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In case you still trusted the president, he has quietly issued an order to an ID-printing company that more than doubles the normal number the government issues to new immigrants yearly. It has received no publicity. But it puts Obama's promise to wait until after the elections, to "deal with the immigration problem", into a new and ominous light.
It is becoming clear that "the immigration problem" isn't what most people think it is: Hordes of illegal immigrants flooding over the border between the U.S. and Mexico.
Obama apparently believes the "problem" is that there aren't enough immigrants crossing the border.
That's sort of like the captain of the Titanic thinking that the problem with the ship after hitting the iceberg, was that the holes in the hull weren't letting in enough water.
Why am I not surprised that Obama hasn't announced his plans? Especially before an election? Clearly he knows the American people don't want this huge "surge" in immigrants. But he intends to go against what the American people want.
Again.
When was the last time that the President himself, constituted a Clear and Present Danger to the country?
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Exclusive Obama Administration Quietly Prepares Surge Of Millions Of New Immigrant IDs
Exclusive: Obama Administration Quietly Prepares 'Surge' Of Millions Of New Immigrant IDs per year
Jonathan Strong
19 Oct 2014
Senate Republican: US Immigration System 'Unlawful,' Lacks 'Integrity'
Prior to effectively adjourning for five weeks, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., used Tuesday's Senate session to hammer President Barack Obama for proposing changes to immigration laws at the end of the summer without consent from Congress. The administration is reportedly considering an executive order to provide legal status and work authorization cards to 5 million to 6 million of the more than 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States, which Sessions called 'unlawful.'
"I've urged the president to reconsider this plan and to adhere to his plain statements where he has expressly stated he did not have the power to do what he now, in a complete reversal, states that he will do," Sessions said during a nearly 30-minute floor speech. "It is important for the Congress to stand up and resist the complete erosion of its powers. If these actions are taken, we will have effectively opened the borders of America. We are nearly there already."
Despite no official action from the president ahead of the election, the Obama administration has quietly begun preparing to issue millions of work authorization permits, suggesting the implementation of a large-scale executive amnesty may have already begun.
Unnoticed until now, a draft solicitation for bids issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Oct. 6 says potential vendors must be capable of handling a “surge” scenario of 9 million id cards in one year “to support possible future immigration reform initiative requirements.”
The request for proposals says the agency will need a minimum of four million cards per year. In the “surge,” scenario in 2016, the agency would need an additional five million cards – more than double the baseline annual amount for a total of 9 million.
“The guaranteed minimum for each ordering period is 4,000,000 cards. The estimated maximum for the entire contract is 34,000,000 cards,” the document says.
The agency is buying the materials need to construct both Permanent Residency Cards (PRC), commonly known as green cards, as well as Employment Authorization Documentation (EAD) cards which have been used to implement President Obama's “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” (DACA) program. The RFP does not specify how many of each type of card would be issued.
Jessica Vaughan, an immigration expert at the Center for Immigration Studies and former State Department official, said the document suggests a new program of remarkable breadth.
The RFP “seems to indicate that the president is contemplating an enormous executive action that is even more expansive than the plan that Congress rejected in the 'Gang of Eight' bill,” Vaughan said.
Last year, Vaughan reviewed the Gang of Eight's provisions to estimate that it would have roughly doubled legal immigration. In the “surge” scenario of this RFP, even the relatively high four million cards per year would be more than doubled, meaning that even on its own terms, the agency is preparing for a huge uptick of 125 percent its normal annual output.
It's not unheard of for federal agencies to plan for contingencies, but the request specifically explains that the surge is related to potential changes in immigration policy.
“The Contractor shall demonstrate the capability to support potential 'surge' in PRC and EAD card demand for up to 9M cards during the initial period of performance to support possible future immigration reform initiative requirements,” the document says.
A year ago, such a plan might have been attributed to a forthcoming immigration bill. Now, following the summer's border crisis, the chances of such a new law are extremely low, giving additional credence to the possibility the move is in preparation for an executive amnesty by Obama.
It is becoming clear that "the immigration problem" isn't what most people think it is: Hordes of illegal immigrants flooding over the border between the U.S. and Mexico.
Obama apparently believes the "problem" is that there aren't enough immigrants crossing the border.
That's sort of like the captain of the Titanic thinking that the problem with the ship after hitting the iceberg, was that the holes in the hull weren't letting in enough water.
Why am I not surprised that Obama hasn't announced his plans? Especially before an election? Clearly he knows the American people don't want this huge "surge" in immigrants. But he intends to go against what the American people want.
Again.
When was the last time that the President himself, constituted a Clear and Present Danger to the country?
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Exclusive Obama Administration Quietly Prepares Surge Of Millions Of New Immigrant IDs
Exclusive: Obama Administration Quietly Prepares 'Surge' Of Millions Of New Immigrant IDs per year
Jonathan Strong
19 Oct 2014
Senate Republican: US Immigration System 'Unlawful,' Lacks 'Integrity'
Prior to effectively adjourning for five weeks, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., used Tuesday's Senate session to hammer President Barack Obama for proposing changes to immigration laws at the end of the summer without consent from Congress. The administration is reportedly considering an executive order to provide legal status and work authorization cards to 5 million to 6 million of the more than 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States, which Sessions called 'unlawful.'
"I've urged the president to reconsider this plan and to adhere to his plain statements where he has expressly stated he did not have the power to do what he now, in a complete reversal, states that he will do," Sessions said during a nearly 30-minute floor speech. "It is important for the Congress to stand up and resist the complete erosion of its powers. If these actions are taken, we will have effectively opened the borders of America. We are nearly there already."
Despite no official action from the president ahead of the election, the Obama administration has quietly begun preparing to issue millions of work authorization permits, suggesting the implementation of a large-scale executive amnesty may have already begun.
Unnoticed until now, a draft solicitation for bids issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Oct. 6 says potential vendors must be capable of handling a “surge” scenario of 9 million id cards in one year “to support possible future immigration reform initiative requirements.”
The request for proposals says the agency will need a minimum of four million cards per year. In the “surge,” scenario in 2016, the agency would need an additional five million cards – more than double the baseline annual amount for a total of 9 million.
“The guaranteed minimum for each ordering period is 4,000,000 cards. The estimated maximum for the entire contract is 34,000,000 cards,” the document says.
The agency is buying the materials need to construct both Permanent Residency Cards (PRC), commonly known as green cards, as well as Employment Authorization Documentation (EAD) cards which have been used to implement President Obama's “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” (DACA) program. The RFP does not specify how many of each type of card would be issued.
Jessica Vaughan, an immigration expert at the Center for Immigration Studies and former State Department official, said the document suggests a new program of remarkable breadth.
The RFP “seems to indicate that the president is contemplating an enormous executive action that is even more expansive than the plan that Congress rejected in the 'Gang of Eight' bill,” Vaughan said.
Last year, Vaughan reviewed the Gang of Eight's provisions to estimate that it would have roughly doubled legal immigration. In the “surge” scenario of this RFP, even the relatively high four million cards per year would be more than doubled, meaning that even on its own terms, the agency is preparing for a huge uptick of 125 percent its normal annual output.
It's not unheard of for federal agencies to plan for contingencies, but the request specifically explains that the surge is related to potential changes in immigration policy.
“The Contractor shall demonstrate the capability to support potential 'surge' in PRC and EAD card demand for up to 9M cards during the initial period of performance to support possible future immigration reform initiative requirements,” the document says.
A year ago, such a plan might have been attributed to a forthcoming immigration bill. Now, following the summer's border crisis, the chances of such a new law are extremely low, giving additional credence to the possibility the move is in preparation for an executive amnesty by Obama.
