Obama Policy Is Positive Step, But Could Delay Real Reform | Alex Nowrasteh | Cato Institute: Commentary

Obama Policy Is Positive Step, But Could Delay Real Reform | Alex Nowrasteh | Cato Institute: Commentary: "The last time Obama used his prosecutorial discretion to review deportation cases, his administration promised to stop the deportations of unauthorized immigrants with strong American family ties and no criminal records. Since that policy went into effect in November 2011, Department of Homeland Security officials stopped deportations in a bare 2 percent of the 411,000 cases reviewed. Last week's memo could be just a repeat of that."