{"id":8719,"date":"2015-04-02T16:25:03","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T20:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=8719"},"modified":"2018-12-28T14:22:53","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T19:22:53","slug":"administration-plans-to-abuse-t-and-u-visas-to-backdoor-more-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2015\/04\/02\/administration-plans-to-abuse-t-and-u-visas-to-backdoor-more-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"Administration Plans to Abuse T and U Visas to Backdoor More Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Announcement Made at Headquarters of Group that Used Illegal Aliens to Get-Out-the Vote in 2010<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

\"photo<\/a> \"photo<\/a> \"photo<\/a>U.S. Secretary of Labor Tom Perez announced plans by the Obama administration to abuse T and U visas<\/a> \u2013 categories designed to protect victims of human trafficking, or people with sensitive information about serious crimes \u2013 in order to further evade statutory limits on immigration to the United States. While illegal aliens who may or may not have been exploited by employers are in line to be rewarded, the secretary made no mention of enhanced efforts to punish those who are guilty of the exploitation.<\/p>\n

Perez made the announcement at the Seattle headquarters of One America, an illegal alien advocacy group that was caught using illegal aliens to conduct a get-out-the-vote effort<\/a> for U.S. Senator Patty Murray\u2019s (D-Wash.) 2010 re-election bid.<\/p>\n

Speaking to a room full of immigrants\u2019 (legal and illegal) rights advocates (and me), Perez expressed President Obama\u2019s sentiment that gaining amnesty for illegal aliens \u2013 legislatively or through executive fiat \u2013 is the most pressing domestic priority for remainder of his presidency. \u201cIt is impossible to underestimate the frustration that the president feels\u201d about being unable to implement the executive amnesty programs he announced in November.<\/p>\n

In the absence of legislative action on amnesty \u2013 which is highly unlikely in this Congress \u2013 Perez told the advocates that he is working closely with White House Domestic Policy Advisor Cecilia Mu\u00f1oz to come up with new ways to protect and reward illegal aliens. \u201cCecilia Mu\u00f1oz is like a sister to me,\u201d he said. \u201cOur effort is to figure out what else we can do\u201d in the absence of legislative action on amnesty.<\/p>\n

Perez also talked-up his credentials as an illegal alien advocate, harking back to his role in creating CASA de Maryland,<\/a> one of the most radical illegal alien advocacy groups in the country. Using the pronoun \u201cwe,\u201d he checked off some of CASA\u2019s achievements in protecting illegal aliens during his time as the organization\u2019s board chair.<\/p>\n

Among the advocates at this morning\u2019s event in Seattle was Jennifer Martinez, the woman who accosted House Speaker John Boehner<\/a> (R-Ohio) at Pete\u2019s Diner in Washington, D.C., last year while he was eating breakfast. Perez had a verbal high-five for Martinez, praising her behavior toward the speaker as \u201cmaking positive trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n

The rest of the meeting entailed a discussion with the activists about ways in which Department Of Labor will be working with local groups and local governments to ensure immigrants (apparently irrespective of immigration status) have access to the labor market and a variety of programs to assist them.