Immigration agents are hampered by restrictions from the Obama administration.
Alert date:
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Alert body:
Tell Congress to pass HALT Act!
Recent reports that illegal immigration from Mexico has slowed have led some open-border advocates to say that the immigration crisis is over and now we should proceed with a "comprehensive immigration reform" amnesty. However, immigration enforcement officers are dubious and think that the Obama administration is cooking the books to defuse immigration as a political issue.
Estimates of illegal immigration are based in part on the number of apprehensions, but T.J. Bonner, the former president of the National Border Patrol Council, said numerous restrictions hinder efforts to enforce the law. Moreover, Bonner noted, remittances to the Bank of Mexico are up substantially this year, an anomaly that is difficult to explain if, as the Pew Hispanic Center asserts, the number of Mexicans living in the U. S. has stabilized or declined.
The HALT Act by House Judiciary Chair, Lamar Smith (R-TX), would assert the authority of Congress over immigration policy. HR 2497 would temporarily prevent the Obama Administration from waiving the inadmissibility of illegal aliens and from cancelling their removal orders or adjusting their status. Ask the House to pass this enforcement measure.
ACTION IS NEEDED
Call or write and tell your Representative to pass the HALT Act and prevent the Administration from impeding enforcement of our immigration laws.
