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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 755796" data-attributes="member: 12952">Obama Still Planning on Amnesty by Executive Order?U.S. Sen. Grassley: Senators again ask administration if plans are underway for large-scale de facto amnestyWASHINGTON — In response to the administration’s silence and&nbsp; lack of a denial, Senator Chuck Grassley and 11 other senators again&nbsp; have asked top government officials if the Obama administration has&nbsp; plans, as has been rumored, to unilaterally extend either “deferred&nbsp; action” or “parole” to millions of illegal immigrants in the United&nbsp; States. The senators are asking the Secretary of Homeland Security to&nbsp; reveal how many times the department has used its discretionary&nbsp; authority to let people who are illegally in the country to stay. This&nbsp; authority is meant to be used only in unusual, emergent or humanitarian&nbsp; circumstances.“The administration has yet to answer our letter about reports that&nbsp; it may be planning a large-scale, de facto amnesty program through&nbsp; deferred action and parole. By shedding a little light on the numbers,&nbsp; we’re working to get to the bottom of the administration’s plans,”&nbsp; Grassley said. “If it wants to claim that discretionary authority is&nbsp; being used on a case-by-case basis, then let’s determine if these cases&nbsp; are truly meritorious.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 755796, member: 12952"] [B]Obama Still Planning on Amnesty by Executive Order?[/B] [B]U.S. Sen. Grassley: Senators again ask administration if plans are underway for large-scale de facto amnesty WASHINGTON — [/B]In response to the administration’s silence and lack of a denial, Senator Chuck Grassley and 11 other senators again have asked top government officials if the Obama administration has plans, as has been rumored, to unilaterally extend either “deferred action” or “parole” to millions of illegal immigrants in the United States. The senators are asking the Secretary of Homeland Security to reveal how many times the department has used its discretionary authority to let people who are illegally in the country to stay. This authority is meant to be used only in unusual, emergent or humanitarian circumstances. “The administration has yet to answer our letter about reports that it may be planning a large-scale, de facto amnesty program through deferred action and parole. By shedding a little light on the numbers, we’re working to get to the bottom of the administration’s plans,” Grassley said. “If it wants to claim that discretionary authority is being used on a case-by-case basis, then let’s determine if these cases are truly meritorious.” [/QUOTE]

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