Immigration memo sparks controversy

It seems that immigration reform might start happening in pieces. Better than none. - - Donna Poisl

U.S. officials consider ways to allow some illegal migrants to stay through administrative actions. Republicans see it as proof that Obama is aiming to bypass Congress with a 'de facto amnesty.'

By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times

U.S. immigration officials are exploring ways to allow certain unauthorized migrants to stay in the country legally through administrative actions rather than the logjammed legislative process, including potentially tens of thousands of students.

The ideas are detailed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials in an 11-page memo obtained and circulated this week by Sen. Charles Grassley (R- Iowa).

The memo explicitly states that deferring removal actions against an unrestricted number of illegal immigrants, allowing them to stay here legally, "would likely be controversial, not to mention expensive."
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