The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has been floating suggestions on how to avoid the usual congressional procedures on comprehensive immigration reform. In a recent undated memo written up by the USCIS, here is a summary of their proposal:In the absence of Comprehensive Immigration Reform, USCIS can extend benefits and/or protections to many individuals or groups by issuing new guidance and regulations, exercising discretion with regard to parole-in-place, deferred action and the issuance of Notices to Appear (NTA), and adopting significant process improvements.Last January, the Obama administration started looking worried about an anti-incumbent, anti-Democrat sweep in the November elections. In my AT post of January 6, I related my own concerns about what he would do to increase Democrat voter rolls.Add amnesty to the Universal Voter Registration proposals explained yesterday in AT by James Simpson, and the Democrats can add millions of voters to the rolls,...(Read Full Post)