Examiner – Millions of people from around the world are within the United States illegally. They have surreptitiously and in violation of federal law entered into the United States, sneaking by the thin green line which is the Border Patrol. They have been admitted as non-immigrant aliens but failed to depart as they agreed to at the time of their entrance into the U.S.
These violators of federal law are the spotlight of current political debates culminating with an announcement on Monday by a bipartisan group of legislatures for a plan to allow those who are within the United States illegally to receive legal status within the United States and gain a path to citizenship. President Obama came out with a similar announcement today in Las Vegas. [Read More]