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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is set on Thursday to outline a controversial plan to relax U.S. immigration policy and grant relief from deportation to as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants in a go-it-alone move that will deepen a partisan divide with Republicans.
Sources close to the administration said the rollout would include a televised speech by Obama on Thursday night laying out the plan followed by a trip to Las Vegas on Friday to build support. Nevada is home to the highest proportion of undocumented immigrants in the country.
The White House declined to comment on the specific timing of the announcement but officials have made clear Obama was planning to take executive action soon. Some conservative Republicans have threatened to try to thwart the immigration move by imposing funding restrictions in a must-pass spending bill, which could conceivably raise the possibility of a government shutdown.
Frustrated by years of congressional inaction on what most in Washington agree is a broken immigration system, Obama is planning to issue a reprieve from deportation that will cover some parents of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents.
That initiative would expand on a 2012 executive order by the president that gave relief from deportation and work permits to undocumented children brought to the United States by their parents.
There is also expected to be a border security element and Obama will act to help companies hire and retain high-skilled workers from abroad, the sources said.
"We've identified a number of ways that we will (fix the system) which the president will speak to in the coming days," Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said at a National Press Club event on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is set on Thursday to outline a controversial plan to relax U.S. immigration policy and grant relief from deportation to as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants in a go-it-alone move that will deepen a partisan divide with Republicans.
Sources close to the administration said the rollout would include a televised speech by Obama on Thursday night laying out the plan followed by a trip to Las Vegas on Friday to build support. Nevada is home to the highest proportion of undocumented immigrants in the country.
The White House declined to comment on the specific timing of the announcement but officials have made clear Obama was planning to take executive action soon. Some conservative Republicans have threatened to try to thwart the immigration move by imposing funding restrictions in a must-pass spending bill, which could conceivably raise the possibility of a government shutdown.
Frustrated by years of congressional inaction on what most in Washington agree is a broken immigration system, Obama is planning to issue a reprieve from deportation that will cover some parents of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents.
That initiative would expand on a 2012 executive order by the president that gave relief from deportation and work permits to undocumented children brought to the United States by their parents.
There is also expected to be a border security element and Obama will act to help companies hire and retain high-skilled workers from abroad, the sources said.
"We've identified a number of ways that we will (fix the system) which the president will speak to in the coming days," Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said at a National Press Club event on Wednesday.
yeah Randall but once the damage is done we have to live with ,
It's an Act of War
Reagan tried this and it didn't work mainly because Congress pulled the teeth from the original bill.
They should build that fence at put towers up with armed guards. Shoot at a few as they try to cross. The rest will get the message.
As for those already here? Its to bad they all can't be deported but that will never happen.
They can change the ammendment to the constitution that says anyone born in this country is an automatic citizen.
That was put in to protect the children of former slaves. Its not needed anymore. We are the only country recognizes anyone born in this country as a citizen.
A change to the ammendment would get rid of that anchor baby bullshit.
Of course Barry won't address any of this he'll just give loads of folks amnesty one way or another and spit in the eyes of all those who came here legally.
What the hell else would one expect??
It's an Act of War
It's an act of a man who wants to be the "Emperor". He truly is a sociopath and a narcissist. This is the act of a man who is attempting to "set a trap" for the new republican Congress. They should do nothing more than to (1) defund the ability to implement his "dictate" and (2) litigate it before the Supreme Court.
Again - Article 1 section 8 of the United States Constitution. CONGRESS MAKES IMMIGRATION LAW - NOT AN EMPEROR.
It's an Act of War
It's an act of a man who wants to be the "Emperor". He truly is a sociopath and a narcissist. This is the act of a man who is attempting to "set a trap" for the new republican Congress. They should do nothing more than to (1) defund the ability to implement his "dictate" and (2) litigate it before the Supreme Court.
Again - Article 1 section 8 of the United States Constitution. CONGRESS MAKES IMMIGRATION LAW - NOT AN EMPEROR.
Obama is like Hitler in the bunker, he wants to pull the nation down with him
you'd have to build a shadow DOJ to deport everyone, and Congress is not in the mood to spend the money ... in either party. You're also not going to get any amendment to the Constitution through the process. That reality is why the Supreme Court can do just about any damn thing it chooses. Obama's a narcissist and elitist, though.Reagan tried this and it didn't work mainly because Congress pulled the teeth from the original bill.
They should build that fence at put towers up with armed guards. Shoot at a few as they try to cross. The rest will get the message.
As for those already here? Its to bad they all can't be deported but that will never happen.
They can change the ammendment to the constitution that says anyone born in this country is an automatic citizen.
That was put in to protect the children of former slaves. Its not needed anymore. We are the only country recognizes anyone born in this country as a citizen.
A change to the ammendment would get rid of that anchor baby bullshit.
Of course Barry won't address any of this he'll just give loads of folks amnesty one way or another and spit in the eyes of all those who came here legally.
What the hell else would one expect??
You know, I hear this phrase often - usually from politicians, and I can't help but say BULLSHIT. We can deport anyone we want to. We just don't have the collective will to do what is right. And the monster grows bigger...........
Obama doesn't love America, he wants a weakened America, and this is one way to accomplish that by bringing in as many third world people as possible who will continue to drain our government services that cost Americans billions of dollars every year.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is set on Thursday to outline a controversial plan to relax U.S. immigration policy and grant relief from deportation to as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants in a go-it-alone move that will deepen a partisan divide with Republicans.
Sources close to the administration said the rollout would include a televised speech by Obama on Thursday night laying out the plan followed by a trip to Las Vegas on Friday to build support. Nevada is home to the highest proportion of undocumented immigrants in the country.
The White House declined to comment on the specific timing of the announcement but officials have made clear Obama was planning to take executive action soon. Some conservative Republicans have threatened to try to thwart the immigration move by imposing funding restrictions in a must-pass spending bill, which could conceivably raise the possibility of a government shutdown.
Frustrated by years of congressional inaction on what most in Washington agree is a broken immigration system, Obama is planning to issue a reprieve from deportation that will cover some parents of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents.
That initiative would expand on a 2012 executive order by the president that gave relief from deportation and work permits to undocumented children brought to the United States by their parents.
There is also expected to be a border security element and Obama will act to help companies hire and retain high-skilled workers from abroad, the sources said.
"We've identified a number of ways that we will (fix the system) which the president will speak to in the coming days," Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said at a National Press Club event on Wednesday.
Not to go off topic - but Big Red 1, huh? They still at Fort Riley? I was sent there way back when on an investigation. Kind of in the middle of nowhere, huh....