Immigration compromise dubbed ‘amnesty,’ won’t stop Obama’s deferrals

Published July 23, 2014 6:41pm ET



Critics of a bipartisan immigration bill proposed by two Texans claim it does not include any new border fence proposals, won’t end the president’s deportation deferral program, and doesn’t go far enough to evict illegal children streaming over the border.

And, they tell Secrets, the compromise hammered out by Republican Sen. John Cornyn and Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar amounts to “amnesty” because it opens the door to letting those already facing removal orders have another chance to make their case to stay.

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