Saturday, August 17, 2013

Just 1% of dreamers denied, 400,000 allowed to stay...

This is one area Republicans might have agreed with Obama is he would stop acting like a dictator.
About 400,000 "Dreamers" have been allowed to stay in the United States in the year since the Obama administration began accepting applications for young illegal immigrants to defer deportation proceedings and receive work permits, according to data compiled by the Brookings Institution and released on the anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
The numbers show that out of more than a half-million applicants for deferred action, more than three-quarters were accepted and just 1 percent denied. The applications were concentrated in states that already have large immigrant communities, such as California, Texas, New York, Illinois, and Florida. On the East Coast, the applications were from a more diverse set of countries while in the West, Midwest, and South the vast majority of applicants were from Mexico.
  Only 1% are denied? I bet they are not checking the requirements very closely.
  1. The individual must have come to the United States under the age of sixteen;
  2. He/she must have continually resided in the U.S. for at least five years preceding the date of the memorandum (6-15-12) and must be  present in the U.S. on the date of the memo;
  3. She/he must currently be in school, have graduated from high school, obtained a general education (GED) certificate, or be an honorably discharged veteran of the Coast Guard or Armed Forces of the United States;
  4. The individual cannot have been convicted of a felony offense, significant misdemeanor offense, multiple misdemeanor offenses, or otherwise pose a threat to national security or public safety; and
  5. The individual must not be above the age of 30.

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