DHS Issues Rule Protecting Illegal Immigrants Married to US Citizens…… 25 August 2024

    DHS Issues Rule Protecting Illegal Immigrants Married to US
Citizens
     **Immigrants can start applying for the protection on Aug. 19.
     By Zachary Stieber / 8/20/2024

     The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has unveiled a
new rule that the government estimates will protect about 550,000
illegal immigrants from being deported.
     A federal law called the Immigration and Nationality Act gives
federal officials the ability to grant parole to illegal immigrants
who are already in the United States. DHS officials are using the
powers to grant protection to some illegal immigrants who are
married to U.S. citizens, as directed by President Joe Biden.
     The DHS said that the government is trying to keep families
together and that “granting parole in place, on a case-by-case basis
to eligible noncitizens under this process will achieve the signifi-
cant public benefit of promoting the unity and stability of
families.”
     The department also said that the move would increase the
economic prosperity of U.S. communities, strengthen diplomatic
relationships with partner countries in the region, and reduce the
strain on limited U.S. government resources.
     The rule covers spouses of U.S. citizens who had lived in the
United States for at least 10 years as of June 17. The illegal
immigrants must not have been found to “pose a threat to national
security, public safety, or border security,” according to the DHS.
     About 500,000 of the 765,000 noncitizens who are in the United
States, married to U.S. citizens, and do not have lawful immigration
status are estimated to be eligible for the extension of the parole
authority. That’s the same estimate that the White House gave in
June when the president first announced that officials would shield
spouses.
     Another 50,000 children of these immigrants can also apply for
protection, provided that they’ve been in the United States since
June 17, do not have certain crimes on their record, and do not pose
a threat to national security or public safety, according to the
rule.
     Parole is a temporary measure that gives deportation relief to
noncitizens, allowing them to extend their time in the country or
seek more-permanent legal status.
     Democrats have largely praised the move, which also involves
giving the illegal immigrants work authorization.
      “An estimated 55,000 immigrants in the Houston area are mar-
ried to U.S. citizens and many of them will now be able to live,
work, and raise a family without the fear of deportation,” Rep.
Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas) previously said in a statement.
      But some experts say the move may not be legal.
      There will be “inevitable legal challenges” for the “legally
questionable” rule, Andrew Arthur, a fellow in law and policy at
the Center for Immigration Studies, which advocates for low levels
of immigration, wrote in a blog post.
     The DHS said that under its interpretation of the Immigration
and Nationality Act, it has the authority to grant parole in place.
It said in the rule that “DHS continues to believe that it reflects
the best reading of the statute.”
     The Florida Immigrant Coalition was among the groups praising
the protection.
     “Approximately 27,000 Floridian families will benefit from
this new program,” Yareliz Méndez-Zamora, federal campaign leader
for the coalition, said in a statement. “This is a much-needed
relief, and we encourage the Biden administration to continue to
use their executive powers to protect family unity, and to ensure
that our long-term neighbors who have been caught in the traps of
immigration bureaucracy have the opportunity to finally complete
their formal residency application.”**

     This is another way to solicit votes but there is a problem
with the way the illegal entered the US. If they entered undocu-
mented in many case they must exit the US and apply for a GREEN
CARD and then wait their turn. There are many different reasons
but the Left have again tried to rewrite the law. This should be
appealed to the SCOTUS and review the changes they made to the
actual Immigration and Nationality Act.
     They even think that any Federal employee has the authority
to grant parole to illegal undocumented immigrants.
     This needs much more scrutiny.
     Again we need to pray for God's race to "Deliver us from
evil".

   Conservatively,
   John