Family Values: White House Doing Less Deportation, More Integration
The Obama administration is scaling back on deportation of long-term undocumented immigrants.
In recent months, the Department of Homeland Security has taken steps to ensure that the majority of the United States’ 11.3 million undocumented immigrants can stay in this country, with agents narrowing enforcement efforts to three groups of illegal migrants: convicted criminals, terrorism threats or those who recently crossed the border.
While public attention has been focused on the court fight over President Obama’s highly publicized executive action on immigration, DHS has with little fanfare been training thousands of immigration agents nationwide to carry out new policies on everyday enforcement…
Although the new measures do not grant illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, their day-to-day lives could be changed in countless ways. Now, for instance, undocumented migrants say they are so afraid to interact with police, for fear of being deported, that they won’t report crimes and often limit their driving to avoid possible traffic stops. The new policies, if carried out on the ground, could dispel such fears, advocates for immigrants say.
In describing the initiatives, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has echoed the language often used by advocates of comprehensive immigration reform, which remains stalled on Capitol Hill.
“We are making it clear that we should not expend our limited resources on deporting those who have been here for years, have committed no serious crimes, and have, in effect, become integrated members of our society,” Johnson said in a recent speech in Houston. He added, “These people are here, they live among us, and they are not going away.”
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6 responses to Family Values: White House Doing Less Deportation, More Integration
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William July 3rd, 2015 at 08:40
While public attention has been focused on the court fight over President Obama’s highly publicized executive action on immigration……….
Because Congress is upset that the President is deviating from the GOP policy on Immigration. That of course is the tired old “do nothing but bitch about it and blame the other guy”.
Warman1138 July 3rd, 2015 at 09:06
Sixteen years is a long time, too long.
Terry "Death to Equality" Xu July 3rd, 2015 at 15:45
because Bush was too tolerant
Conservativism is no substitute for nationalism
Suzanne McFly July 3rd, 2015 at 11:25
On Larry Wilmore last night, Larry said the first six years of Obama’s Presidency was his white part, but these last two years will be his black Presidency so watch out. lol.
Jamie July 3rd, 2015 at 15:17
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Terry "Death to Equality" Xu July 3rd, 2015 at 15:44
You should only keep the ones with decent jobs or worthwhile degrees
Otherwise deportation should be the norm and assimilation for the rest