Janet Napolitano gives support behind executive action

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2014/10/27/janet-napolitano-throwing-her-support-behind-executive-action-on-immigration-policy/

Former homeland security secretary Janet Napolitano supports executive action by using President Obama to change immigration policy If congress refuses to act and perform its duties. She spoke ahead with the Washington post interviewer about her speech on Monday in Georgia about the heated internal administration debate over the 2012 DACA program. It began by Obama over intense objections from conservatives and that it deferred the deportations of 580,000 young immigrants brought to the U.S. Illegally. In the speech, she describes the complicated debate in 2012 and how she was thrown at with tough questions while the department of homeland security questioned if the program was strong enough to overcome the government’s ability to implement it.

Napolitano admits that there were some concerns but she later questioned, “who knew how it would all turn out?” and her perspective is definitely relevant on whether the admistration should take further executive action on immigration including with a possible major expansion of the relief program. With the immigration law dead on Capitol hill, Obama promised to act on his own by summers end and the administration have been preparing to ensure the immigrants that they can stay without the fear of deportation. But lately, the administration have only proven informed lawmaker’s point that Obama delayed any action until november’s midterm election. Napolitano didn’t say her opinions about Obama’s decision but “should he choose he act, the DACA program provides a good Petri dish on how you set it up, the budget stuff and all those nuts and bolts”.

The 2012 decision was congress’ failure to pass the dream act two years earlier which would’ve given legal status and a path to citizenship to the dreamers. Initially, Napolitano says in her speech, she was unsure whether the DHS was capable of handling the executive response by the administration. But then she said that the dreamers are entangled in the sputtering debate over the reform. She then asked her team what they can do with the dreamers, her team responded that they can only delay deportations from dreamers.

Obama administration launches large-scale executive amnesty

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/10/19/Exclusive-Obama-Admin-Quietly-Prepares-Surge-Of-Millions-Of-Immigrant-IDs

The USCIS(U.S. Citizenship And immigration services) Issued a draft solicitation For bids and says that potential sellers needs to be capable of handling a surge of 9 million ID cards in one year. This will all support possible Future immigration reform Initiative requirements. The agency says that they will need a minimum of 4 million cards but just in case for the scenario of the upcoming “surge” in 2016, it will need an additional 5 million cards and making the grand the total of 9 million. For each ordering period, the guaranteed minimum is 4 million but their contract has a maximum of 34 million cards.
All of the materials needed to make the green cards and Employment authorization documentations are all used to put President Obama’s Deferred action for childhood arrivals program.

Jessica vaughan, a former state department official and An immigration expert says that The document suggests a program with extraordinary extent. The RFP Indicates that The president is contemplating an enormous executive action That is more expansive than the plan that congress rejected in the Gang of Eight bill. Last year, Vaughan reviewed the Gang of Eight bill’s provisions and it was estimated that it would double legal immigration. In the surge of 2016, the 4 million cards would be more than doubled meaning that the Agency is preparing for a huge increase of 125% it’s normal annual output.

Vaughan says that the Surge is definitely related To potential changes in immigration policy and the documents will show That it can handle The potential surge in 2016. A year ago, a plan being added to the immigration bill would be possible but after this summer’s events, a new immigration bill being made is highly unlikely. Although, it is giving credibility to The possibility the move Is in preparation for an executive action. This is a great plan but initially preparing 4 million ID cards and EADs is extremely hard. For example, the first two years that Obama launched DACA, only 600,000 people were approved by the USCIS under the program. Statistics showed that the USCIS’s website has only Processed about 862,000 total EADs in June. Vaughan says the EADs are under investigation as a tool used by the Obama Administration to provide legalization For groups of aliens who doesn’t have a green card. Not only providing Government approval to work for immigrants, it is also making the cards affordable. The price goes from 1000 dollars to 450 dollars And the EADs gives aliens rights to social services and obtaining an drivers license.

Harvard students is allowed to come home

 

Dario Guerrero, a 21 year old Harvard student who is also an illegal immigrant moved with his family from Mexico to California when he was 2 years old. Thanks to the Obama administration, he was granted a reprieve from deportation 2 years ago along with other immigrants. In August, he heard that his mother was dying of cancer and with the treatments in the U.S. were failing, he found alternative clinic treatments for his mother in Mexico. He left the country with his mother, hoping to keep her alive. He believes that he did the right thing even though he broke a rule about leaving the U.S. without federal authorization.

Unfortunately, his mother died weeks later but instead of studying, he was stuck at his grandparent’s house in Mexico City, hoping to persuade the U.S. government to let him come home. He sent an initial request to get permission but they denied it so his lawyer, Alan Klein asked for a special humanitarian parole. It is only granted if there is a urgent humanitarian reason or  significant public benefit. The officials refused to talk about the case because it is ongoing but one of spokesman said that the immigration law is complex. Guerrero told that he sent in 2 fast tracked papers requesting permission to leave but was to fully document his mother’s condition and he could tried  to plead his case but he left instead. He said that he regrets his actions but if he delayed the treatment any longer, he wouldn’t have forgiven himself.