Obama Amnesty Takes Effect

Add Barack Obama’s Executive Order, called “Prosecutorial Discretion,” to the definitions of amnesty for illegal aliens. Other amnesties are, or have been, called by such names as Presumption of Lawful Admission, I&N Act of 1952, IRCA, 245(i), Extension of 245(i), the Dream Act and many others.

A little over a month has passed since Barack Obama, by his executive order called “prosecutorial discretion,” has effectively granted amnesty to every illegal alien that has been reached by an immigration attorney or one of the many “sanctuary movements.” They include political activist organizations and churches of almost every denomination. The organizations involved in the “sanctuary movement,” mostly religious organizations, are de facto racketeers that have simply given respectable, altruistic names to their smuggling, transporting and harboring of illegal aliens (all felonies under federal law, 8 USC 1324).

Yet, immigration lawyers that make their living off illegal immigrants, and all the other groups that harbor them, are still not satisfied that enough illegal aliens are allowed to remain in the U.S. They want every one of them left alone by immigration authorities until they can get around to bringing him/her under their (mostly illegal) shelters. Obama is pandering heavily to these lawyers and the organizations they represent. since the Morton Memo, the courts have been flooded with applications for prosecutorial discretion that has not already been granted by ICE at some level. It would be an understatement to call many of the court filings frivolous, since the Obama Amnesty itself is frivolous with its ulterior motive of increasing the count of Democrats in the country. The lawyers complaints and response to them by the intimidated bureaucrats that still try to do their jobs, in spite of Government subversion and sedition, is described in this article:

http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2012-07-24/feds-defend-deportation-rates-immigration-courts-backlog-swells


The Morton Memo:

http://www.ice.gov/doclib/secure-communities/pdf/prosecutorial-discretion-memo.pdf

John Morton is director of ICE, the agency charged with removing illegal aliens from the U.S. The most important aspect of the Morton Memo are the guidelines issued to all ICE agents for removing illegal aliens after they are apprehended. As you can see on the list below, the DHS (the Government, i.e., Barack Obama) is using almost any lame excuse to allow almost any illegal alien to remain in the U.S. The laundry list of excuses for granting “prosecutorial discretion” to illegal aliens are listed within the Morton Memo below. ( The excuses are bulleted in the Memo, but I have numbered them for ease of reference.) It should be noted in the Memo that Prosecutorial Discretion can be granted at any level within ICE, including the arresting officer.

Number 12, below is probably the most abused. Millions of households in the U.S. have illegal maids who are general housekeepers, and yes, they do sometimes take care of sick children when they stay out of school, and yes, they do help care for Granny or any handicapped person, permanent or temporary, in the household.

Number 9, below, staggers the imagination. “Conditions” in the illegal aliens’ home countries is not defined. It could simply mean vast unemployment or general poverty.

“…the agency's (ICE’s) civil immigration enforcement priorities;

1-the person's length of presence in the United States, with particular consideration given to presence while in lawful status;
2. the circumstances of the person's arrival in the United States and the manner of his or her entry, particularly if the alien came to the United States as a young child;
3. the person's pursuit of education in the United States, with particular consideration given to those who have graduated from a U.S. high school or have successfully pursued or are pursuing a college or advanced degrees at a legitimate institution of higher education in the United States;
4. whether the person, or the person's immediate relative, has served in the U.S. military, reserves, or national guard, with particular consideration given to those who served in combat;
5. the person's criminal history, including arrests, prior convictions, or outstanding arrest warrants;
6. the person's immigration history, including any prior removal, outstanding order of removal, prior denial of status, or evidence of fraud;
7. whether the person poses a national security or public safety concern;
8. the person's ties and contributions to the community, including family relationships;
9. the person's ties to the home country and conditions in the country;
10. the person's age, with particular consideration given to minors and the elderly;
11. whether the person has a U.S. citizen or permanent resident spouse, child, or parent;
12. whether the person is the primary caretaker of a person with a mental or physical disability, minor, or seriously ill relative; ;
13. whether the person or the person's spouse is pregnant or nursing;
14. whether the person or the person's spouse suffers from severe mental or physical illness;
15. whether the person's nationality renders removal unlikely;
16. Whether the person is likely to be granted temporary or permanent status or other relief from removal, including as a relative ofa U.S. citizen or permanent resident;
17. whether the person is likely to be granted temporary or permanent status or other relief from removal, including as an asylum seeker, or a victim of domestic violence, human trafficking, or other crime; . and .
18. whether the person is currently cooperating or has cooperated with federal, state or local law enforcement authorities, such as ICE, the U.S. Attorneys or Department of Justice, the Department of Labor, or National Labor Relations Board, among others.”