Wash. Times' Miller: White House Gives “Illegals” A “Free Pass”

In an August 23 Washington Times op-ed titled, “Obama's immigration shake-up, White House grants amnesty to anyone but convicted felons,” Emily Miller wrote:

President Obama is using his executive authority to grant backdoor amnesty to millions of illegal aliens. In a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that the administration's immigration-enforcement efforts would ignore “low-priority cases.” That means most criminal aliens can stay, and only convicted felons will get the boot.

This new case-by-case-basis interpretation of immigration laws will give illegals a work permit to stick around in the United States, taking jobs away from the 9.1 percent of Americans looking for work. Congressional Democrats, who couldn't get their laissez-faire immigration bill passed last year, applauded the White House move.

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Basically, it's a free pass as long as you don't get convicted of a serious crime.

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Mr. Obama might as well stand at the border with a sign saying, “Come on in. Do whatever you want, just don't get caught.”

Previously:

Rush Fill-In Steyn: Obama “Issued An Imperial Decree” That He's “Not Going To Be Enforcing American Immigration Law”

Fox & Friends Hosts Hate Group Leader To Call Obama Immigration Policy A “Sham ... To Get Ethnic Votes”

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