{"id":8542,"date":"2015-02-19T17:22:20","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T22:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=8542"},"modified":"2018-12-28T14:27:19","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T19:27:19","slug":"dhschangesrules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2015\/02\/19\/dhschangesrules\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS to Allow Executive Amnesty Beneficiaries to Bring in Relatives from Central America"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Monday, USCIS announced it would allow beneficiaries of President Obama’s executive amnesty to bring relatives into the country from Central America. (USCIS.gov<\/a>, Feb. 9, 2015) The Administration will do so through a Central American refugee program it originally formulated last July as tens of thousands of illegal alien minors from Central America streamed across the border illegally. (See<\/em>\u00a0FAIR Legislative Update<\/a>, Jul. 29, 2015) The Administration officially announced the program in November and began accepting applicants in December. (See<\/em>\u00a0FAIR Legislative Update<\/a>, Nov. 18, 2014;\u00a0State.gov<\/a>, Dec. 3, 2014) However, details released regarding its implementation last Monday reveal the refugee program will be even more sweeping than previously known because it will allow illegal aliens who benefit from the President’s executive amnesty to bring in their relatives from Central America.<\/p>\n

Read more about this program in FAIR’s latest legislative update<\/a>.