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Statement by the Federation for American Immigration Reform: President
Obama Orders More Whittling Away of What Little is Left of Immigration
Enforcement, Charges FAIR
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following
statement was issued by Dan Stein, president of the Federation for
American Immigration Reform, in response to President Obama's ordered
review of deportation policies:
"President Obama's order that the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) review its deportation practices 'to see how it can conduct
enforcement more humanely within the confines of the law,' is yet
another escalation of his ongoing defiance of U.S. immigration laws
and the constitutional limits of his office.
"Mr. Obama's move appears to have come as a result of a highly
orchestrated public relations campaign on the part of illegal aliens
and their advocates to portray him as 'Deporter-in-Chief.' Nothing
could be farther from the truth. Just this week DHS Secretary Jeh
Johnson testified that his department has been mixing border removals
with interior removals - a practice that has made total deportations
appear larger than they actually are - and has all but ceased
deportations of non-criminal aliens now in the U.S. In fact, during
his first five years in office, President Obama's administration has
removed the fewest illegal aliens, on an annual basis, since the Ford
administration.
"The Obama immigration enforcement record is inhumane and unfair. It
is inhumane and unfair to the millions of Americans who are losing
employment and wage opportunities to the illegal aliens his
administration refuses to act against. It is unfair to millions more
Americans who are burdened with the staggering costs of illegal
immigration, and to millions of legal immigrants who have played by
the rules.
"The United States has the most generous immigration policies in the
world. It is the people who violate our laws, to the detriment of the
American people, who bear the responsibility for the hardships
deportation imposes on their family members.
"By his own admission, President Obama lacks the authority to halt
deportations of illegal aliens. Yet, he has repeatedly and
systematically ignored or rewritten immigration laws to serve his own
political objectives. It is incumbent upon Congress, even those who
support granting amnesty to illegal aliens, to stand up to this
blatant defiance of the constitutional Separation of Powers doctrine.
The fact that Congress has not enacted the immigration reforms that
the president desires does not give him license to act unilaterally.
"Thursday's move by the White House should also put to rest any
consideration by the House of immigration legislation similar to the
bill passed by the Senate last year. President Obama cannot be trusted
to carry out any enforcement requirements of new immigration laws when
he so flagrantly flouts the laws Congress has already enacted."
About FAIR Founded in 1979, FAIR is the country's largest immigration
reform group. With over 250,000 members nationwide, FAIR fights for
immigration policies that serve national interests, not special
interests. FAIR believes that immigration reform must enhance national
security, improve the economy, protect jobs, preserve our environment,
and establish a rule of law that is recognized and enforced.
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