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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: HAPPY2BME on May 02, 2017, 09:20:02 AM
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WASHINGTON (April 29, 2017) – A new report by the Center for Immigration Studies assesses the Trump administration's immigration track record after its first one hundred days. The report breaks the review of immigration action and inaction into the following areas:
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump made addressing illegal immigration a key signature promise. His reforms and rhetoric have resulted in a 17-year low in border apprehensions. Three executive orders, issued shortly after inauguration, targeted illegal immigration with a multi-faceted plan for building the border wall, hiring 5,000 new Border Patrol agents, hundreds of new air-and-marine officers for Customs and Border, and 10,000 new interior immigration enforcement agents. Trump also delivered quickly on impressive appointees, DHS Secretary Kelly and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, to make attacking transnational border- and immigration-related crime, including drug and people smuggling possible.
The most important improvements in immigration security have been the reversal of the Obama administration's version of "catch and release" at the border and ending the disastrous prioritization scheme that resulted in tens of thousands of deportable aliens (including many criminals and egregious immigration scofflaws) escaping removal each year.
LEGAL IMMIGRATION
On the legal immigration front, the president issued an EO emphasizing buying and hiring American. However, he also has appointed some high-profile individuals who support increased numbers of "temporary" foreign workers. On the positive side, the administration has signaled it will roll back Obama's granting of work permits to the spouses of H-1B workers and his extension of OPT (Optional Practical Training) status to some alien college grads working in high tech industries, enabling them to stay to work for as long as 24 months after graduation. He has also eliminated the ability to buy your way to the front of the line for an H-1B.
NATIONAL SECURITY
President Trump is yet to deliver on his promise to roll back the unconstitutional and extra-statutory programs granting a renewable two-year amnesty to "Dreamers"– illegal aliens who came before age 16. USCIS continues not only to renew the status of DACA recipients, but is continuing to approve new applications, actually expanding the number of people covered by this amnesty, which doesn't just protect individuals from deportation, it enables an illegal alien to get a work permit, a Social Security number, a state driver's license, and access to certain welfare programs.
THE RULE OF LAW
The administration has also moved toward defunding sanctuary jurisdictions. AG Sessions has moved forward with this by pursuing ten of the most egregious sanctuaries, giving them until June 30 to comply with federal law (specifically 8 U.S.C. 1373) or face losing DOJ grant money. One of these jurisdictions (Miami-Dade County, Florida) has already reversed its policy.
An April court ruling widely described as halting these defunding efforts did no such thing and, in fact, specifically acknowledged that the DOJ grants in question could be withheld.
The administration also created a weekly report listing instances of criminal aliens released by sanctuary cities – naming and shaming - to expose the consequences of sanctuary cities' defiance of federal immigration law. Although temporarily suspended due to problems with data collection, it is expected to be restarted, and may well prove a potent tool in building political support for confronting jurisdictions.
View the full report at: http://cis.org/100-days-Assessing-the-Trump-Administrations-Immigration-Track-Record