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Senate approves path to citizenship for Liberians facing deportation
« on: December 18, 2019, 03:56:51 pm »
Senate approves path to citizenship for Liberians facing deportation

The national defense bill included an amendment that gave permanent resident status to Liberians in the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) program.

By Maya Rao Star Tribune
DECEMBER 17, 2019 — 3:13PM



BRIAN PETERSON – STAR TRIBUNE FILE
The mood at Ebenezer Community Church in Brooklyn Park was jubilant in March 2019, where the sizable Liberian congregation celebrated President Donald Trump’s 11th-hour reversal of a decision to end a DED program that has long protected them from deportation.

Minnesota’s Liberian community celebrated the passage of a long-awaited measure that gives permanent residency to those who have been living here for decades under temporary protections.
 

http://www.startribune.com/senate-approves-path-to-citizenship-for-liberians-facing-deportation/566280862/

Fixed the url, but it might be behind a paywall - PeteS in CA
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Re: Senate approves path to citizenship for Liberians facing deportation
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2019, 06:26:05 am »
Citizenship for 4,000 Liberian illegal aliens … snuck into a 3,430-page defense bill
Daniel Horowitz · December 18, 2019   

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Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) is one of the many amnesty programs concocted by the executive branch over the years. Aside from the statutorily grounded humanitarian deferments of removal for various classes of illegal aliens, such as Temporary Protected Status (TPS), DED was fabricated by President Bush specifically to shield Liberian illegal aliens who claim they can’t return to their home country. President Trump promised to end this lawless program created in 2007, which would end amnesty for 4,000 Liberians, but in March he agreed to extend it for another 12 months. Now, the NDAA, if Trump follows through with his promise to sign it, will give them a permanent pathway to citizenship.

On page 2,659 of the NDAA conference report is the Orwellianly named “Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness.” It bars their removal and offers a pathway to citizenship to any Liberian here illegally since before November 2014.

Liberia has overcome its civil war and is now prospering. Now is the time to repatriate its citizens so they can help rebuild their country.

This bill establishes a terrible precedent, namely that any time a president lawlessly creates an amnesty program for illegal aliens, Congress will come in and codify it, the exact opposite of how the legislative process works. Isn’t it sad that the numerous immigration enforcement laws that are not enforced by the executive branch and the courts don’t seem to be of concern to Congress, while benefits for illegal aliens who violate law get approval from Congress? American citizens last: Who saw that coming in a national defense bill? What about immigration “fairness” for Americans?

https://www.conservativereview.com/news/citizenship-4000-liberian-illegal-aliens-snuck-3430-page-defense-bill/
How many other anti-security provisions are in a 3,400-page national defense bill? We have no way of knowing, nor does the president.
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Re: Senate approves path to citizenship for Liberians facing deportation
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2019, 03:18:17 pm »
Quote from: Chosen Daughter on December 20, 2019, 06:26:05 am
Citizenship for 4,000 Liberian illegal aliens … snuck into a 3,430-page defense bill
Daniel Horowitz · December 18, 2019   

excerpt:

Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) is one of the many amnesty programs concocted by the executive branch over the years. Aside from the statutorily grounded humanitarian deferments of removal for various classes of illegal aliens, such as Temporary Protected Status (TPS), DED was fabricated by President Bush specifically to shield Liberian illegal aliens who claim they can’t return to their home country. President Trump promised to end this lawless program created in 2007, which would end amnesty for 4,000 Liberians, but in March he agreed to extend it for another 12 months. Now, the NDAA, if Trump follows through with his promise to sign it, will give them a permanent pathway to citizenship.

On page 2,659 of the NDAA conference report is the Orwellianly named “Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness.” It bars their removal and offers a pathway to citizenship to any Liberian here illegally since before November 2014.

Liberia has overcome its civil war and is now prospering. Now is the time to repatriate its citizens so they can help rebuild their country.

This bill establishes a terrible precedent, namely that any time a president lawlessly creates an amnesty program for illegal aliens, Congress will come in and codify it, the exact opposite of how the legislative process works. Isn’t it sad that the numerous immigration enforcement laws that are not enforced by the executive branch and the courts don’t seem to be of concern to Congress, while benefits for illegal aliens who violate law get approval from Congress? American citizens last: Who saw that coming in a national defense bill? What about immigration “fairness” for Americans?

https://www.conservativereview.com/news/citizenship-4000-liberian-illegal-aliens-snuck-3430-page-defense-bill/
How many other anti-security provisions are in a 3,400-page national defense bill? We have no way of knowing, nor does the president.

The Dems control congress and congressional elections have consequences. Plain and simple.

The President cannot control what "bacon" is slipped into a funding bill and absolutely cannot veto the bill at this point without destroying the GOP's hopes to retake the House and hold the Senate next fall. So rail against the Dems in congress all you want, but only a complete fool would try to blame the President.
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Re: Senate approves path to citizenship for Liberians facing deportation
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2019, 05:39:29 pm »
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Re: Senate approves path to citizenship for Liberians facing deportation
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2019, 02:38:02 am »
Senate stupidity in action...
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Re: Senate approves path to citizenship for Liberians facing deportation
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2019, 02:44:44 am »
Why are they trying to deport librarians?

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Re: Senate approves path to citizenship for Liberians facing deportation
« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2019, 06:06:58 am »
Quote from: Hoodat on December 21, 2019, 02:44:44 am
Why are they trying to deport librarians?


Because librarians get mad when Congressmen bend the pages over....
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Re: Senate approves path to citizenship for Liberians facing deportation
« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2019, 09:16:07 pm »
Sometimes people in leadership make decisions that go against their true mindset, but for Trump to continue for four more years, he has to do a few things that do not match his mindset.  Had he taken the opposite track on this, the opposition would have used this against him in the coming election.
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Re: Senate approves path to citizenship for Liberians facing deportation
« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2019, 12:12:44 am »
American and Liberia have had a different sort of relationship from the git-go. Many slaves who wanted to go back to Africa after manumission went there.
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