White House Considers Plans to Expand Deferred Action and Work Authorization for More Immigrants



Exciting News for our clients and their family members!
The White House is considering two options for expanding Deferred Action Status and Work Authorization:

One option would allow immigrants who are parents of U.S. citizens to apply for temporary legal status which would let them work legally in the U.S.

A second option would be to allow temporary legal status for the parents of young people already granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) by the Obama administration.


These new programs are NOT available yet, but we hope one or both will be by the end of 2014.

Contact our office for more information or a free consultation on your immigration case.

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White House pursuing plan to expand immigrant rights


By Christi Parsons, Brian Bennett, Lisa Mascaro
July 25, 2014, 7:30 PM | Reporting from WASHINGTON

Even as President Obama grapples with the crisis of immigrant children arriving at the Southwest border, White House officials are laying the groundwork for a large-scale expansion of immigrant rights that would come by executive action within weeks.

Officials signaled strongly Friday that Obama's move would shield from deportation large numbers of immigrants living in the country illegally, as advocacy groups have demanded.

Roughly 5 million of the estimated 11 million people who entered the country without legal authorization or overstayed their visas could be protected under a leading option the White House is considering, according to officials who discussed the proposals on condition of anonymity.

Obama said last month that because Congress had failed to act on comprehensive immigration reform, he would take executive action to "fix as much of our immigration system as I can on my own."

That move will come by the end of the summer, White House senior advisor Dan Pfeiffer told reporters Friday. Some officials had advocated waiting until after the November midterm election.

Any such move would prompt a major clash with congressional Republicans, and at least some White House officials appeared to relish the prospect that the GOP might overreach in its response and act in a politically self-destructive manner.

When the decision is announced, it will "increase the angry reactions from Republicans," Pfeiffer said.

"I would not discount the possibility" that Republicans would seek to impeach Obama over his next immigration moves, he said, adding that House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) had "opened the door to impeachment" by his plans to sue Obama for allegedly exceeding his executive authority.

Pfeiffer made his comments at a breakfast for reporters sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor.

Boehner repeatedly has ruled out calls for impeachment proceedings, and his lawsuit against Obama has been widely seen as an effort to provide an alternative for Republicans infuriated by what they see as too much unilateral action by the president.

But the open references to impeachment at the White House on Friday suggest that administration officials are trying to shape the political battleground in advance — portraying Republicans as obstructionist before launching a broad-sweeping executive action on a front where conservative sensitivities are particularly keen: immigration policy.

The White House is entertaining a range of possibilities that would speed up deportations in some cases but forestall them in many others.

Obama could use his executive powers to expedite deportations in response to the current border crisis, in an effort to clear the large numbers of unaccompanied minors gathering daily in the Rio Grande Valley in south Texas.

At the same time, he seems likely to act to prevent deportations of many of the immigrants already living, working and raising children in the U.S.

One option would allow immigrants who are parents of U.S. citizens to apply for temporary legal status which would let them work legally in the U.S. Because children born in the country automatically receive U.S. citizenship, that option could affect about 5 million people, researchers estimate.

A second option would be to allow temporary legal status for the parents of young people already granted deportation deferrals by the Obama administration. That would affect a smaller, but still sizable, number of people.

So far, more than 520,000 people have received permits to stay and work in the U.S. under the administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which was created in 2012 for young people who were brought to the U.S. as children.

Leading Republicans, including Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, already have called for ending the deferred action program, and any move to expand it by including parents would be certain to draw a furious response from conservatives.

Wary of the president's potential course of action, Republicans were both irritated by Pfeiffer's threat and critical of what they saw as an effort to stir up Democratic voters and financial donors.

The campaign arm of the House Democratic leadership began a fundraising drive featuring Pfeiffer's impeachment forecast within hours of his making it.

"We have a humanitarian crisis at our border, and the White House is making matters worse with inattention and mixed signals," said Boehner's spokesman, Michael Steel.

"It is telling, and sad, that a senior White House official is focused on political games, rather than helping these kids and securing the border," he said.

As his aides worked on the longer-term immigration plan, Obama on Friday met at the White House with the presidents of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, hoping to enlist their help in stemming the flow of young migrants.

An estimated 57,000 unaccompanied minors, mostly from Central America, have crossed into the U.S. from Mexico since last October.

Obama told the presidents that children who don't have "proper claims" to admission to the U.S. will have to go back home.

Aides said the leaders also agreed on the need to address poverty and violence in Central America.

"The American people and my administration have great compassion for these children," Obama told reporters, with the other presidents at his side. "But I also emphasized to my friends that we have to deter a continuing influx of children putting themselves at risk."

How to do that — and how to pay for it — continued to stymie Congress.

Republicans, who balked at the administration's request for $3.7 billion to increase the number of deportation courts, bolster border security and care for the children who have arrived, proposed a scaled-back plan Friday for less than $1 billion. Senate Democrats have proposed $2.7 billion. Neither is expected to win support from both chambers.

With Congress only a few days from its long August break, money is running out to care for the youths and process their immigration cases.

Border Patrol agents have been working overtime, and Customs and Border Protection has racked up large bills to provide food and transportation to handle the influx.

If Congress doesn't approve more spending, agency officials will have to divert money from programs that speed up cross-border trade and cargo, Customs and Border Protection chief Gil Kerlikowske said in a C-SPAN interview.

Money, though, is only part of the problem.

House Republicans have insisted on amending a 2008 law that guarantees hearings before unaccompanied children can be returned to their home countries. Senate Democrats mostly oppose that idea.

The White House has sent mixed messages, initially saying Congress should change the law, then backing down after opposition from Senate Democrats. White House officials now say Congress should approve the additional funds first.

Republicans have also been split on immigration, with many conservatives arguing that Congress should not act because the administration cannot be trusted to enforce the immigration laws.

But a majority of GOP lawmakers appeared prepared to break ranks with the conservatives and move ahead for a vote next week.

"The vast majority of our members want to solve this and do it in a targeted way that actually addresses the problem," Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), the incoming GOP whip, said after a closed session Friday of House Republicans.

Under the House Republican proposal, Congress would reimburse states for deploying National Guard troops, as Republican Gov. Rick Perry of Texas has done, and speed up processing of the children's immigration claims. The House proposal would also allow law enforcement personnel to operate on public lands beyond what is now allowed, a long-standing issue in some border states.

"If we do nothing, the president is going to blame us for doing nothing," said Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-Ind.). "We have to step up and show we're going to do this in an orderly, lawful, compassionate way."

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Break the Immigration Impasse: Sheldon Adelson, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates on Immigration Reform

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By SHELDON G. ADELSON, WARREN E. BUFFETT and BILL GATES

July 10, 2014
AMERICAN citizens are paying 535 people to take care of the legislative needs of the country. We are getting shortchanged. Here’s an example: On June 10, an incumbent congressman in Virginia lost a primary election in which his opponent garnered only 36,105 votes. Immediately, many Washington legislators threw up their hands and declared that this one event would produce paralysis in the United States Congress for at least five months. In particular, they are telling us that immigration reform — long overdue — is now hopeless.

Americans deserve better than this.
The three of us vary in our politics and would differ also in our preferences about the details of an immigration reform bill. But we could without doubt come together to draft a bill acceptable to each of us. We hope that fact holds a lesson: You don’t have to agree on everything in order to cooperate on matters about which you are reasonably close to agreement. It’s time that this brand of thinking finds its way to Washington.
Most Americans believe that our country has a clear and present interest in enacting immigration legislation that is both humane to immigrants living here and a contribution to the well-being of our citizens. Reaching these goals is possible. Our present policy, however, fails badly on both counts.
We believe it borders on insanity to train intelligent and motivated people in our universities — often subsidizing their education — and then to deport them when they graduate. Many of these people, of course, want to return to their home country — and that’s fine. But for those who wish to stay and work in computer science or technology, fields badly in need of their services, let’s roll out the welcome mat.
A “talented graduate” reform was included in a bill that the Senate approved last year by a 68-to-32 vote. It would remove the worldwide cap on the number of visas that could be awarded to legal immigrants who had earned a graduate degree in science, technology, engineering or mathematics from an accredited institution of higher education in the United States, provided they had an offer of employment. The bill also included a sensible plan that would have allowed illegal residents to obtain citizenship, though only after they had earned the right to do so.
Americans are a forgiving and generous people, and who among us is not happy that their forebears — whatever their motivation or means of entry — made it to our soil?
For the future, the United States should take all steps to ensure that every prospective immigrant follows all rules and that people breaking these rules, including any facilitators, are severely punished. No one wants a replay of the present mess.
We also believe that America’s self-interest should be reflected in our immigration policy. For example, the EB-5 “immigrant investor program,” created by Congress in 1990, was intended to allow a limited number of foreigners with financial resources or unique abilities to move to our country, bringing with them substantial and enduring purchasing power. Reports of fraud have surfaced with this program, and we believe it should be reformed to prevent abuse but also expanded to become more effective. People willing to invest in America and create jobs deserve the opportunity to do so.
Their citizenship could be provisional — dependent, for example, on their making investments of a certain size in new businesses or homes. Expanded investments of that kind would help us jolt the demand side of our economy. These immigrants would impose minimal social costs on the United States, compared with the resources they would contribute. New citizens like these would make hefty deposits in our economy, not withdrawals.
Whatever the precise provisions of a law, it’s time for the House to draft and pass a bill that reflects both our country’s humanity and its self-interest. Differences with the Senate should be hammered out by members of a conference committee, committed to a deal.
A Congress that does nothing about these problems is extending an irrational policy by default; that is, if lawmakers don’t act to change it, it stays the way it is, irrational. The current stalemate — in which greater pride is attached to thwarting the opposition than to advancing the nation’s interests — is depressing to most Americans and virtually all of its business managers. The impasse certainly depresses the three of us.

Signs of a more productive attitude in Washington — which passage of a well-designed immigration bill would provide — might well lift spirits and thereby stimulate the economy. It’s time for 535 of America’s citizens to remember what they owe to the 318 million who employ them.

Sheldon G. Adelson is the chairman and chief executive of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation. Warren E. Buffett is the chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway. Bill Gates, former chairman and chief executive of Microsoft, is co-chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Attorney Impersonators 'Sell Hope' & Steal Money From Immigrants Looking for Help




One of the biggest traps undocumented immigrants fall into is the advice of "faux" attorneys. They pretend to know the ins-and-outs of immigration law and often scam victims of thousands of dollars. 

For Veronica Avila Zavala, it seemed like an easy way out of a bad situation.

Her husband had been arrested and placed in deportation proceedings, and a friend from church, Maricela Jimenez Mandujano, said she knew of a good attorney who might be able to help. Avila Zavala scrounged up what she could, collecting $14,000 to pay for her husband's release. 

A year later, her husband's still in jail, and her money is gone. 

Avila Zavala's plight isn't that uncommon. Texas leads the country in litigation against attorney impersonators, who attract clients by hiring impersonators to vouch for them, steal vital documents and abscond with victims' cash. 

Teresa Farfan says these impersonators are charismatic. She works in Attorney General Greg Abbot's office and says she's seen hundreds of cases similar to Avila Zavala's. She says the impersonators often use that charisma to prey on a victim — luring them into trusting them not only with their cases, but with irreplaceable documentation. 

"They get acquainted with the potential victim and make them believe they are their friends. Sometimes they go to churches and they make presentations," she says. 

While many often disappear after commiting the crime, Maricela Jimenez-Mandujano, Zavala Avila's referrer, has not. In fact, Veronica Avila Zavala is constantly in touch with her, asking for her money back. Jimenez-Mandujano says Avila could call the law-firm directly. She said that's where the documents are.

But after repeated attempts, the phone was never picked-up. Avila Zavala says, as it turns out, the law firm doesn't even exist. Texas Legal Aid, a non-profit assisting Avila Zavala with her case, filed Avila Zavala's case small-claims court last December. 

After months of not hearing from the court, Avila finally had her day in court on May 30, only to have the case postponed after Jimenez-Mandujano filed for an extension. But when Avila Zavala finally presented her case, Judge Gonzalez awarded her $6,900 out of the $14,000 she says Jimenez-Mandujano owes her. 

Immigration lawyer Paul Parsons says there are laws to punish this crime, but they lack the teeth to fully prosecute impersonators. 

"Non-lawyers who pretend that they have legal expertise cannot be disciplined or sanctioned, they don't have a license to loose," Parsons says. "They don't have legal malpractice insurance." 

They cannot even be disposed of their properties because the law protects a person's homestead and vehicle and a person's tools of the trade, he adds.

So, despite a ruling in her favor, she may never get her money back.

And now she's planning on leaving the country. Once her husband is deported, she hopes to have the money to take her kids back to Mexico too.




DHS launches enhanced website for schools, international students



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WASHINGTON —The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched an enhanced Study in the States website Monday with four new features. The features enable the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), housed within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), to convey pertinent information to stakeholders about the international student process in a clear and interactive manner.
 
The new features include:

  • An interactive glossary
  • An “Ask a Question” section
  • An enhanced School Search page
  • A mobile-ready version of Study in the States

“Being an international student is a complex process that involves several government agencies, and the new Study in the States tools will help students and schools easily find the latest news, information, interactive guides and videos they need,” said SEVP Director Lou Farrell.
 
The revamped site also features streamlined navigation and a blog geared to international students and school officials. Users can translate the site into multiple languages.
 
The Study in the States website serves as an information hub for the international student community. It brings together the various federal agencies that play a role in implementing our student visa and exchange visitor programs, including ICE, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
 
Study in the States was launched by former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano in 2011, as part of a larger DHS initiative to enhance our nation’s economic, scientific and technological competitiveness by finding new ways to encourage the most talented international students to study and learn about expanded post-graduate opportunities in the United States. This initiative includes a focus on streamlining the student visa process, enhancing coordination among government agencies and keeping international students better informed about student visa rules and regulations.

SEVP monitors approximately one million international students pursuing academic or vocational studies (F and M visa holders) in the United States and their dependents. It also certifies schools and programs that enroll these students. The U.S. Department of State monitors exchange visitors (J visa holders) and their dependents, and oversees exchange visitor programs.

Both use the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) to protect national security by ensuring that students, visitors and schools comply with U.S. laws. SEVP also collects and shares SEVIS information with government partners, including CBP and USCIS, so only legitimate international students and exchange visitors gain entry into the United States.

HSI reviews potential SEVIS records for potential violations and refers cases with potential national security or public safety concerns to its field offices for further investigation. Additionally, SEVP’s Analysis and Operations Center reviews student and school records for administrative compliance with federal regulations related to studying in the United States.

Immigration nightmare: U.S. citizen's wife whisked away


By Todd Dwyer
Special to the Mercury News

Posted:   07/09/2014 10:00:00 AM PDT

The immigration debate is much more than just a political debate, more than just a news story for our family.
My own 19-year-old daughter-in-law is incarcerated after she, her mother , her 11-year-old sister and 14-year-old brother were detained at the border after fleeing imminent death at the hands of an infamous Mexican drug cartel.

My wife -- an American citizen -- was born in Aguililla, Michoacán. Fifteen years ago, her three children were stolen by their biological father after she allowed them to visit him in Mexico. After seven months, she travelled to Mexico to retrieve her children; the father surrendered the two girls but kept the son.
As a result, my stepson, Jorge, an American citizen, grew up in Mexico since the age of seven.

Last year, Jorge married Angelina Medero Pulido. They and Angelina's family lived in Zitácuaro, Michoacán, where Angelina's mother ran a clothing store.

Angelina's mother was being extorted by members of Los Caballeros Templarios Guardia Michoacána, commonly known as the Knights Templar Cartel. When she refused to pay -- she simply didn't have the money -- they threatened to kill her entire family, including Jorge, and "cut Angelina into pieces" and "send her back in a box."
On June 24, Jorge, Angelina, her mother and her two siblings left their home and all their worldly belongings to seek asylum in the United States. My 22-year-old stepson eased their fears of crossing the border: "Don't worry," he naively told them. "I'm an American, They will treat us differently than everyone else. We'll be okay."
As soon as they met U.S. border agents and tried to explain their situation, they were all separated and except for Jorge, who had a U.S. passport, detained.

When Jorge asked agents where they were taking his wife, the response was "Don't worry about it." When he asked when he would see his wife again, the response was "Days, weeks, months — maybe never."
It was then that Jorge called to tell us of his situation. My wife and I had known nothing of these events. Jorge never told us about any of it because he didn't want to worry us.

My wife drove for 11 hours straight to the facility in San Diego to get her son and speak with border officials and to vouch for Angelina. But nobody would speak to her or divulge any information whatsoever about Angelina.
The following day -- while my wife was still in San Diego trying to claim her, to sponsor her -- Angelina was spirited away from San Diego to a detention facility in Tacoma, Washington. While Angelina's mother, brother and sister were all released to family members who live in North Carolina, Angelina remains in captivity.

My daughter-in-law is married to an American. She is not a terrorist. She is not a criminal. She is not an "alien". She is a human being fleeing certain death and seeking "Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." She did not deserve the kind of treatment that we usually reserve for al Qaida terrorists.
While the Obama administration wants to speed up deportations, sending Angelina back to Mexico would be a death sentence. We want our 19-year-old daughter-in-law home, here, safe with us, where she belongs. We have sought help from local congressional representatives.

To the flag-waving patriots shouting "USA! USA!" at detainees inside Homeland Security buses at the San Diego border, my question is this: What if Angelina were your daughter-in-law?
I would like to remind them all that we are a nation of immigrants.

Todd Dwyer is a high school teacher who lives in Santa Clara. His paternal great-grandfather came to this country from Ireland, fleeing the Great Potato Famine, and his maternal grandmother was brought here from Sweden as a 2-year-old. He wrote this for this newspaper.

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Counties Ending Immigration Holds: Santa Barbara Joins Jurisdictions Who Have Stopped the Courtesy to the Feds


Thursday, July 10, 2014

With notable lack of fanfare and effective May 28, County Sheriff Bill Brown has stopped holding immigrants incarcerated in the County Jail 48 hours beyond their detention dates as a courtesy to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The month before, a federal judge in Oregon had ruled that such holds unsupported by federal warrants were unconstitutional. Since then, sheriff agencies throughout the country ​— ​but especially in California ​— ​have stopped what had been a routine practice over the past five years.

This week, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck announced his department would no longer participate with federal authorities in such holds; last month the Orange County Sheriff did the same. While Brown has maintained an assiduously low profile on the matter, his spokesperson Kelly Hoover reported ICE requested that such holds be placed on 611 county jail inmates who’d been detained on various charges while in the United States illegally.

Hazel Davalos, an organizer with the Central Coast Immigration Rights Coalition, said she hopes to meet with Brown in August to obtain a written clarification of the department’s position. Beyond the federal ruling, Davalos noted that the Trust Act, signed by Governor Jerry Brown, went into effect this year, which mandates that each of California’s 58 counties extricate itself from the Secure Communities Program, out of which the ICE holds originated.

Davalos said the stated intent of Secure Communities ​— ​to deport serious criminals to their countries of origin ​— ​failed in practice as a majority of those deported were not criminals at all or were minor violators. “The most serious consequence was the erosion of trust between law enforcement and the immigrant communities,” she said. “If you know your husband could be deported if you call about domestic abuse, who’s going to call?”

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http://independent.com/news/2014/jul/10/counties-ending-immigration-holds/

Leaked Memo Shows What Democrats Want From Obama On Deportations



The jockeying to influence President Obama’s administrative actions on deportations has already begun. posted on July 2, 2014, at 7:48 a.m.

Top Latino lawmakers have been lobbying the Obama administration to enact specific executive actions on immigration, according to a memo obtained by BuzzFeed.

Sent by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in April, the document outlines five executive actions President Obama could take, including the expansion of the program that allowed undocumented immigrants brought by their parents into the country as children to stay here legally.

Obama announced Monday he will take executive action on immigration later this summer. The leaked document, obtained from a source close to the CHC, is just an early instance of what will likely be weeks of jockeying by lawmakers and activists about what Obama should do on deportations, how far he should go, and when.

The CHC memo to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson includes five suggestions for administrative actions the president can take, along with six suggestions for “humane” enforcement reforms the DHS can make.

Chief among the executive actions would be an expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), beyond undocumented youth known as DREAMers who received it initially, for undocumented immigrants who are low-priority American workers and those who would benefit from the Senate’s immigration reform bill.

The memo also calls for an expansion of “parole in place” to more undocumented immigrants, which would temporarily protect them from removal and provide them the ability to work in the country. The lawmakers give the example of a deferred action recipient who marries a U.S. citizen and doesn’t have to leave the country to apply for a green card.

The letter to Johnson also suggests forgiving immigrants who have had periods of unlawful presence in the U.S. despite now having a certain lawful status.

The memo also seeks to keep nuclear families together or unify them by extending humanitarian parole to the family members of DACA recipients, including some who have already been removed from the country.

Lastly, it recommends administrative action that would allow undocumented immigrants with certain legal status to enlist in the military.

The suggested enforcement reforms include clarifying the extreme hardship waiver, refining prosecutorial discretion, limiting deportations without hearings — and a big one — ending the controversial Secure Communities program that facilitates detention, finger printing and deportation of undocumented immigrants.

Sen. Bob Menendez, who previously announced support of stopping deportations for the immediate families of U.S. citizens, DREAMers, and lawful permanent residents (LPRs) at the National Council of La Raza’s 2014 Capital Awards Gala in March, supports the leaked CHC memo.

“Sen. Menendez fully supports the recommendations made by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus,” Juan Pachon, his deputy communications director, said in a statement to BuzzFeed.

“In light of House Republicans’ intransigence, Sen. Menendez has encouraged President Obama to use his executive powers, particularly to expand the Deferred Action program to stop or suspend the deportation of families and long-term residents.”

The president previously called for a meeting with the CHC after it was set to release a memo with demands on him to slow deportations in March. When they voiced concerns, he told them to bring their suggestions to Johnson.

The leaked memo is a window into the CHC demands, just days after Obama’s announcement that he will pursue administrative actions alone because House Republicans refused to move forward with legislation a year after the bipartisan Senate bill passed.

“The antidote for do-nothingism is doing something, and the president is doing for the American people what the Republican-controlled Congress refused to do,” Rep. Luis Gutierrez said after Obama’s announcement.

“This is the president I voted for,” Gutierrez said. “The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has already submitted a list of actions he can take under current law to add some rationality to our irrational immigration system, and I look forward to working with him to vet those ideas and others he can take to help the American people.”

 

Obama Says He’ll Order Action to Aid Immigrants




WASHINGTON — President Obama said Monday he would use his executive power to make potentially sweeping changes to the nation’s immigration system without Congress, acknowledging the death of his more than yearlong effort to enact compromise legislation granting legal status to 11 million immigrants here illegally.

Mr. Obama said he had ordered a shift of immigration enforcement resources from the interior of the country toward the southern border, and was asking his team to report back to him by the end of the summer on additional actions he could take. The actions could be as far-reaching as giving work permits and protection from deportation to millions of immigrants now in the country.

Mr. Obama angrily blamed congressional Republicans for the collapse of the legislative effort.

“While I will continue to push House Republicans to drop the excuses and act — and I hope their constituents will, too — America cannot wait forever for them to act,” Mr. Obama said in a statement from the Rose Garden, in which he made plain his frustration about what he called Republicans’ failure “to pass a darn bill.”
“I’m beginning a new effort to fix as much of our immigration system as I can on my own, without Congress,” he added.
 
The White House said Mr. Obama decided to take action after Speaker John A. Boehner, Republican from Ohio, told him last week that the House would not vote on immigration legislation this year.
 
Continue reading the main story at the New York Times online.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/01/us/obama-to-use-executive-action-to-bolster-border-enforcement.html?_r=1