Did not President Obama say clearly it is the federal governments job to handle immigration, but there is a back door to this. Homeland Security is reviewing thousands of immigration cases. Many will be for dismissal if they do not have serious criminal records. Many attorney's who were coming to court for their client's deportations found that their cases were being dismissed. They claim because of the massive back log of cases they are releasing defendants who have been in the country for more than two years and have no felony convictions.
In a major policy shift, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has issued new rules concerning deportation cases: if they are not convicted of a serious crime, or a terrorist threat, the case should be dropped. This will clear the back log of cases but also create a de facto amnesty for arrested illegal aliens.
All of this came from a leaking internal memo from the Obama Administration which outlined ways of legalizing illegal aliens without congress approval.
Senator Chuck Grassey said "Actions like this demoralize ICE agents who are trying to do their job."
Mark Krekorian said "They've made it clear that they have no interest in enforcing immigration laws against people who are not convicted criminals."
Sen. John Coryn said "This situation is just another side effect of President's Obama's failure to deliver on his campaign promise to make immigration reform a priority in his first year.
Actually it leaves the immigrants in limbo because they are not legal, they don't have work permits, and they have no social security numbers.
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