanent legal residence.

This newly recovered memo is consistent with inside memos from the USCIS and ICE, a key difference is the concern about Congress’ reaction to being circumvented. “The Secretary would face criticism that she is abdicating her charge to enforce the immigration laws. Internal complaints of this type from career DHS officers are likely and may also be used in the press to bolster the criticism.”

In fact the USCIS has been looking for ways to grant amnesty without Congress for sometime and their memo outlined the method of skirting lawmakers. According to USCIS some illegal aliens would be granted resident status by simply handing them “green cards.”

“In the absence of Comprehensive Immigration Reform, CIS can extend benefits and/or protections to many individuals and groups by issuing new guidance and regulations,” the memo read, two of the four who wrote the controversial memo were President Obama appointees including the head of USCIS Alejandro N. Mayorkas.

This government will use any underhanded trick it can to thwart the will of the people. Is it any small wonder the people are rising up now?

This is the very thing that Jefferson warned of - right there in my siggy.

Many people don't know that this legislation is/was going to be inserted into the defense spending bill. There should be a law on that kind of shit right there. If it doesn't pertain to the bill, it shouldn't be in there. The Dems pulled the same shit with that "hate crimes" bill by inserting into the defense budget back then.

TexasBlue wrote:Many people don't know that this legislation is/was going to be inserted into the defense spending bill. There should be a law on that kind of shit right there. If it doesn't pertain to the bill, it shouldn't be in there. The Dems pulled the same shit with that "hate crimes" bill by inserting into the defense budget back then.

This is precisely the kind of crap the Dems pull all the time. Stick an extremely offensive measure into a bill that SHOULD be supported by the Republicans and then when they object because of the hidden time bomb and threaten to block it, the Dems allies in the mainstream media scream that the Republicans are trying to block the funds needed by our military or some such shit. It is such a despicable deception that it should be outlawed. But the mainstream media will never report on this sort of underhanded politics on the part of Democrats.

I swear, the so-called "fourth estate" has truly become the fifth-column in this country. Our mainstream media has become criminally complicit in fronting for the Democrats... they have abandoned any pretense journalistic ethics in order to forward the progressive agenda. Small wonder their fortunes are on the wane.