A Response from Senator Casey on Obamas Illegal Executive Action. You will note the first few paragraphs sound promising. BUT THEN Back to the SAME OLD B.S. of sucking up to OBAMA AND HIS LIBERAL LOONIES. Senator Casey, you continue to amaze me with your UN AMERICAN ATTITUDE. Here is the Senators response. Thank you for taking the time to contact me about President Obama’s recent executive action and federal immigration policy. I appreciate hearing from you about this issue. The United States is a nation of immigrants. However, few would disagree that our immigration system as it exists today is broken. The Pew Hispanic Center estimates that in 2013 there were approximately 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S., compared to 12 million in 2007 and 8.4 million in 2000. These numbers reveal the serious challenges we face as a nation in determining how to address the unauthorized immigrants currently here, how best to secure our borders and how to reduce the number of unauthorized immigrants who come to the U.S. each year. I believe we must continue to prioritize a secure border. I have supported doubling the number of border patrol agents, as well as placing strategic fencing at critical crossing points along the border, measures that have helped to significantly reduce the number of incoming unauthorized immigrants. In July of 2013, I joined 67 of my colleagues in voting to pass the bipartisan Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744). The Senate passed legislation would reduce our deficit by $800 billion, create new jobs and improve border security. As you know, in November 2014, President Obama announced a plan to take steps toward fixing our broken immigration system through executive action. President Obama’s proposal would strengthen border security by shifting resources for the Department of Homeland Security to increase border agents and reduce the backlog of cases awaiting adjudication, while protecting workers and victims of trafficking. The action will also direct prosecutorial resources to those with criminal convictions, rather than separating families. The proposal provides temporary deferred deportation and work authorization for undocumented immigrants who have children who are either U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents, and who have been in the U.S. for five years or longer, and expands the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program for those who were brought to the U.S. as children to those who entered the country before January 1, 2010. In order to qualify for a three year at a time work authorization and deportation relief, individuals will have to come forward and register, submit biometric data, pass background checks, pay fees, begin paying taxes, and show that their child was born before the date of the President’s announcement. Finally, the President took steps to provide work authorization and reduce family separation for those awaiting permanent legal status and modernize visa programs. Absent Congressional action, I believe that President Obama has taken appropriate steps within his legal authority. Our deportation policy should focus resources on deporting those who have criminal records or pose a threat to our national security, rather than those who could be paying taxes, contributing to our economy and caring for their U.S. citizen children. Presidents of both parties since 1952 have exercised their discretionary authority over prosecution and deportation through executive action on immigration. However, President Obama’s announcement is no excuse for Congressional inaction. In order to truly address the problems of our Nation’s immigration system, it is critical that Congress pass comprehensive reform. I am proud to have voted for the bipartisan Senate legislation in 2013 and I am disappointed that the House of Representatives did not take up S. 744 before the 113th Congress adjourned. I look forward to working with my colleagues in the 114th Congress, which began in January 2015, to pass comprehensive reform. Again, thank you for sharing your thoughts with me. Please do not hesitate to contact me in the future about this or any other matter of importance to you. For more information on this or other issues, I encourage you to visit my website, casey.senate.gov. I hope you will find this online office a comprehensive resource to stay up-to-date on my work in Washington, request assistance from my office or share with me your thoughts on the issues that matter most to you and to Pennsylvania. Sincerely, Bob Casey United States Senator P.S. If you would like to respond to this message, please use the contact form on my website: casey.senate.gov/contact/
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 17:54:04 +0000
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