Tuesday, August 3, 2010

THE LA RAZA DEMS' BIT BY BIT BY BIT AMNESTY.....

Backdoor Amnesty

Posted 08/02/2010 06:57 PM ET


The Border: Polls show Democrats have decisively lost the debate over granting amnesty to illegals. But has that stopped them? Hardly. Using the federal bureaucracy as their agent, they plan to do it anyway.

This is what happens when big government becomes so powerful that those who run it feel they can do whatever they want — no matter what the Constitution allows or the people prefer.

Americans strongly oppose amnesty for those here illegally. Democrats have been frightened away from trying to pass an amnesty bill because they're terrified of the political consequences.

But as the Associated Press reports, that doesn't mean amnesty is dead. Far from it. Indeed, the White House and Congress have apparently decided on a policy of "backdoor amnesty" — giving the U.S.' immigration bureaucracy the go-ahead to enforce an amnesty law that has never been passed.

An 11-page memo written by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officials suggests that, in the absence of an immigration overhaul, the agency could provide "relief" to illegals anyway. This would include, according to the memo, putting off deportation for some illegals or even giving green cards to others.

"This memorandum," it says, "offers administrative relief options to ... reduce the threat of removal for certain individuals present in the United States without authorization."

In other words, the bureaucracy is no longer beholden to the law — it is the law. Our beloved bureaucrats clearly don't believe they need Congress' OK to do what they want.

"In the absence of comprehensive immigration reform," the memo contends, "USCIS can extend benefits and/or protections to many individuals or groups."

This would be done, of course, with a conspiratorial wink and a nod from the Democrats in Congress, who mostly support amnesty but are too cowardly to vote for it in an election year.

By letting the bureaucracy ignore current law, Congress avoids the messy process of debating amnesty, which has infuriated Americans and will be a surefire loser for Democrats in November.

This is pure political cowardice. It's also a form of tyranny — an attempt to circumvent the people's will and the Constitution.

"The document provides an additional basis for our concerns that the administration will go to great lengths to circumvent Congress and unilaterally execute a backdoor amnesty plan," said Republican Sen. Charles Grassley. "The problem remains that if you reward illegality, you get more of it."

In June, a group of concerned Republican senators sent a letter to President Obama seeking assurances that he wouldn't try to make an end-run around Congress to enact an amnesty for illegals.

They're still waiting for a response. Or maybe, with the leaking of the USCIS memo, they have one.

Rather than enforcing the law as it exists, Democrats in both houses have chosen to ratchet up the rhetoric, blaming a lack of Republican "bipartisanship" for the failure to overhaul immigration.

"Bipartisanship"? The Democrats can't even muster enough votes from their own ranks, despite having a 255 to 178 edge in the House and a 59-41 advantage in the Senate. They don't want a vote.

So why push amnesty? Do the math. About 12 million to 20 million people are in the U.S. illegally. Democrats hope they'll be grateful — and faithful — Democratic voters for generations to come, giving their party a virtual lock on controlling our government.

Americans have good reason to be concerned, and they shouldn't be fooled by the rhetoric. This isn't about humanitarian concern for illegals. It's about one party's raw, Machiavellian political calculation, and its attempt to subvert democracy

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