Deferred action and in arizona versus United States, the Supreme Court relied upon the broad discretion exercised by the federal immigration officials including, quote, whether it makes sense to remove all, and strike down all of arizonas sweeping Immigration Law. Because it could result in harassment of sole aliens, thats their term for example, a veteran, a College Student or someone assisting in a criminal investigation, should not be removed, the law, quote violates of the the principle that the removal process is entrusted at the federal government. The idea that the enforcement efforts should be focused on high priority targets. And immigration context have been issued as far back as 1976 under president george w. Bush the Customs Enforcement i. C. E. Reafirmedeprrl prosecutorial discretion to use discretion in identifying responding to healthrelated cases. Indeed 15 years ago democratic and republican members of congress joined together to the then attorney general urging her to
Very good, and im proud of it. It supports d. H. S. s frontline personnel and essential Security Operations and maintains fiscal discipline. Specifically for customs and Border Protection, this agreement adds 42 million above the request to ensure assure 24 7 surveillance of all land, sea and air approaches. It increases air and marine flight hours from 74,000 to 95,000 per year. This agreement fully funds 23,775 Border Patrol officers to reduce wait times of passengers arriving at the Nations International airports without resorting to burdensome user fees as proposed by the president. Funds are included for 21,370 Border Patrol agents the highest Operational Force in d. H. S. History. Funds for Tactical Communications equipment and Border Security technology are increased by 20 million above the request. Substantial increases are included for targeting systems and Data Analysis to support counterterrorism efforts. For immigration and Customs Enforcement, custody and deportation are i
Like this a chance. The president has made clear that in the absence, in the wake of the failure of congress to really give him a credible comprehensive Immigration Reform package. That he will act on his own some time between the election and the end of the year. And i assume everybodys here ready for me to tell them the details of that program, right . Okay. What i will tell you is this. Were going to be ready. Our agency will be shouldering the primary responsibility for executing whatever it is that the president and then in turn secretary johnson orders. And we have been busy making sure that however this is done, we do it in a way that actually works. And so thats the one commitment that i can make to you. The other thing that i would point out is that as we think about a broken immigration system, and as we think about the failure to actually pass a comprehensive Immigration Reform. Its important to always remember that this discussion is about much more than individuals who are
Las vegas. We took down the hollywood clique, which operated not only nevada but in california and in the Eastern District of new york. Again, long island. We took down 21 members and leadership of that organization. And then, finally these are the new york indictees. Finally, i announce we are going to seek the Death Penalty against a leader in the Eastern District of new york. A leader of ms13 there. The president made a trip to brentwood new york earlier in his administration, and he met with the families of victims that had been killed by ms13, including the family of two young girls who were butchered with machetes. The person that we are seeking the Death Penalty against was involved in those murders as well as the murder of two africanamericans who they just saw on the street and thought they were from a rival gang and just butchered. Those are the actions we are taking. There are more coming as we target the leadership of ms13. We are working very closely with the el salvador e
The balance of government power. Tuesdays midterm elections put republicans in control of the senate for the first time in eight years and allowed the gop to expand its majority in the house. The republican takeover in congress has added president obama to the list of secondterm president s, including ronald reagan, bill clinton and george w. Bush who all spent their last two years in office with a congress in which both houses were dominated by the opposing party. Its an odd position to find yourself in as a president , knowing for the remainder of your time in office, all anyone would care about is the next person theyre going to pick to do your job. And any attempt to advance your agenda as the clock winds down will face an uphill battle with little political incentive to give you what you want. Its left president obama like his similarly situateded predecessors facing the question, am i the most powerful elected official in the world, or am i a lame duck . Barely a weekend into thi