As Byron York explains, the Obama administration’s new illegal immigration policy is awfully creative with definitions.
For Obama, phrase 'no fault of their own' is somewhat flexible. http://t.co/mz4YU7EU
— Byron York (@ByronYork) June 19, 2012
“No fault of their own” is now a subjective term that includes sneaking across the border illegally.
The same goes for the phrase “and know only this country as home.” That’s a highly imaginative riff on the decree’s actual requirement, which is for 5 years “continuous residence.” It turns out “continuous residence” doesn’t mean what you think it means. “Immigration attorneys have been successful in getting immigration courts to whittle this down to a point where it is almost meaningless,” says CIS’s Jon Feere. As an illegal immigrant you can go back
homeabroad for multiple 6-month stintsduring those five years–but, if precedent holds, in Janet Napolitano’s eyes you will still “know only this country as home.”
Also, DHS memo says for covered individuals, ICE/Border Patrol 'should immediately exercise their discretion' to prevent removal from US.
— Byron York (@ByronYork) June 19, 2012
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If discretion must always be exercised in one way — where's the discretion? Read DHS memo here: http://t.co/dgz2Osrq
— Byron York (@ByronYork) June 19, 2012
Discretion? Continuous residence? No fault of their own? The language seems to be evolving a lot fast than Obama’s same-sex marriage stance.
Candidate Obama once said, “Don’t tell me words don’t matter.” Ahem, President Obama, right back atcha.
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