Napolitano: DHS Authorizing Illegal Aliens to Work in U.S.

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By Edwin Mora
October 19, 2011

(CNSNews.com) -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that under the administration’s policy of exercising “prosecutorial discretion” in the enforcement of the immigration laws, her department is currently authorizing some illegal aliens to work in the United States.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the ranking-member of the Senate Judiciary panel, asked Napolitano: “According to the information from your department, some individuals who are given relief will obtain work authorizations. So people with no right to be in the country will be allowed to work here. Is that correct?”

Napolitano said: “Well, senator, since around 1986 there has been a process where those who are technically unlawfully in the country may apply for work authorization.

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Although Napolitano did not specify what 1986 policy she was referring to in her response to Sen. Grassley, President Ronald Reagan signed the Simpson-Mazzoli Act into law in November of that year. The act applied to illegal aliens who requested a change of status within 18 months of the law's passage and who had come into the United States prior to Jan. 1, 1982, and had resided in America since that time.

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http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/napolitano-dhs-authorizing-illegal-aliens-work-us

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And this is a surprise, coming from this administration, why?

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obama cares more about the welfare of illegals than Americans and we still have fools supporting him and why.

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C'mon,....ACORN (or whatever they are called now),...paid these illegals a visit within 48 hours,....and made sure they got a VOTER CARD...