More Secrecy from Obama Administration on Central American Amnesty Flight Program

Date: Nov. 3, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Immigration

Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after waiting more than 6 months for a pathetic response from the Obama Administration to pointed legal questions from 38 members of Congress including Congressman Gosar about the Central American Minors (CAM) program, which uses taxpayer dollars to fly illegal immigrants from Central American Countries to the U.S. for the purposes of providing an "orderly alternative to the dangerous journey that some... are currently taking to the United States":

"It is outrageous for the self-proclaimed "most transparent administration in history' to take over half a year to provide a pathetic response to questions about the status of a potentially unconstitutional program. The fact is the Obama Administration has established a shameful record of stonewalling Congressional inquiries while attempting to hide the truth behind its executive amnesty attempts. Fortunately, a federal judge has issued an injunction on the president's executive action which granted amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. Shockingly, a recently leaked DHS memorandum reveals that the Obama Administration is preparing to circumvent this injunction.

"The Department of Homeland Security is still moving forward with its Central American amnesty flight program, despite demands from nearly 40 members of Congress to cease operations. Even more outrageous, the administration failed to respond to detailed questions about the status and costs of this new program. President Obama previously used executive fiat to give amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants in the U.S. Now he is sending planes to go and pick up their family members in Central American countries and won't tell us how much these flights are costing American taxpayers. This is outrageous and Congress must take action to block this rogue program."


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