Obama lays out immigration goals - Page 2

Maybe he can change the registry year from 1972 to something more current, if I'm correct the late Ted Kennedy tried but failed in 2007 . For the people that don't know what's the Registry law is:

Registry is a section of immigration law that enables certain individuals who have been present in the United States since January 1, 1972 the ability to apply for a green card (permanent residence), even if they are currently in the United States unlawfully.

Eligibility Criteria
You may be eligible to receive a green card (permanent residence) under the registry provisions if you meet all of the following conditions:

You entered the United States prior to January 1, 1972
You have resided in the United States continuously since January 1, 1972
You are a person of good moral character
You are not ineligible for naturalization (citizenship)
You are not removable (deportable) under Section 237(a)(4)(B) the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). You are not inadmissible under Section 212(a)(3)(E) of the INA or as a criminal, procurer, other immoral person, subversive, violator of the narcotics laws or alien smuggler

http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/othe...rough-registry

he cant

both the house and senate would have to agree on it

Come on guys ... We know the deal.

The only thing I can think off is allocating unclaimed visas to 245i recipients, that would be a low political risk move before the elections and move on with EO after the elections.

Anything he can do now will be a big help. Anything. As pointed out, people have used DACA to get AP and used that to get permanent residency when they couldn't do it before. Increase the number of green cards (using the unused numbers) and many more people can be helped. I'm not sure what's going on behind the scenes but it seems that they are really worried about the Senate right now.