WHITE HOUSE BOASTS 430K ILLEGALS RECEIVED ‘DEFERRED ACTION’ ON POLICY’S ANNIVERSARY

BUT CRITICS CITE SECURITY GAPS

The White House boasted that 430,000 children of illegal immigrants have received temporary exemption from possible deportation, in marking the one-year anniversary this week of implementing the executive action taken last year.

But critics say the program has led to more lax security, particularly citing a “lean and lite” background check policy for applicants in the program.

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, an executive action first announced in June 2012 by the Department of Homeland Security, was not implemented until Aug. 15 last year. The politically-charged move came after Congress rejected a similar proposal called the DREAM Act to give permanent status to children of illegal immigrants who go to college or join the military.

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