{"id":5869,"date":"2014-02-07T09:56:59","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T14:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=5869"},"modified":"2018-12-28T15:13:31","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:13:31","slug":"this-date-in-obamas-administrative-amnesty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2014\/02\/07\/this-date-in-obamas-administrative-amnesty\/","title":{"rendered":"This Date in Obama\u2019s Administrative Amnesty: February 7, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ThisOn February 7, 2012, Obama created the position of Public Advocate in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a position that helps illegal aliens lobby the Department of Homeland Security and serves as conduit for open borders and amnesty groups to influence immigration policy.\u00a0 The head of the law enforcement officers union at ICE, the National ICE Council, considered<\/a> the position of Public Advocate \u201cnothing but waste, fraud and abuse.\u201d\u00a0 Congress agreed.\u00a0 Within a year, Congress responded by defunding the position.<\/p>\n

But the story\u2019s not over.\u00a0 Two years after its creation, and almost one year after it was defunded, the public advocate continues to work at ICE.\u00a0 No, Congress didn\u2019t change its mind and fund the position.\u00a0 The Obama administration simply retitled<\/i> the job.<\/p>\n

From \u201cPublic Advocate,\u201d the position became \u201cDeputy Assistant Director of Custody Programs and Community Outreach.\u201d\u00a0 The same person Obama appointed as Public Advocate, Andrew Lorenzen-Strait, fills the role.\u00a0 It has the same job description. Today, the press release<\/a> on DHS\u2019s website from today\u2019s date two years ago has a link for more information on the Public Advocate that takes you to the page<\/a> about the Community Outreach position.<\/p>\n

In a recent op-ed<\/a>, Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.), who introduced the amendment to defund the Public Advocate position, expressed her \u201coutrage\u201d at this behavior.\u00a0 Even though there were supposed to be no funds for the position in 2013, the administration entirely ignored the law, even though President Obama signed the continuing resolution that defunded the Public Advocate.<\/p>\n

Representative Black is intent on not letting taxpayer dollars be used to coordinate lobbying on homeland security policy by those very individuals who have broken the country\u2019s laws.\u00a0 She introduced H.R. 3732, the Immigration Compliance Enforcement (ICE) Act, which prevents the administration from using federal taxpayer dollars to fund the Public Advocate position or any position with a similar function.<\/p>\n

Read more at FAIR\u2019s President Obama\u2019s Record of Dismantling Immigration Enforcement<\/a>.