23 Dreamers from Obama Amnesty Snared in Criminal Dragnet
By Stephen Dinan. Nearly two dozen of the illegal immigrants picked up in a nationwide sweep for criminal aliens earlier this month had previously been approved for President Obama’s deportation amnesty, the Homeland Security Department said Wednesday.
All 23 were part of Mr. Obama’s original program for so-called Dreamers, which began in 2012 and which had granted tentative legal legal status to nearly 640,000 as of the end of last year.
Of the 23, 15 were still actively part of the amnesty, while eight had been approved once but had not gotten their status renewed after the first two-year period expired.
The department is trying to deport all of them now.
The Dreamers were snared as part of Operation Cross Check, which saw U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents go after top-priority targets for deportation in a move the administration said proved that they were still trying to deport dangerous illegal immigrants, even as Mr. Obama moves ahead with his amnesty. (Read more from “23 Dreamers from Obama Amnesty Snared in Criminal Dragnet” HERE)
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Texas Judge Threatens Justice Department over Obama’s Immigration Plan
By David Zucchino. A federal judge threatened Thursday to sanction the U.S. Department of Justice if he finds that government lawyers misled him about the rollout of President Obama’s plan to shield up to five million people from the threat of deportation.
U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen, visibly annoyed, confronted a U.S. deputy assistant attorney general over previous government assurances on the timing of the program.
He asked why he shouldn’t grant a discovery request for internal federal immigration documents, a request filed Thursday by 26 states that are suing over Obama’s executive actions on immigration.
Hanen ordered a freeze on the Obama plan on Feb. 16 in response to the lawsuit, which accuses the administration of overstepping the president’s executive authority.
At a one-hour hearing in Brownsville, Hanen gave the Department of Justice 48 hours to file a motion in response. He said he would then rule promptly on whether to require the government to produce immigration documents concerning applications under Obama’s deferred action program. (Read more from “Texas Judge Threatens Justice Department over Obama’s Immigration Plan” HERE)
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