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Then we have this story from July 22 by Elizabeth Harrington. It points out that the Obama administration is not only planning on not enforcing the law. despite all the hogwash coming out of the White House press room. and not only are they not going to enforce the law. but here is what is coming out. The article points out: "The Obama administration is moving forward with plans to expand a waiver program that will allow additional illegal aliens to remain in the country rather than apply for legal status from abroad. "The Department of Homeland Security issued a proposed rule on Tuesday that would make changes to a waiver program created by President Barack Obamas executive action on immigration in 2013." unconstitutional as it was. "The action created a waiver that primarily allowed illegal immigrants with a U.S. citizen spouse or parent to stay . . . " and it goes into the specifics. "The new rule expands eligibility to a host of other categories of illegal immigrants." Jessica Vaughan. director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies. said: "Its a very bad policy. It makes it possible for illegal aliens to avoid the consequences established by Congress to deter people from settling here illegally and then laundering their status by adjusting to a green card. "Vaughan. who has been following the issue for over 2 years. said the changes to the waiver program would increase fraud. "It is a slap in the face to the many legal immigrants who abide by the law. follow the process. and wait their turn. she said. In addition. it will increase the likelihood of fraud in the marriage categories. which produce tens of thousands of new green cards each year. "The President should not be issuing executive actions that serve only to expedite the legalization process for those who have ignored our laws. This legalization gimmick is undermining the integrity of our legal immigration system. and Congress should take steps to block it. "The public will have 60 days to comment on the proposal." It appears to be yet another unconstitutional act by our President. still seeming to thumb his nose at the judge in south Texas who had put an injunction on the last amnesty that was issued by the President. So they are just going to keep going. apparently. This article by Julia Preston has a title from The New York Times: "Most Undocumented Immigrants Will Stay Under Obamas New Policies. Report Says." "Under new immigration enforcement programs the Obama administration is putting in place across the country. the vast majority of unauthorized immigrantsup to 87 percentwould not be the focus of deportation operations and would have a degree of protection to remain in the United States. according to a report published Thursday by the Migration Policy Institute. "The report found that about 13 percent of an estimated 11 million immigrants without papers. or about 1.4 million people. have criminal records or recently crossed the border illegally. making them priorities for deportation under guidelines the administration announced in November." It makes it very clear that there is so much disingenuousness coming out of the White House. Oh. yes. if we had passed this ridiculous bill that the Senate passed. which really was not going to address the issue of enforcement adequately. we were going to have studies and plans. If it did not work in 5 years. heck. we would let the Secretary give us a report on why it didnt all work.