957,220 illegals who crossed into the US without legal permission received work permits between 2009 and 2014. The Center for Immigration Studies received evidence through a Freedom of Information Act request. Overall, 5.5 million immigrants who aren’t entitled to green cards got them during Obama’s presidency. Those included people on tourist and student visas, and their dependents.
More than 957,000 immigrants who crossed the U.S. border illegally have received work permits since Barack Obama became president, a shocking report revealed on Monday.
The Center for Immigration Studies uncovered documents through a Freedom of Information Act request, showing that more than 5.5 million new work permits were issued to aliens overall from 2009 to 2014.
That was more than the number of green cards – lawful permanent residence authorizations – and temporary worker admissions in those years.
The organization called it ‘a huge parallel immigrant work authorization system outside the limits set by Congress that inevitably impacts opportunities for U.S. workers, damages the integrity of the immigration system, and encourages illegal immigration.’
The 5.5 milliion number also includes 1.8 million work permits given to to immigrants with temporary visas or visa waivers. And two-thirds of those held visas that did not permit employment in the United States.
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