Like Obama, George W. Bush Let Illegal Immigrants Stay and Work

 http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/obama-bush-immigration-enforcement

When President Barack Obama decided to allow undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children to stay in the country and work, Republicans blew a gasket. Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) raised the possibility of impeachment. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) vowed to sue the administration in court to block the move. And Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, accused Obama of putting "partisan politics and illegal immigrants ahead of the rule of law and the American people." The GOP line: Obama went rogue and exceeded his constitutional powers.

Yet Kadiatou Diallo and thousands of other undocumented immigrants like her are living proof that Kyl, King, and Smith are unjustifiably hyperventilating about Obama overstepping his authority.

Diallo is in America because of George W. Bush. She came to the United States from Guinea in 1999, after her son died in a hail of 41 bullets, shot by New York City police officers who said they believed the wallet in his hand was a gun. Diallo—and her family—overstayed their visas. But rather than deport her, immigration authorities granted her deferred action (lawyer-speak for temporarily delayed deportation) and work authorization—and continued to do so every two years, for the entire time Bush was in office.

there they go again, forgetting what ever lying hyperbole the resort to is easily rebutted because it's either in text or "video tape stupid".

Diallo is a prime example of how presidents from both parties have long claimed the authority to grant temporary stays of deportation and work authorization to undocumented immigrants. In a series of memos issued after the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act, a law that sought to curtail illegal immigration and prioritize removal of unauthorized immigrants, immigration officials in both the Clinton and Bush administrations established guidelines and limits for when authorities could exercise leniency in dealing with unauthorized immigrants.

Bush officials didn't just embrace the idea that the government can prioritize whom to deport—they expanded it.  hard to keep up with the the daily lies you tell, kinda like "oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive"

 Julie L. Myers, another Bush-era immigration official, issued another follow-up memo in 2007, to immigration officials to consider letting people who had health problems or were taking care of sick relatives remain in the United States.

The powers Obama exercised in June decision weren't new. They don't grant any of the unauthorized immigrants legal status or citizenship, and it would be a simple matter for a future president to change the rules again and deport the people Obama allowed to stay.

so republicans, to quote Stevie Wonder, "what the fuss"?