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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 871428" data-attributes="member: 12952">Press Release&nbsp; National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers calls&nbsp; for new immigration policy to be rescinded.Group&nbsp; says that policy will encourage further illegal immigration and damage&nbsp; respect for law by foreigners; says President has abandoned duty to law.&nbsp; The administration announced last week that it would implement a new&nbsp; policy that will permit hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens to&nbsp; remain in the United States despite being in deportation proceedings&nbsp; already. This policy is clearly designed to sidestep congressional&nbsp; authority to regulate immigration. It should cause great concern amongst&nbsp; Americans who demand a secure border and desire only fair, even-handed&nbsp; enforcement of our nation’s immigration laws.In a letter to selected senators, Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the&nbsp; Department of Homeland Security, cited public safety and clogged&nbsp; immigration court dockets as justification for the new policy. She&nbsp; asserts that DHS resources “must continue to be focused on our highest&nbsp; priorities” in order to avoid having resources diverted away from&nbsp; “individuals who pose a threat to public safety.” Americans should&nbsp; understand that the policy has just granted amnesty in fact to&nbsp; approximately 300,000 illegal aliens already in deportation proceedings.&nbsp; The new policy means that they will be permitted to stay in the United&nbsp; States without fear of removal and will be given employment&nbsp; authorization valid for the foreseeable future. Past experience tells us&nbsp; that ultimately they will be given permanent residence and then&nbsp; citizenship. The policy promises similar haven to millions more. Those&nbsp; who are arrested in coming years will have a legitimate claim to this&nbsp; benefit if their “only” crime was entering the United States illegally&nbsp; or overstaying their visa. Thus, the incentive for following our&nbsp; nation’s legal immigration process has been effectively removed. Aliens&nbsp; in deportation proceedings did not get there by happenstance. They have&nbsp; already had their circumstances individually reviewed by an officer who&nbsp; is trained and legally empowered to determine alien age. This official&nbsp; determined they were here in violation of the law with no apparent legal&nbsp; right to remain in the United States. After examining all factors, a&nbsp; deportation hearing before an Immigration Judge was determined to be in&nbsp; the best interest of the United States.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 871428, member: 12952"] [B]Press Release[/B] National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers calls for new immigration policy to be rescinded. Group says that policy will encourage further illegal immigration and damage respect for law by foreigners; says President has abandoned duty to law. The administration announced last week that it would implement a new policy that will permit hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens to remain in the United States despite being in deportation proceedings already. This policy is clearly designed to sidestep congressional authority to regulate immigration. It should cause great concern amongst Americans who demand a secure border and desire only fair, even-handed enforcement of our nation’s immigration laws. In a letter to selected senators, Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, cited public safety and clogged immigration court dockets as justification for the new policy. She asserts that DHS resources “must continue to be focused on our highest priorities” in order to avoid having resources diverted away from “individuals who pose a threat to public safety.” Americans should understand that the policy has just granted amnesty in fact to approximately 300,000 illegal aliens already in deportation proceedings. The new policy means that they will be permitted to stay in the United States without fear of removal and will be given employment authorization valid for the foreseeable future. Past experience tells us that ultimately they will be given permanent residence and then citizenship. The policy promises similar haven to millions more. Those who are arrested in coming years will have a legitimate claim to this benefit if their “only” crime was entering the United States illegally or overstaying their visa. Thus, the incentive for following our nation’s legal immigration process has been effectively removed. Aliens in deportation proceedings did not get there by happenstance. They have already had their circumstances individually reviewed by an officer who is trained and legally empowered to determine alien age. This official determined they were here in violation of the law with no apparent legal right to remain in the United States. After examining all factors, a deportation hearing before an Immigration Judge was determined to be in the best interest of the United States. [/QUOTE]

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