Vol. 32, No. 14

July 18, 2016

Walling Out the Truth About Illegal Aliens

Item: In an attempt to protect the White House’s amnesty for illegal aliens, the U.S. Justice Department is refusing to provide details about President Obama’s executive order on immigration.

The Daily Caller for June 1, 2016, reported that the U.S. Department of Justice was “refusing an order from a federal judge to release details of benefits provided to over 100,000 illegal immigrants under President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration. U.S. District Court Judge Andrew S. Hanen ordered the Justice Department to produce a list of individuals who received deportation deferrals from the 2014 DHS directive in a decision made May 19. The decision was made after learning DoJ had not disclosed that approximately 100,000 illegal immigrants had received three-year deferrals from deportation.”

Government lawyers, the Caller continued, “claim that producing a list of individuals who received deferrals and other benefits … imposes an undue burden on the Department of Homeland Security and jeopardizes the privacy interests of individuals appearing on the list.”

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