A series of new administration memos have effectively created a backdoor amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants, Senate Republicans charged Tuesday in a letter demanding that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano explain the policies.
Ms. Napolitano has said her department is trying to focus resources on illegal immigrants with long criminal records, but the letter, signed by all seven Republicans on the Senate committee that oversees immigration, said it appears that the administration is instead trying to carve out categories of illegal immigrants that won't be deported at all.
Indeed, the latest statistics show that the administration has dramatically stepped up removals of convicted criminal immigrants, deporting 51,981 more than last year, an increase of 42 percent, but deportation of other immigrants is down even more, dropping by 53,934 through August...
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