Deferred Action Decision is Focus of Dueling Statements
President Obama’s decision last month to grant deferred action to thousands of immigrants eligible for deportation is either illegal or humane, according to dueling statements released Thursday by members of Texas’ congressional delegation.
On June 15, the administration announced it would instruct the Department of Homeland Security to begin issuing work permits and grant relief from deportation to certain immigrants brought to the country illegally before they were 16 years old.
U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, who has labeled a host of immigration polices aimed at focusing on deporting serious criminals over other offenders “backdoor amnesty,” told ...
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Karen Spivey-Cummings via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Obama and the Dems are correct.
Cristina Parker via Texas Tribune on Facebook
It's a DHS memo not a law. Holy crap, this is getting old.
Rudy Gonzales
Your first symptom is the name of the radical TEA-Republican making the charge. The bigot, Lamar Smith, is pushing TEA party issues against the president and the federal government. Extremist have opened the flood-gates to oust president Obama. TEA-Republicans want every possible hurdle placed in front of children of undocumented in America. The caliber of people in the TEA-Republican party include Jim DeMint of South Carolina put a hold on legislation was to be voted on for medical help or assistance to women and children as well as military personnel of Marine Base Camp Lejeune which had their water system contaminated with trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, benzene and vinyl chloride. And their standard bearer, Romney, off-shored millions in Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Ireland, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland and Australia.