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What the Administration Can Do in the Absence of Congressional Action
More than two years into the Obama Administration, it is still unclear whether President Obama’s immigration agenda will ultimately be remembered as an enforcement-driven enterprise, or one that uses the full force of executive branch authority to improve our badly broken system. Administration officials claim that, in the absence of Congressional action, their hands are tied and they must simply enforce the dysfunctional laws that are now on the books. President Obama can and should infuse the implementation of immigration law with the same values and priorities that define his legislative agenda.
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Published On: Tue, Apr 19, 2011 | Download File [16]
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[1] http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/understanding-prosecutorial-discretion-immigration-law
[2] http://www.ice.gov/doclib/secure-communities/pdf/prosecutorial-discretion-memo.pdf
[3] http://www.ice.gov/doclib/secure-communities/pdf/domestic-violence.pdf
[4] http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/docs/Memo_exec_branch_authority.pdf
[5] http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/../../../../../../../../newsroom/release/filling-leadership-void-what-president-obama%E2%80%99s-vision-immigration
[6] http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/../../../../../../../sites/default/files/docs/Advo%20Letter%20to%20Napolitano%20031711.pdf
[7] http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/../../../../../../../../special-reports/second-annual-dhs-progress-report
[8] http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/../../../../../../../default/files/docs/ipc/7DHS%20041211.mp3
[9] http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/../../../../../../../../special-reports/dhs-progress-report-challenge-reform
[10] http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/06/21/what-ice’s-latest-memo-on-prosecutorial-discretion-means-for-future-immigration-cases/
[11] http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/05/31/administration-uses-executive-authority-to-keep-educated-grads-in-u-s-longer/
[12] http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/05/02/president-obama-continues-to-walk-immigration-tightrope/
[13] http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/04/14/22-senators-demand-president-obama-exercise-executive-action-on-immigration/
[14] http://immigrationimpact.com/2010/12/20/building-on-a-dream-what-the-obama-administration-can-do-right-now-to-fix-immigration/
[15] http://immigrationimpact.com/category/administration/
[16] http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/docs/Prosecutorial_Discretion_QA_0.pdf