{"id":5388,"date":"2013-12-13T13:59:32","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T18:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=5388"},"modified":"2018-12-28T15:22:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:22:49","slug":"the-12-days-of-amnesty-on-the-2nd-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2013\/12\/13\/the-12-days-of-amnesty-on-the-2nd-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The 12 Days of Amnesty: on the 2nd Day…"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the 2nd<\/sup> Day of Amnesty, the Obama administration gave to me\u2026<\/p>\n

Nearly 2 million illegal aliens eligible for deferred action.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In June 2012<\/a>, President Obama announced that illegal aliens under the age of 31 who arrived in the U.S. before 16 would be eligible to avoid removal from the U.S.<\/p>\n

The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) estimated that 1.76 million<\/a> illegal aliens could take advantage of the executive amnesty – which allows not only reprieve from deportation but also legal work authorization.<\/p>\n

Since its implementation in August 2012, more than 450,000<\/a> young illegal aliens have received deferred action. Only 9,578 applications have been denied.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Congress has not effectively reined in the administration\u2019s abuse of executive power<\/a> to grant amnesty to entire classes of illegal aliens. As a result, the administration continues to expand<\/a> on unilateral changes to immigration laws and top White House aide \u2013 and former La Raza lobbyist \u2013 Cecilia Mu\u00f1oz recently asserted<\/a> that deferred action will be renewed \u201cas long as this president is president\u2026\u201d