"There's a bombshell report out that the Obama administration is playing politics with some controversial border issues," claims Fox News Tuesday morning, adding details of reports that "the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Agencies (ICE) is actually relaxing the enforcement of border laws, which critics are now calling a 'backdoor offer of amnesty'.
Although the Obama administration continues to boast about their enforcement, stats shows that apprehensions of border crossers have plummeted, down by 36% in the last two years, and that the number of illegal immigrants have increased by 33% since 2000 and that Mexicans account for 58% of illegals in the United States .
Following is an excerpt of an ICE internal memo from the White House, acquired by the Daily Caller:
When weighing whether an exercise of prosecutorial discretion may be warranted for a given alien, ICE officials, agents and attorneys should consider all relevant factors, including, but not limited to - the circumstances of the person's arrival in the United States."
Speaking of the memo, Mark Krikorian from the Center for Immigration Studies points out that
- This is nothing less than an attempt by the Obama administration to pass the Dream Act, legislation that Congress failed to pass last year, that President Obama wanted and needed to pacify his Hispanic base for reelection year 2012.
- The memo is an attempt to implement the idea of the Dream Act, amnesty for certain groups of people - without the permission of Congress.
- The law is a blunt instrument; however there has always been "wiggle room" in enforcement - but "the problem with immigration is that it is becoming all 'wiggle room" and no law."
- This is a political memo to pacify the open borders groups, including, but not limited to the ACLU and La Raza. It's a pledge of faith that the Obama administration is on their side and only enforcing immigration laws under pressure - they are telling their own immigration agents to lighten up that they are being too tough.
ICE spokesman, Brian Hale, responded with its statement that the memo is all about getting the bad guys out first:
The directive clearly states that the exercise of discretion is inappropriate in cases involving threats to public safety, national security and other agency priorities. This guidance also directs the excercise.
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