Obama spending cuts continues backdoor amnesty

Rep. Lamar Smith:
President Obama’s fiscal 2013 budget came out this month and again includes the same spending, borrowing and taxing policies that have come to define his presidency. No surprise, this spending blueprint cuts several worthwhile immigration-enforcement and border-security programs.
The president’s budget continues his administration’s policies of ignoring laws requiring the removal of illegal immigrants. Last year, the Obama administration issued new deportation guidelines that amount to backdoor amnesty. The spending priorities contained in his budget are no different. At least the president is consistent.
Under his budget for 2013, Mr. Obama reduces the number of detention bed spaces by 1,200 beds - from 34,000 to 32,800. The administration proposes using the resulting funds to enhance its alternatives-to-detention programs. But these programs result in higher levels of illegal immigrants disappearing into American communities.
In fact, Department of Justice records reveal that since 1996, 40 percent of all non-detained illegal immigrants in removal proceedings simply became fugitives. Unfortunately, the president’s budget builds on this record of failure. Detention is the only proven method of preventing illegal immigrants from avoiding deportation.
The president’s spending proposal also reduces funding for the 287(g) program by 25 percent. The 287(g) program allows state and local governments to partner with the federal government to assist in the enforcement of immigration laws. This successful program has identified tens of thousands of illegal immigrants in prisons and jails nationwide.
The Obama administration also has announced that it will no longer consider additional requests for 287(g) partnerships. It makes no sense to get rid of such a valuable program.
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Obama is just not serious about enforcing immigration laws in general.  He tends to look at illegal immigrants as future Democrat voters rather than someone who broke the law in coming here.  His policies do nothing to spur self deportations which come from a very public enforcement approach.

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