Amnesty by Memo

Don't ever doubt that the real objective in the Arizona immigration fight is amnesty for illegal aliens, followed soon thereafter by voter registration cards pre-marked for Democrats.  Obama and his cronies in the federal courts do not want America's immigration laws enforced.

Amnesty's coming, and according to some information that has leaked Obama is looking for a way to do it  without bothering to go through the Congress:

A group of Republican senators has written to top immigration officials in the Obama administration asking them to reveal whether large-scale plans are under way to provide a so-called non-legislative version of amnesty.

The lawmakers cite an 11-page draft document written by staff to the director of the Citizenship and Immigration Service that says they are reviewing several executive orders and other mechanisms that effectively would serve as a substitute for comprehensive immigration reforms.

The objective would be to promote “family unity, foster economic growth … and reduce the threat of removal for certain individuals present in the United States without authorization."

Among the suggestions, the document offers proposals for rewriting legal opinions to allow unaccompanied minors, victims of human trafficking or extreme hardship and others who've overstayed their visas to remain in the U.S.

For instance, the four aides who wrote the document told Director Alejandro N. Mayorkas that general counsel at the CIS has reinterpreted legal opinions of the definition of "admission" for those entering under "temporary protected status" -- in the face of war or environmental disaster -- so that they can change their status to stay in the United States permanently.

"Opening this pathway will help thousands of applicants obtain lawful permanent residence without having to leave the U.S.," reads the memo, which was provided to Fox News by the office of Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.

Obama has already declared a de facto amnesty by refusing to enforce existing law. In the court ruling on the Arizona case the judge set aside key parts of the law because enforcing them would place a burden on federal courts. In other words, if enforcement requires us to work harder, we just won't do it.

Some people are already suggesting that Republicans propose a ban on Obamacare using the same rationale. If Obamacare increase the workload on the federal government - which it will - we should just ignore it. Works for me.

Ideologues like Obama will seek to pass their agenda no matter how it must be done, and if the will of the people as expressed by their representatives in Congress gets in the way, well, just bypass them.