The Unconsidered Alternative to Deportation

The question has been posed whether President Obama really has done everything legally possible to put an end to the destruction of hundreds of thousands of families through deportation.  I, and many others, do not believe that he and his party have the political will to address comprehensive reform in a meaningful way.  Not in his first term.  Not in his second term.  Not ever.

So let's take a look at what the President has done to stem the tide of his 400,000 deportations per year mandate.

The Obama administration has reviewed approximately 150,000 pending deportation cases, moving to administratively close 1,500 of them through a favorable exercise of prosecutorial discretion.  Not good odds, as the amount of individuals benefiting from prosecutorial discretion is insignificant in consideration of the amount of pending deportation cases reviewed.

The administration has also proposed a new policy that will permit the pre-adjudication of hardship waivers for individuals that are statutorily ineligible for adjustment of status due to the manner of their admission (i.e., they were not inspected and admitted a/k/a they "snuck into the country").  Of course this proposed policy won't go into effect until after the election, and is transparently being offered as a political carrot.  In reality it may be all stick.

I say this because the waiver process is tumultuous, and submission of an application should in no way be interpreted as a guarantee that a waiver will ever be issued.  Even if a waiver is granted the individual will be required to incur great expense to leave the country simply in the exercise of tagging up in their home country for visa issuance.  Moreover, if an individual submits themselves to the pre-adjudication waiver process, and the waiver is denied, the inevitable result will be the institution of removal proceedings.

I'm not willing to predict what percentage of waivers will ultimately be favorable adjudicated.  That being said, the percentages of people benefiting from the prosecutorial discretion memo are between 1-6% depending on who you ask.  All I know is that unless I have a client who has already had removal proceedings instituted against them it will be a hard sell to convince them to risk everything by exposing themselves to the potential liability of a denied waiver, coupled with the harsh slap of the institution of deportation proceedings.  The whip is simply much, much bigger than the carrot.

Point being, there are alternatives that have not been considered by the Administration that in certain circumstances will negate the requirement of a waiver and the need of the individual ever departing the United States.

Specifically, humanitarian parole, or parole in place.  President Obama has the authority to confer parole status on an individual that would render them eligible to adjust their status inside the United States.  This would eliminate the need for a waiver, which in most cases is required to cure either a three or ten year bar that is triggered upon departure due to unlawful presence inside the country.

Parole could be granted on a case by case basis to individuals who are immediate relatives of United States citizens, and who are able to establish hardship to their relatives if they are deported.  The hardship would not have to be extreme in nature, which has been defined as more than the pain that stems from separation, and which is less than what is required for the approval of the waiver.  

This option could be made available only to individuals with no criminal record, have established good moral character, and who are only ineligible for adjustment because they were not inspected and admitted.

So the bottom line is that there are other options available to this President that are much better alternatives to what has been offered, and the options could be implemented IMMEDIATELY.

If this President is serious about making good on his previously broken promise to stop the flow of deportations this would be a seriously big step in the right direction.

And by the way, I don't want to have to wait until after the election, which is half a year away.

Start issuing paroles this summer Mr. President.

Don't make us wait for your second term to break another promise.

Comments

[Masehleng]

Good video.The jews have been promoting race-mixing for a long time.And it hasnt gotetn any better.In fact,the jews have become even more blatant and come up with ever more ways to insert race-mixing themes into our mass media.The biggest concern is our young people.Many of the most popular jewish-owned networks cater to teens and children,like nickelodeon and mtv.Whites have got to be vigilant about avoiding mainstream TV and keeping their kids away from it too.It is all garbage.I have a neighbor who has kids.I noticed she had some disney videos over at her house one day and that the kids watched the disney channel.I told her the story about how the jews screwed walt disney into an early grave and then took his company and now use it for jewish propaganda.She has since stopped her kids from watching it.Only pre-jew disney from now on.This is an example of how we can each do our part to inform people about these degenerate parasitic bastards that are hellbent on destroying the white cultural values that made america great.

[Philroy]

I disagree with UND_in_MPLS about the imrntpaoce of the CHA to the growth of D1 hockey. I don't know of any conferences, other than the CHA, that are looking to expand. If the CHA folds and those schools fold their hockey programs, it makes it very difficult for another team to start up a program.That new school would have no conference to join, so most schools would be less likely to make the jump. If a school decides to step up while the CHA is still around, it automatically gives them a conference to join.Additionally, joining the CHA has to be very attractive to some schools right now. A conference that gets an auto-bid with only four teams? Why wouldn't you want to join that? It gives you a much better chance of making the NCAA tournament right away, which means more exposure, money and better recruits. If I was a school on the cusp of making a decision, I think this would push me over and make me want to make the jump to D1.

[Darshan]

This is way later so yeah it's sort of dumb to be replying but re: the above comnmet. No, actually I didn't apply there. That school and others like it are way too expensive for me to have ever gone to, even with a pretty decent amount of scholarships. I know of the tuition costs from seeing it on a top ten list of most expensive colleges (it was #2). Also, Wesleyan's admissions policy is almost entirely structured around need-blind admissions meaning that they don't take into account whether or not you come from a poorer background which in turn makes that school incredibly inaccessible (unless your household income is under $40,000). I know that because I worked with student groups geared towards increasing awareness of accessible higher education while an undergrad and they are historically one of the biggest offenders in the country as far as their exclusivity to the extremely wealthy. So, as far as that effecting Das Racist's angle, it kind of does matter. For a group that obviously prides itself in pointing out hypocrisy and contradiction in society and the behavior of others, they've got some pretty glaring hypocrisy of their own to contend with. They rep being sort of street-smart laid back underground MCs with an emphasis on racial politics, while really all their serving with that angle is themselves because they came from a background of extreme privledge. I think they should be called out on that because, honestly, if they wanted to make a difference they should just donate some of their parent's money to sending other kids to colleges much much less expensive then the one they went to.

[PERVERTS]

...AND KOLKEN VOTED FOR OBAMA! WHAT A DUMB-SHIT!