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Obama Administration Approves Deferred Deportation for First Group of Illegal Aliens

Sep. 11, 2012 10:11pm Jason Howerton

President Barack Obama (Credit: AP)

WASHINGTON (TheBlaze/AP) — Just three week after the Obama administration started accepting applications from young illegal aliens seeking to avoid deportation and get a work permit, the government already has approved some of the roughly 72,000 applications the government has received.

The Homeland Security Department said Tuesday that a small group of applications has been approved and those immigrants are being notified this week about the decision. The department did not say how many applications had been approved.

The first wave of approvals comes months head of DHS’ own internal estimates of how long the application process for the administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program could take – and less than 60 days before the Nov. 6 elections. According to an internal DHS document obtained by The Associated Press, the department’s Citizenship and Immigration Services had estimated that each application could take several months to be completed.

“Following a thorough, individualized case review, USCIS has now begun notifying individuals of the determination on their deferral requests,” DHS spokesman Peter Boogaard said in a statement. He said about 72,000 applications have been received since the program’s Aug. 15 start.

President Barack Obama and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced on June 15 that young illegal aliens who came to the U.S. before they turned 16, are 30 or younger, are high school graduates or are in college or have served in the military would be eligible to apply to avoid deportation for up to two years and get a work permit. The immigrants also could not have a serious criminal record.

The policy change came just months before what is shaping up to be a tight presidential election. Wooing Hispanic and Latino voters has been considered key to helping Obama win a second term.

The plan to halt deportations for as many as 1.7 million illegal immigrants closely mirrors the failed DREAM Act, a bill that would have provided a path to legalization for many of the same immigrants expected to benefit from the government’ deferred action policy. The new policy does not provide legal status for the immigrants, but instead puts off possible deportation for up to two years.

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has not said what he would do with Obama’s policy if he is elected. He has previously pledged to veto the DREAM Act should it cross his desk. DREAM stands for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors.

Republicans have uniformly criticized Obama’s policy, as well as previous DHS decisions to stop deporting many illegal immigrants who do not have criminal records or otherwise pose a threat to national security or public safety.

Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has derided the policy as “backdoor amnesty” and said he worried about fraud.

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Comments (47)

ThoreauHD
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 11:59pm
Treasonous ******. Any other President would have been impeached by now.

We need to wipe out the entire Senate. Scorched Earth.

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kalli
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 11:43pm
Will our congress ever pull their heads out of the sand and arrest this traitor? Or, are they just sitting back to see how far this SOB is going to take his marxist agenda? Either do something now, or later herr diktator will remove your sorry butts!

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banjarmon
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 11:24pm
BHO needs to deport himself FIRST to set a good example!!!

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nobull14
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 11:22pm
Flush Oturd 11-06 -12 !!!!!!! .

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asybot12
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 11:13pm
This whole situation reminds sadly enough of this really old cherry tree we had in our families yard for 60 years. It provided in abundance for us and any thing extra went to the neighborhood mostly for free. then one year the crop was smaller and some people said “you know you have to do some work here to preserve this tree. But Oh no we knew better the tree had been there for 60 years right?? Then one night the winds came and the tree broke apart it was rotten to the core! I think sadly enough it is to late for the US it is rotten to the core!

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Kathleen3
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 11:05pm
Violating his oath of office, existing federal law, our Constitution and betraying the millions of unemployed/under-employed Americans crosses the line separating dereliction of duty from treason.

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sawbuck
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 11:00pm
If Romney Holds his stance he will hold to the more conservative base,
but risk loosing a good chunk of the Latino vote. If he balks and changes
his stance on the Dream Act ,he might risk alienating his base , but might
draw a few Latino votes. What to do…What to do.

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Delores at CH WV
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:58pm
Impeach this empty chair!!!!!! Congress, you must ACT now or you are going to find yourself back in your empty chair back home!!!!!!

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TookARisk
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:55pm
Can you spell “PANDERING” ? It’s a desperate act to signal to the illegals that no one will give them a hard time voting.

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TookARisk
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:54pm
Sayeth King Obama

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Seabird
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:54pm
My husband was adopted by us citizens when they were stationed in Germany in the early 1950′s. In 1980 we were to go on a trip to Germany when we found out he wasn’t a legal citizen! Paper work wasn’t done correctly! It took him 5 years and thousands of $$’s! Four times to be fingerprinted and interviews by people that barely spoke English! Thank God we got it done then as it would be impossible in today’s world!

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zoro51
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:51pm
why so the WET BACKS can VOTE.. again evita obama tax n speech IS pandering to the WET BACK VOTE.. IMPEACH OBAMA WHHILE AMERICA IS STILL AMERICA

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- watersRpeople
  Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:56pm
  Know what else your vote didn’t count in? The asteroid that will wipe you from the face of the earth.
  
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- watersRpeople
  Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:59pm
  I was the Speaker of the House when that vote was cast, and I didn’t hear one Nah.
  
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- JACKTHETOAD
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 5:12am
  Thanks for that reminder, Waters. I gotta pick up some Prep H today.
  
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hepburn222
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:51pm
Now let me get this straight. The DHS said it would take them months to complete a background check on an illegal immigrant, yet after receiving over 72,000 applications the DHS has been able to approve immigrants in less than a month. I always thought the Dream Act got its name because it allowed illegals a dreamy way to bypass our legal system. I had no idea it meant that one portion of the government would become overly efficient and impress Hispanics in time for the election.

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- De minimus
  Posted on September 11, 2012 at 11:05pm
  Lies. Their lips move and lies come out every time. Stop listening.
  
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- ConservativeFirst
  Posted on September 11, 2012 at 11:13pm
  Hepburn222 – I had the same thought…. something smells rotten here, but I guess we already knew that!
  
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ropati
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:44pm
now I would never mean to suggest that this move was political, but it DOES come 56 days before Election Day.

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The-Monk
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:41pm
Yea, we got one of those places right here in Tampa. I drove by it yesterday. I need to go back and take some photos to post here on The Blaze. It had a really big Obama sign out front that suggested voting for Obama. : (

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- CatB
  Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:46pm
  They aren’t citizens .. if they are registering and having these people vote .. that is fraud … send the photo to Gov. Scott.
  
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- dublinthewagons
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 7:56am
  Catb: there will be an executive order before Nov. 6. They will be allowed to vote.
  
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commonsenseguy
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:41pm
can anyone say “” democrat voters “‘ i am really concerned that obama is about to try and change the voting rules and let these illegals vote,that is what he has to do to get elected. and the other thing he is up to is dragging our economy down the crap hole by letting all these people on welfare he is trying to ruin this countryand he and george soros will have their “” new world order “‘ and obama will be the leader “” dictator “‘.

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- AmericanPatriot
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:14am
  He’ll do it by Executive Order. Piece of cake for him.
  
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RoBoTech
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:39pm
Obama says these “kids (up to 35 years old!) were not brought here on thier own”.
That THEY can’t help being here, and it’s “the right thing to do”.
Uh, no Sir, it’s the INSANE thing to do,
I didn’t bring them here, and I didn’t want them here to begin with.
I make enough to pay taxes.
My own children didn’t get everything they needed, and college was NOT happening with my salary.
They worked hard and both got 2 year scholarships…to a Community College. One of them worked as a waitress and finished a four degree. And took NO student loan.
Now, I have to pay to help educate an ILLEGAL’S kid?
That I had NOTHING to do with bringing here, or wanted here?
And this Marxist DOLT thinks it’s the right thing to do?
HE IS INSANE!!
And WHY do Liberals can’t seem to get it through the fog that University seats are not INFINITE?
Whew, the inmates are definitely running the Asylum.
The Arkham Asylum.
Jokers to the LEFT of me…..

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progressiveslayer
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:32pm
The maggot in chief has spoken,the illegals will be legal because I say so,this Marxist POS is supposed to be a constitutional scholar? BS he violates the constitution on a daily basis.

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- CatB
  Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:40pm
  That’s why he studied it … to dismattle it … and he is getting away with it .. so far …. PRAY.
  
  R & R 2012
  
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- TIME_THE_AVENGER
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 3:53am
  Round trip tickets.
  
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RoBoTech
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:31pm
Illegal Immigration is NY #1 issue.
It has it’s tendrils into EVERY problem issue we, as a nation, faces.
1st off, if you believe that “12 Million” crap sandwich, I feel sorry for you and every person you interact with.
The Econ0my, Jobs, Energy, Fuel, Education, Welfare, Food stamps, crumbling infrastructure, landfills, traffic, the Environment, and on and on.
And I KNOW that Illegals have a huge effect on all of the above, because we are NOT even allowed to find out how much effect!
And that the Government is stopping that, scares me, horribly.
In Alabama, we had a law passed that simply asked that schools report HOW MANY ILLEGAL children we were paying foor. And theObama and Holder DOJ stopped it! We can’t even KNOW.
And the Open border dolts in CA would not allow a law the would have helped the Illegals there, because it included counting how many would have been effected!
My friends, do you get that?

We can’t fix ANY of our issues until we get a handle on the 20-30 MILLION Illegals here. Not even close.
And we are not ALLOWED to know?
In 2007, Ted “I killed a girl” Kennedy FINALLY admitted that 12 Million (a # that the feds have lied to us about since 2002) was incorrect. He stood on the Senate floor and said, 12.5 Million! After millions a year coming across the southern border, and it’s been 12 Million for a decade?
NOW they are trying to say 11 Million!
Are you people REALLY that STUPID?
Obama’s puppeteers certainly think you are. And so did

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- Yeah_Buddy
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:00pm
  The Feds #1 job is to protect the citizens = EPIC FAIL
  
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pattea party
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:31pm
WAIT!!! They cannot assure our troops will get their overseas absentee ballots, yet there is U.S. $ for this.

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- CatB
  Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:42pm
  1 rubber stamp and no review or background check.
  
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- commonsenseguy
  Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:45pm
  we are screwed, we must stop this crap now, this going to be like a match near a tank of gas and obama is holding the matchbox,
  
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Elena2010
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:29pm
How about we configure a C-130 for pople, you know, those web seats… Let the ANG (Air Nat’l Guard) pilots who need hours fly the illegals back to Mexico. One C-130 w/no beverage service is a whole lot cheaper than chartering an airline to fly them home. You can do the same for felons – pack ‘em in like troops!

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TheRoosterCogburn
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:27pm
Oh, the terrible irony in this. I work with a foreign national who’s trying to establish a business here, legally. Thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars later, he’s still waiting to confirm his work visa. Should have just jumped across the Mexican border and asked for amnesty to save himself a whole bunch of trouble. What a joke this whole administration has been…

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- kaydeebeau
  Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:35pm
  I work with a guy who has been waiting for almost a year for his wife and daughter to be legal. He has a job in TN, they are in WA. His wife and child cannot live with him because they are following the rules. This makes me so mad I could spit
  
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kaydeebeau
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:26pm
Hey Lamar from Texas – if you are really so concerned..you have the Constitutional power to stop the power grab from the executive branch – USE IT

We are all racists anyway – GO FOR IT

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randy
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:24pm
Looks like Mr. Treason is stacking the deck before the November elections with illegal votes.

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Iam4America
Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:24pm
Lots of signs of desperation today by this administration.

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