{"id":4632,"date":"2013-09-14T12:00:57","date_gmt":"2013-09-14T16:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=4632"},"modified":"2018-12-28T15:38:16","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:38:16","slug":"obama-admin-keeps-illegal-alien-position-after-congress-cuts-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2013\/09\/14\/obama-admin-keeps-illegal-alien-position-after-congress-cuts-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Admin Keeps Illegal Alien Position After Congress Cuts It"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>Congress eliminated the position of public advocate for U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement in March, but the Obama administration kept the position filled by simply changing the title<\/a> for staffer Andrew Lorenzen-Strait. The position was changed from “Public Advocate” to “Deputy Assistant Director of\u00a0Custody Programs and Community Outreach,” according to a report from Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n President Obama signed H.R. \u00a0933<\/a> the “Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013<\/a>,” legislation on March 26, 2013 to fund the federal government through the end of the fiscal year, which ends on September 30. \u00a0Section 567 of the Act reads, “None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to provide funding for the position of Public Advocate within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.”<\/p>\n Created in February 2012, the Public Advocate\u2019s job<\/a> was to serve as a point of contact<\/a> for aliens in removal proceedings, community and advocacy groups, and others who have concerns, questions, recommendations or other issues they would like to raise about the Administration’s executive amnesty efforts.<\/p>\n