Obama to shore up Latino vote with visit to Mexican border
Today, the Beltway insiders are all abuzz over President Barack Obama's visit to southern Texas to discuss immigration and border security. Fresh from his Osama Victory Tour, Obama is expected to capitalize on his increased popularity since the killing of terrorism chief Osama bin Laden as well as shore up his Latino vote.
In addition, the President is expected to tout his Homeland Security Department statistics that claim his administration deported a record number of illegal aliens, most of whom had a criminal record.
However, in a perplexing development ignored by the mainstream media, the Obama Administration suspended tens of thousands of deportations last year and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano lied to a Senate committee to cover up the astounding figure, according to a report by a Washington, D.C. watchdog group.
Napolitano told the Senate Judiciary Committee that has oversight over the Department of Homeland Security that her agency halted the deportation of only 900 illegal immigrants in fiscal year 2010. She did admit that the figure could be higher because it excludes “deferred action” granted to illegal aliens for “humanitarian” reasons, according to Judicial Watch, a group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption.
Not surprisingly, Secretary Napolitano never indicated how much higher the figure could be, which may lead many to conclude that she purposely deceived federal lawmakers. It turns out that the Obama Administration halted the deportation of 34,448 illegal immigrants last year, according to Homeland Security figures obtained independently by a Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa, a ranking member of the Judiciary Committee.
After the Senate hearing, which took place last month in Washington D.C., Napolitano’s own staff corrected her atrocious lie, according to Senator Grassley’s press secretary, who provided Judicial Watch with the accurate number.
According to Homeland Security figures provided to Senator Grassley’s staff, the combined deferred action and paroles of illegal aliens in 2010 amounted to 34,448, according to officials at Judicial Watch.
This appears to be part of the administration’s secret amnesty plan in case Congress doesn’t pass legislation to legalize the nation’s 12 million illegal immigrants. Devised by political appointees at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the plan aims to enact “meaningful immigration reform absent legislative action."