DID President OBAMA order a secret amnesty program?

Answer 1

No, he did not. First, in the world today, it's pretty hard to keep anything secret, and somebody would have found out about it by now, if it existed. But there is no such program of "secret amnesty," contrary to what you may hear on Talk Shows or read on partisan websites. Second, what some people call "amnesty," other people call "Immigration reform." Mr. Obama has never said he believes in amnesty, but he does believe our current immigration system is broken and needs to be fixed. He has offered many suggestions, and a bi-partisan bill to reform the immigration laws passed the Senate; but the House refuses to even give that bill a vote, so we are stuck with the old system for now.

Answer 2

No, he did not. The last president to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants was Ronald Reagan. No subsequent president has been able to advance any immigration reform without it being bogged down in politics. President Obama has said he would work to pass the Dream Act, and that his administration would no longer order the deportation of young people who were brought here as kids and had no say in being here illegally. Many of these kids have lived here all their life and had no idea they were undocumented.

Interestingly, President Obama's administration has deported a record number of illegal immigrants, but he understands our current policies are flawed and has said he would like to see some reforms. He has not mentioned "amnesty," but like President George W. Bush, he has talked about creating a path to citizenship for some of the undocumented immigrants. At this point, congress would not consider any such plan, so it has not moved forward.