We have apprehended illegal aliens just north of the border who are still soaking wet from crossing the river. If they claim, as increasingly they are doing, that they have been here since January 1, 2014, we will process and then release them.
They are still wet from the river and miles from any civilization and on their word alone we release them unless we physically saw them cross the river. This policy de facto creates an open border with Mexico for any illegal alien who wants to claim that they were here before 2014.
The Washington Times, which broke this story, explained that the January 1, 2014, date is not specified in any law, but, rather, is part of President Obama's enforcement priorities laid out in November of that year, designed to save most illegal immigrants from any fear of deportation.
The Obama plan was roundly criticized almost immediately after it was unveiled. In an opinion filed on December 16, 2014, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, federal Judge Arthur Schwab said Obama’s immigration actions were invalid because they were effectively “legislation” from the executive branch, and concluded that they are “unconstitutional.”
In rendering his opinion in the case, United States of America, Plaintiff v. Elionardo Juarez-Escobar, Defendant, Judge Schwab cited and quoted from President Obama’s November 20, 2014, nationwide address announcing his executive actions related to granting “deferred deportation” to millions of aliens living in the United States illegally.
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