And in other news, the Obama Administration is apparently backdooring the passage of the DREAM Act, without bothering to go through Congress:

The "prosecutorial discretion" memo says officials need not enforce immigration laws if illegal immigrants are enrolled in an education center or if their relatives have volunteered for the US military.

The Hispanic vote could be crucial in the 2012 election, because the Obama campaign hopes to offset... its declining poll ratings by registering new Hispanic voters in crucial swing states, such as Virginia and North Carolina.  To boost the Hispanic vote, the administration has enlisted support from Hispanic media figures, appointed an experienced Hispanic political operative to run the political side of the Obama reelection campaign, and has maintained close ties to Hispanic advocacy groups, including La Raza.

"When weighing whether an exercise of prosecutorial discretion may be warranted for a given alien, ICE officials, agents and attorneys should consider all relevant factors, including, but not limited to - the circumstances of the person's arrival in the United States ... particularly if the alien came to the United States as a young child; the Person's pursuit of education... .. whether the person, or the person's immediate relative, has served in the U.S. military," said the memo.

So, you know, just ignore the 12 MILLION or so people who're breaking the law (read: "committing a crime") just by being here in the United States . . . because they'd rather conduct a stealth invasion than go through the proper diplomatic channels.