Report: Obama Admin Will Circumvent Congress With New Illegal Immigration Rule
- Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:16am by
Billy Hallowell
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WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — Are you ready for even more Congressional criticism of the Obama administration? The White House is crafting plans surrounding a rule change to help reduce the time illegal immigrant spouses and children are separated from citizen relatives while they try to win legal status in the United States, a senior administration official said Thursday.

Currently, illegal immigrants must leave the country before they can ask the government to waive a three- to 10-year ban on legally coming back to the U.S. The length of the ban depends on how long they have lived in the U.S. without permission. The L.A. Times has more:
…Obama is attempting unilateral steps meant to bring about what he sees as an immigration system that is fairer and less destructive to families.
The proposal is likely to win plaudits from a crucial constituency in the 2012 election: Latinos.
Obama won two-thirds of the Latino vote in 2008, and he needs this fast-growing constituency energized and excited about his reelection.
(Related: Obama Administration Launches Free Hotline for Suspected Illegal Immigrants)
The official said the new rule would let children and spouses of citizens ask the government to decide on the waiver request before the illegal immigrant heads to his or her home country to apply for a visa. The illegal immigrants still must go home to finish the visa process to come back to the U.S., but getting the waiver ahead of time could reduce the time an illegal immigrant is out of the country.
The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the proposed policy change had not been made public.
The waiver shift is the latest move by President Barack Obama to make changes to immigration policy without congressional action. Congressional Republicans repeatedly have criticized the administration for policy changes they describe as providing “backdoor amnesty” to illegal immigrants.
Immigrants who do not have criminal records and who have only violated immigration laws can win a waiver if they can prove that their absence would cause an “extreme hardship” for their citizen spouse or parent. The government received about 23,000 hardship applications in 2011 and more than 70 percent were approved, the official said.
Applications for the waiver can take as long as six months to be acted upon, the official said. The new rule is expected to reduce that processing time to just days or weeks, the official added.
“This would streamline the process (and) reduce the time of separation between family members,” the official said.
The proposal will be published in the Federal Register on Friday. The official said the administration hopes to change the rule later this year.
Immigration has become a difficult issue for Obama ahead of the November election. As a presidential candidate, he pledged to change what many consider to be a broken immigration system.

To that end, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced plans last year to review some 300,000 pending deportation cases in an effort to target criminal illegal immigrants, repeat immigration law violators and those who pose a national security or public safety threat. Napolitano said the DHS would delay indefinitely the cases of many illegal immigrants who have no criminal record and those who have been arrested for only minor traffic violations or other misdemeanors.
A pilot program to review about 12,000 cases pending in immigration court in Baltimore and Denver was launched in November and ends next week. The review is expected to expand to other jurisdictions later this year.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton also issued a memo in June outlining how immigration authorities could use discretion in deciding which illegal immigrants to arrest and put into deportation proceedings. Morton wrote in the memo that discretion could be used in a variety of cases, including for people with no criminal record and young people brought to the country illegally as children.
Congressional Republicans have decried the policy changes, arguing that the Obama administration is circumventing Congress to essentially provide amnesty to countless illegal immigrants.
Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, has been among the most vocal critics and has accused Obama repeatedly of not enforcing immigration law.
Several attempts at an immigration law overhaul have failed in recent years, including the so-called DREAM Act, which would have allowed for some young illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as children to earn legal status if they went to college or joined the military.



















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NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:52amIllegal aliens, also known as future Democrat voters, come here for the “government cheese”. This is directly out of the mouth of one of them, who bragged about all the $$$ he was getting here. See the problem???
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 8:05am.
Looks like Obama is gonna finish what Regan started…….
Like I said before: This is on all you P.C. White Guilt Morons……….
Next time your White Guilt kicks in do the Gene Pool a favor SHOOT yourself……
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 8:10amHe now knows he can get away with breaking laws, and his oath of office, without ANYONE trying to stop him.
Report Post »We’ve lost our Republic to tyrannical communists!
mwhaley
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 8:11amObama need s a new voting block, and needs it quick!
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 8:42amCan’t persuade with ideas–so let’s keep cheating.
Report Post »Obviously knows Congress just does NOT understand just how much he needs to do this right now.
Its just Congress, right? 11% approval rating. I guess they can’t be reached for comment….
demint.disciple
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 8:46amOh well, as they say, elections have consequences ….
Report Post »HKS
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 8:51amA rogue president is a dictator, has America lost it’s mind?
Report Post »ACLUHater
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 9:14amThese filthy animals need to be thrown in the snake pits. They are making a sewer out of America.
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 9:15amOur government is dysfunctional. Obama will continue to grab power until congress stops him. They will do nothing. Caesar might as well disband the senate, and declare his lifetime presidency.
Report Post »gobnait
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 9:50amSpank- Reagan publicly and categorically stated that his 1980′s amnesty plan was one of his biggest mistakes and regrets.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 10:17amtHINK ABOUT THIS EVERY PRESIDENT IN THE LAST COUPLE DECADES HAVE POINTED TO PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS TO VALIDATE THEIR UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTION AND EACH PRESIDENTS KEEPS INCHING THE BAR FURTHER AND FURTHER(IN A SLOW PROGRESSIVE MANNER) HOW FAR WILL THE NEXT PRESIDENT GO IF ALLOW OBAMA TO GET AWAY WITH HIS ACTIONS…….TIME TO STAND UP AMERICA
Report Post »randy
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 10:47amThis SOB POTUS fraud from Kenya needs to be tossed in jail and tried for treason.
Report Post »November can’t come soon enough!
Ruler4You
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 10:54amWhat a fetid pile of steaming human excrement.
Report Post »AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 10:58amI know. Why don’t we just let the people of May-hee-co vote FOR us?
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 12:05pmSay good by 2 ur freedom in america or stand up u cry baby’s.
Report Post »Favored93
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 12:06pmJust a step closer to total tyranny! All hail our benevolent dictator!!!!
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 12:34pmWhen Rick gets voted in in Nov. he should 1 Declare Drilling Anywhere legal. Barry has set a precedent. 2 Declare Obamacare defunded. Barry has set the precedent 3 Declare Abortion Murder. Barry has set the precedent. 4 Declare insurance company‘s can offer policy’s over state lines. Barry has set the precedent.
Report Post »greg_w26
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 2:19pmthat’s great now we will put 1000000 born here AMERICANS out of a job so OBAMA can get the VOTES of the illegals,collage kids wonder why they can‘t get jobs they just don’t read between the lines if they did maybe they would not vote for OBAMA’S new thinkless world.
Report Post »100 Million Patriots Standing
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 11:46pm“HOW FAR WILL THE NEXT PRESIDENT GO IF ALLOW OBAMA TO GET AWAY WITH HIS ACTIONS…“ and if he gets a second term think of how far he would continue”
It seems that his activity and ‘testing’ are designed to see what he can get away with now…..an abuser that crosses boundaries without consequences just goes a little further next time…and in short order with no workable way to stop them the abuser is seen as omni-potent…..so the abuse continues and the victims give up and give away their power in dispair and hopelessness….in most cases the obvious answer is to just stand and leave…or kick them out…
We are being mentally abused by the threat and actions of a single person of influence and control over our lives, threatening our safety, threatening our freedom, threatening our system of government.
It is ironic that the respectors of the Constitution have no remedy for those that don’t – president or otherwise.
Obama has taken on and apparently defeated the will of the congress and/or military to defend us. he is gathering power as we lose ours.
We are only a few days into 2012 and this non stop assault on our nation will not stop….
the abuser will not want to leave the house….manipulation, guilt, and boundary erosion will continue until someone draws a line and means it…or until all of Obama’s dreams of his father are accomplished.
It is amazingly sad to think of all the wars and countless lives lost fighting against what Obama has
Report Post »NewLife56
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:50amWell ladies and gentelmen when is everyone going to realize, this guy has become a dictator and has preformed a coup d’état? He has no reguard for law, thinks he has the power to do pretty much what he wants.
I did not vote for Obama, and won’t this time either, but believe it or not I do understand his frustration with a corrupt congress, but you don’t become corrupt yourself to fight it. You don’t use tactics that are wrong to combat wrong.
Our whole system has become corrupt from Bottom to Top, and honestly? I’m not sure it can or will be fixed.
Report Post »Delta D-5-3
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 8:15amWell my fellow citizens, it’s official, we now have a dictator instead of a President. Look up the definition of a dictator. It‘s crystal clear that that’s what he’s become. This man HAS to be defeated in November. Our country as we “knew” it, is gone. IF HE’S RE-ELECTED, history will look back at US and say, why didn’t they do anything?? Because there‘s NO DOUBT in my mind what’s coming people, it’s NOT good. And yet……..the sheep still sleep. There’s a REASON why all these new “laws” have been “signed” by our new “Chairman” Obama. Hopefully real “change” will be elected in come Nov. If not, well freedom as we “know” it, will be just a distant memory…………..
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 8:58amSadly, many people do NOT understand the modern definition of dictator. They think Mao, Stalin, Hitler, Castro, but this traitor will be like Chavez, Ahmednutjob, etc. He will choke us to death, but do it stealthily and SLOWLY. He will never declare himself a dictator, oh no — yet he will take our freedoms away, one by one. I pray God has mercy on America and takes out this vile dictator himself. Amen.
Report Post »teapartyguardian
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:06pmBecome corrupt? This basxxxrd is the epitome of corrupt! The congress does not get along with this guy because his ideology is 180 degrees out of sync with NORMAL Americans. The dimwits who elected this moxxn hopefully won’t bother to elect the first bla…I mean communist president again. Who knows how long or even if the damage can be reversed. May God bless America and the Tea Party, because we are gonna need as much help as we can get!!
Report Post »John1863
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:49amWhere the heck is Congress and why isn’t anyone starting impeachment proceedings. This guy has to go and I don’t care how.
Report Post »NewLife56
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:58amBecause they are afraid to be called Racsit
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 8:02amSadly, the majority of the people in this country live in a reality bubble, and won’t wake up til they are escorted through the gates of the concentration camp…..then it will be far too late.
Report Post »McNamara
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 8:23am@ Newlife.. You got that right. it is already coming out, that if you speak out agains the Teleprompter in Chief, aka the Annointed One, you will be labled a racist.
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 9:16amThey are cowards and buffoons
Report Post »c.foster4722
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:44pmYou know I’ve wondered the same thing for awhile now self!! It seems that the so called good guys, do a lot of crying and complaining but like you said not trying to do anything about it. I say It’s time for them to start doing their job and stop complaining. They have the means and the prof of what he’s done so they need to get off their butts and at least try!! The people are waking up now It’s there turn. Even if they fail, at-least they can say we gave it a shot. It’s better to have tried and failed then never have tried at all.
Report Post »bmeredo
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 11:02pmCongress doesn’t have the guts to even try to impeach this moron! Look at the things Clinton got away with when he was in office. Congress is on the same side as this idiot! We need to throw them all out and rid ourselves of the total corruption that is ruining this country!
Report Post »Nursenevada
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 9:00amOkay, since no one is going to start impeachment procedures, what do we need to do to get him out besides voting him out? The election will obviously be fixed as it was last time. Does anyone know what we, the people, can do to start proceedings against him? How much money will it take for lawyer’s fees? Where do we start? Does anyone know how to do this?
Report Post »merr2254
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 12:53pmImpeachment? I want to know why he isn’t being arrested and charged with treason!!!
Report Post »HKS
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:49amI think the congress should get together and come up with a law or procedure to deal with rogue presidents. It‘s obvious that they don’t have one and it would appear to me to be a dangerous situation. Regardless of the political party involved the rules must be followed or actions must be taken to remove a president from office and I not talking about years of garble goop and red tape, like immediate removal. How did we survive this long without a fail-safe?
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 8:49amLike 9/11, people thought this could never happen here. America was immune to communism, and we fell asleep…
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:48am@Baddoggy
You Paulies have no room in this conversation. If you can’t have Ron Paul, you will gladly write him in, knowing full well that you’ll be helping 0bama complete his plan. I know that you‘ll make the ridiculous claim that ALL the others are in on the same plan but I don’t even believe deep down that you’re that ignorant.
Either join in the fight or own the consequences of your intentions.
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 9:22amYou have no courage, you just vote the way the media tells you. I will write Paul in unless whoever gets the nomination includes him as VP. I will vote for the man I think is right, not who a bunch of party controlled zombies say to vote for. It is called freedom, something Americans don’t seem to care about anymore. Fact is if Obama is reelected, it will be because of the crappy candidates put forth by the republican party. Two party system has buried this country and is putting us on course for civil war. If he wins reelection and you truly believe it will result in the complete destruction of our way of life, then you know what to do to solve the problem. I doubt that you would have the courage to do it though.
Report Post »carbonyes
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 10:03amHIDDEN_LION, as been said many times before, it’s a free country, kinda, and you are free to be ignorant, like a lot of people who voted for Obama.
Report Post »Drakkhanlord
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 2:59pmFU *******…
Report Post »Drakkhanlord
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 3:04pmHang The worthless POS Criminals for Treason and Sedition…
It is Time to go to DC and get rid of these MF’s…
Today…Not in November.
For all that voted and back Obama/soetoro…Rot in HeII
Report Post »Nursenevada
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 9:12am@DRAK: What do we do when we get there (in DC)?
Report Post »On The Bayou
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:48amWhat a guy, aint this man great. There is nothing that he will not do in an attempt to be re-elected. If he hadn`t been hell bent on dystroying the United States Of America from the day he got in office he probably had as good a chance as anyone to win re-elction. He has dug a deep hole and he knows it.
Report Post »KINGRUDDY
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:46amNext he will write a new Constitution for us!!! What a Curious George look alike!!!!!
Report Post »Has he ever told the truth? Anyone, please list all the truths he has told……..
I know this list is very very short. History is repeating itself….Germany, Rome, Russia, all these nations turned toward dictators and look where they are now.
Wake up America!!!!
ahberns
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 10:27pmHe told us exactly what he was intending on the campaign trail.
“I want to fundamentally change America” His wife “the queen” said that “We are going to have to change our history, our traditions…”
DIDN’T ANYONE LISTEN TO THEM?????
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:44amPresident Obama’s has made Congresss irrelevent with Executive Orders, Immigration reform, and “asking’ for 1.2 trillion dollar increase in the debt ceiling during recess. Clearly, He’s outside the Article II Section 3 of Presidential recess powers
Report Post »The congressional leadership is responsible for this happening. They’re the ones who gave us the drama thet produced the “Committee of 12”; which has led to President Obama tuning tail on the world putting “Freedom” on the back burner, and turning our National Defense into a “Drone and Go” operation, limited to one war.
The 16.2 Debt limit will be 111% of GDP! We’ll be Greece sooner than later! The Progressive Congressional leadership has handed the keys of the Republic over to a Marxists!
hidden_lion
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 9:25amAll this was enabled by the congress and senate. The true fault lays with them. They should have neutered this tyrant when they had relevance.
Report Post »Commerce Exchange
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:41amYear after year the admin is taking advantage of executive power.
Report Post »two years ago was helath care.
http://goo.gl/jAI5X
DanielBurke
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:40amOne more move to make Congress irrelevant. In Obama’s second term Congress will not need to meet at all. In fact, we can watch that entire branch of government be dissolved by executive order from Chairman Obama.
Report Post »MuyLoco
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:40amThe smartest solution I‘ve ever heard on illegal immigration was so simple it’s infallible. Put in place a $50,000 reward for any individual that turns in a business employing an illegal alien. Extend this reward to the very illegal being employed and the problem is over. The reward is paid by the $75,000 fine that is levied against the business owner and the rest pays for any processing and/or court costs.
NO business would hire an illegal…EVER…problem solved. Employers would do thorough background checks and would never take the risk of knowingly hiring an illegal. Don’t have to deport anyone, they will leave on their own, no income…gotta go. Cost to taxpayers = $0
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:55amSounds good as long as Obama doesn’t give them welfare along with the free medical they already get. And you could never get California to go along with it.
Report Post »MuyLoco
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 8:17amWhen you get nearly all the other states to pass it, California and some of the other Lib states would follow out of self preservation. 15+ million illegals flooding into their state wouldn’t be tolerated by even the staunchest progressives. I think they would quickly come on board.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 8:25amGood point!
Report Post »WHITE-TX-POWER
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 5:24pmNicely said
Report Post »garylee123
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:39amHow about they go back to the hell hole they came from and change that country instead of ours?
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 8:56amWhy do that when they can get free bennies while destroying ours ? Mexico isn’t giving handouts..
Report Post »Darla_K
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:58pmThat is because they are smarter than we are.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:38am.
Somebody IMPEACH this #!6#3&(they won’t let me say what I want)…………..
This is on all you P.C. White Guilt Morons……….
Next time your White Guilt kicks in do the Gene Pool a favor SHOOT yourself……
Report Post »McNamara
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 8:25amAgreed.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:37amI believe the great majority of Americans are against what Obama is trying to do to this country. You would never know that from the spin of the Democrates. It is time the majority gathered its full strength to fight this blatant take over of our Republic. Its time our Senators and Representives spoke up for the people they are supposed to represent. If not, throw them all out!!!
Report Post »Fus Patrol
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:33amNever before has a President had so little regard for our Constitution. This is an effort to make Congress irrelevant. Remember his own words about just fixing everything on his own. I’d vote for Stalin over this guy.
Report Post »Banter
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 10:02amCongress is complicit in its own irrelevance. obama is just taking advantage and rubbing their face in it.
If Congress wanted to neuter this dictator they could, but they agree with him, regardless of what they say.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:30amIf impeachment procedures are not implimented against Obama we really do have a do nothing Congress. It is time for them to take action. We have a Dictator now. He will do anything to win the election.
Report Post »Thors Hammer
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:45amThe way things are going now, and the way BO is heavy-handedly doing what he wants without regard to congress or the constitution, do you really think there will be an election this year? Or will he ‘decide’ that it’s better for us not to? He can impose martial law, or any one of many other tricks, and just install himself for life. Don’t laugh it off, he has been talking about going around congress for some time. He warned us.
Report Post »txwheels
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:30amThe operative word in all of this is ‘illegal’. If an immigrant comes to our country illegally, kick them out and kick them out permanently! This namby pamby crap that it might cause their family some hardship is BS. Maybe the illegal should have thought of that prior to sneaking into our country like a thief.
This kind of stuff is just another perfect example of why we need to clean house completely in DC. Here’s how, so spread the word. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zYh0RsCXys
Report Post »Drakkhanlord
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 5:33pmdam nice video…thanks
Report Post »Nursenevada
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 9:26amThanks, you are somebody. Is this the only way? The last election was fixed. This one will be too. They had dead people voting and illegals. I will vote them out but there must be more we can do.
Report Post »CFHeather
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:29amObama’s mask is off. This is just a small little taste of what he will do if he gets another term
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:27amStart the impeachment proceedings… NOW!
Report Post »kuhl
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:27amI’m sick of all the criticism with no action. Congress has a duty to protect the American people from a dicatorial executive branch and they are failing in that duty.
Report Post »By the way, isn’t it interesting that these uncontitutional decisions are coming “fast and furious” in his waining term? Time for Congess to get off the talk shows and show some backbone and impeach him!
EqualJustice
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 8:36amI’m with you! Start writing and calling as many reps as you can. THEY NEED TO HEAR US now more than ever!
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:27amI can‘t post what I’m thinking. I could be arrested…………………..
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:31amWell, on second thought, I will just say two words,……Hosni Mubarak!
Report Post »(hope I can’t be arrested for that)
jespasinthru
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 8:10amAnd the Men In Black will politely knock on your door and utter those dreaded words: “We’re from the Government. Do you mind if we come in and look around?” Say no if you dare.
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:26amStop whining people, the King is about to speak. We should all just shut up and do what we are told.
Report Post »HumbleCitizen
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 3:40pmand eat your peas.
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:19am…Obama is attempting unilateral steps meant to bring about what he sees as an immigration system that is fairer and less destructive to families.
He means to say…..illegal families.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:19amAnd Congress will have every right to appeal and impeach…and it’s about time they did already.
Report Post »Nursenevada
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 9:33amYou don’t have to wait to not file your taxes. Just change your withholding status on your W-4 to “Exempt” and start defunding them immediately.
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:18amConstitution? What Constitution.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:26amExactly. We do not have a President we have a HITLER in power. Time to remove him from his throne! But Congress does not have the balls. Bunch of panty waisted Progressives led by Boehner.
Ron Paul 2012 to end this BS!
Report Post »John 3:16
Posted on January 6, 2012 at 9:16amSure let’s jump out of the frying pan into the fire with Ron wingnut Paul. Paul is not the answer he would be our next problem. I’m sure Mr. Wingnut would cut our defenses even more than chairman Obama. We don’t need another idiot or wing nut in the west wing. Our need now is to clean up and out the congress and the senate. We must have a reasonable non-compromising president not a chairman. Obama is a racist and the biggest racist of them all. IMPEACH Obama now Boehner you spinless RINO.
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